Dilbert cartoon first published on Friday 8th November 2019

Dilbert//11164, first published seven years ago on Friday 8th November 2019

Wally Compared To A Placebo

Tags

managers & supervisors, project, failure, coincidence, placebo, insult

Official transcript

boss: wally, i've noticed that every project you have worked on has failed. is that a coincidence?

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

WALLY, IVE NOTICED THAT EVERY PROJECT YOU HAVE WORKED ON HAS FAILED.

IS THAT A COINCIDENCE?

IT'S HARD TO KNOW, UNLESS YOU COMPARE ME TO A PLACEBO.

OKAY, YOU'RE WORSE THAN A PLACEBO.

THOUGHT THAT WOULD TAKE LONGER

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "A Coincidence?"

Summary:

The comic strip features a conversation between Wally and Dilbert, where Wally claims that every project he has worked on has failed. Dilbert responds by asking if this is a coincidence, and Wally agrees that it is hard to know unless they compare him to a placebo. Dilbert then suggests that Wally might be worse than a placebo, implying that his failures are not just random events but rather a result of his own ineffectiveness. The conversation ends with Dilbert jokingly suggesting that Wally's thought process would take longer.

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