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Tuesday November 05,
2019
Dark Matter Identified
Tags philosophy, stupidity, dark, matter, universe, abundant, obvious
Transcript
dilbert: they say 85% of the matter in the universe is dark matter, and we don't even know what that is. dogbert: well, if it's the most abundant thing in the universe, it has to be made of stupidity. dilbert: why wasn't that obvious to me? dogbert: because you're 85% dark matter
Wednesday November 06,
2019
Imperfect Decisions
Tags business, managers & supervisors, project, vacation, decision, uninformed, perfect, good, stupid, smart, enemy
Transcript
boss: while you were on vacation, we made some decisions about your project. dilbert: those would be uninformed decisions if you made them without me. boss: don't let perfect be the enemy of good dilbert: can i let stupid be the enemy of smart?
Thursday November 07,
2019
Learning What Doesn't Work
Tags managers & supervisors, project, fail, failure, business
Transcript
wally in meeting: my project failed miserably, but i think we can agree we came out ahead. for example, we learned what does not work boss: you? wally: that's one way to look at it.
Friday November 08,
2019
Wally Compared To A Placebo
Tags managers & supervisors, project, failure, coincidence, placebo, insult
Transcript
boss: wally, i've noticed that every project you have worked on has failed. is that a coincidence? wally: it's hard to know. unless you compare me to a placebo. boss: okay, you're worse than a placebo. wally: i thought that would take longer.
Saturday November 09,
2019
Time Travel By Printer
Tags business, presentation, technolgy, molecular, scan, body, brain, time travel, 3d print, meeting
Transcript
dilbert giving a presentation: i invented a device that can scan your body and brain at molecular level. now you can time travel by killing yourself and leaving instructions to 3d-print you back to life in the future when the technology is able. response: where will you find anyone dumb enough to test it? dilbert: have you ever attended a meeting at this company?
Sunday November 24,
2019
Manufacturing In Elbonia
Tags managers & supervisors, business, out source, elbonia, money, government, reputation
Transcript
boss: we're moving our manufacturing operations to elbonia to save money. dilbert: are you worried about elbonian government's reputation? boss: nah. i try to stay out of the weeds. dilbert: they're building concentration camps and rounding up dissenters. they intenionally poisoned a hundred thousand people in this country. they are habitual stealers of intellectual property, and they routinely ignore agreements they have signed. and they have a well-known goal of weakening other countries so they can dominate the world. boss: why can you just admit i'm saving money?
Sunday December 01,
2019
Dilbert Murders Robots
Tags office workers, business, robot, technology, human resources, bad behavior, reboot, murder, plot, erase
Transcript
dilbert: last week i upgraded our robot's social awareness module. it immediately reported me to human resources for unspecified bad behavior. so i murdered the robot by erasing its memory and rebooting it. but another robot told it what happened, and then both of them plotted to kill me. so i erased the memory from both robots and then rebooted them. but a third robot found out about the first two, and now the entire robot community sees me as a serial killer. so i released a computer virus to kill every robot in the world, just to play it safe. wally: what happened to the lights? dilbert: uh-oh. i missed one.
Monday November 11,
2019
The Best Way To Succeed
Tags business, managers & supervisors, office workers, success, delegate
Transcript
boss: the best way to succeed in this world is through hard work dilbert: is that the way you did it? boss: no, i used the second-best way dilbert: which is... boss: making other people work hard
Tuesday November 12,
2019
Workflow Training
Tags business, managers & supervisors, office workers, system, technology, training, new
Transcript
boss: has everyone taken the new workflow system training? alice: yes, and we all concluded the new system is poorly designed and should be abandoned. boss: sounds like you need more training. alice: i meant to say we love the new system
Wednesday November 13,
2019
Not Humanly Possible
Tags managers & supervisors, office workers, budget, workflow, procedure, impossible, useful
Transcript
boss: i can't approve your budget because you didn't follow the seventeen-step workflow procedure. dilbert: it is not humanly possible to follow the company workflow procedure and also accomplish anything useful. boss: would it help if i add a few steps? dilbert: yes, if you have to go back to your office to do it.

