Dilbert cartoon first published on Sunday 14th March 2021

Dilbert//11656, first published five years ago on Sunday 14th March 2021

Loud Using Zoom

Tags

business, technology, zoom, mortgage, loud, noise, calls, war, blackmail, surprise, laptop, imagine

Official transcript

dogbert: can you please stop talking so loudly on your zoom calls?!!!

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

CAN YOU PLEASE STOP TALKING SO LOUDLY ON YOUR ZOOM CALLS? ?!!!

I'M SORRY, BUT I PAY THE MORTGAGE, AND I HAVE A RIGHT TO MAKE AS MUCH NOISE AS I WANT IN MY OWN HOUSE.

OH, WOW. DID YOU REALLY PLAY THE "MORTGAGE CARD" ON ME?

THIS IS WAR!

WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE WHAT I DO IN THE BACKGROUND OF YOUR NEXT ZOOM CALL.

I DON'T WANT TO RUIN THE SURPRISE, BUT THINK OF THE NUMBER-ONE WORST THING YOU CAN IMAGINE ME DOING.

ARE YOU PICTURING IT IN YOUR MIND?

IT'S BAD ISN'T IT?

NOW IMAGINE AT THE SAME TIME I ALSO START DOING THE SECOND-WORST THING YOU CAN IMAGINE.

NO000!!!!!

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Comic Strip Title: "Mortgage Card"

Summary:

The comic strip, titled "Mortgage Card," features Dilbert and Dogbert engaging in a conversation about a mortgage card. The conversation begins with Dilbert asking Dogbert to stop talking so loudly on their Zoom call, to which Dogbert responds that he has a right to make as much noise as he wants in his own house. Dilbert then asks if Dogbert really played the "mortgage card" on him, and Dogbert admits to doing so.

As the conversation progresses, Dilbert becomes increasingly frustrated, asking if Dogbert is picturing the mortgage card in his mind. Dogbert responds that it's bad, but not as bad as the worst thing Dilbert can imagine him doing. Dilbert then imagines Dogbert doing the second-worst thing he can imagine, which is war.

The comic strip ends with Dilbert exclaiming "NOOOO!!!" in response to Dogbert's declaration that he is now imagining the same thing he also started doing, implying that Dilbert is trapped in a never-ending cycle of imagination and frustration.

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