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Dilbert cartoon first published on Friday 9th July 2021

Dilbert//11773, first published five years ago on Friday 9th July 2021

New Loyal Customers


Tags

business, meeting, ceo, woke, advertising, dollars, loss, quarter, offend, straight face, botox, annoying


Official transcript

ceo: our strategy of being annoyingly woke in our ads caused us to have an eight billion dollar loss this quarter. but it was worth it because sometimes you have to offend some of your customers to make the others loyal.

originally published on dilbert.com


Open source transcript

OUR STRATEGY OF BEING ANNOYINGLY WOKE IN OUR ADS CAUSED US TO HAVE AN EIGHT BILLION DOLLAR LOSS THIS QUARTER.

BUT IT WAS WORTH IT BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO OFFEND SOME OF YOUR CUSTOMERS TO MAKE THE OTHERS LOYAL.

HOW DID YOU SAY THAT WITH A STRAIGHT FACE?

NO ONE TOLD YOU ABOUT BOTOX?

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive


AI Analysis

Comic Strip Title: "Botox and Ads"

Summary:

The comic strip revolves around a conversation between a bald man and his coworkers about a failed advertising strategy.

  • The man reveals that the company's strategy of being annoyingly woke in their ads resulted in an $8 billion loss this quarter.
  • He attributes the loss to customers' disapproval of the company's attempts to appear woke.
  • The man then asks how he can say he has a straight face, prompting one of his coworkers to ask if he's talking about Botox.
  • The man responds by saying no one told him about Botox, implying that he's unaware of the reason for his baldness.

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