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Dilbert cartoon first published on Wednesday 9th October 2019

Dilbert//11134, first published seven years ago on Wednesday 9th October 2019

Your Real Scheme


Tags

office workers, office, business, scheme, power, costs, mind, reader, psychology


Official transcript

dilbert: and this method will reduce costs by thirty percent.

originally published on dilbert.com


Open source transcript

AND THIS METHOD WILL REDUCE COSTS BY THIRTY PERCENT.

NICE TRY, BUT I KNOW YOUR REAL SCHEME IS TO GRAB POWER.

YOU'RE NOT A GOOD MIND READER.

AND YET I KNEW YOU WOULD SAY I CAN'T READ MINDS.

EXPLAIN THAT.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive


AI Analysis

Comic Strip Title: "Mind Reader"

Summary:

  • The comic strip features Dilbert, a character known for his sarcastic wit and frustration with corporate bureaucracy.
  • In this strip, Dilbert is presented with a method that promises to reduce costs by thirty percent.
  • However, when he asks how the method works, he is told that it requires him to "grab power" and that he is not a good mind reader.
  • The punchline of the comic strip is that the method is actually a way to get people to read minds, but the person explaining it claims not to be able to read minds and instead tells Dilbert to explain that he can't read minds.

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