Dilbert cartoon first published on Tuesday 22nd June 2021

Dilbert//11756, first published five years ago on Tuesday 22nd June 2021

Zoom Background Says A Lot

Tags

advice, business, consultant, video background, shelves, sports trophies, photo, jesus, believability, sarcasm

Official transcript

dogbert: your video call background needs improvement. i'll fill your shelves with sports trophies, plus photos of you shaking hands with jesus.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

YOUR VIDEO CALL BACKGROUND NEEDS IMPROVEMENT.

I'LL FILL YOUR SHELVES WITH SPORTS TROPHIES, PLUS PHOTOS OF YOU SHAKING HANDS WITH JESUS.

WHO WOULD BELIEVE I SHOOK HANDS WITH JESUS?

THE SAME PEOPLE WHO WILL BELIEVE YOU WON LOTS OF SPORTS TROPHIES.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "Trophies and Trophies Everywhere"

Summary:

The comic strip revolves around Dilbert, a bespectacled man with a bald head and a red shirt, who is on a video call with a colleague. The colleague, who appears to be a sports enthusiast, is shown holding a laptop displaying a picture of himself shaking hands with Jesus.

In the first panel, the colleague mentions that his video call background needs improvement, to which Dilbert responds by offering to fill his shelves with sports trophies and photos of him shaking hands with Jesus. In the second panel, the colleague asks who would believe that he shook hands with Jesus, to which Dilbert responds that the same people who believe he won lots of sports trophies would believe him.

The comic strip pokes fun at the idea of people being easily impressed by superficial achievements and the tendency to fabricate stories to gain attention or credibility. It also highlights the absurdity of using religious figures as props to enhance one's image. Overall, the comic strip uses humor to comment on the human tendency to seek validation and recognition through material possessions and fabricated achievements.

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