Usually references to internet memes are a por substitute for humour but Scott makes it work in such a subtle way. :)
I'll be keeping this one for inclusion in marketing lecture notes!
I just love that mystery "widget". Salesmen were constantly at Dagwood Bumstead's door trying to sell stuff that looked exactly like that, just before he would deliver his trademark swift kick to the posterior.
So selling involves disadvantaging the customer. The more the customer is exploited, the more the salesman is fulfilled. Yes, I guess those are true principles in Dilbert's world.