Dilbert cartoon first published on Wednesday 10th May 2000

Dilbert//4043, first published 26 years ago on Wednesday 10th May 2000

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melt polar ice caps doom humanity part of humanity marketing help destroy planet free t shirts business

Official transcript

Dilbert says to Carol, "This product would melt the polar ice caps and doom humanity."

Carol replies, "That's okay."

Dilbert says, "You're a part of humanity."

Carol answers, "No, I'm in marketing."

Dilbert says to Carol, "I won't help you destroy the planet."

Carol answers, "That's what I said until I saw the free T-shirts."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

THIS PRODUCT WOULD MELT THE POLAR ICE CAPS AND DOOM HUMANITY.

THAT'S OKAY.

YOU'RE PART OF HUMANITY.

NO, I'M IN MARKETING.

I WON'T HELP YOU DESTROY THE PLANET.

THAT'S WHAT I SAID UNTIL I SAW THE FREE T-SHIRTS.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "Marketing's Role in the Apocalypse"

Summary:

This comic strip, originally published in, features Dilbert, a bespectacled man with a bald head and a white shirt, sitting at his desk. He is engaged in a conversation with a woman from the marketing department, who is trying to sell him a product that would melt the polar ice caps and doom humanity.

The conversation begins with the woman explaining the product's benefits, to which Dilbert responds by pointing out the obvious consequences of its use. The woman attempts to deflect Dilbert's concerns by saying she is only doing her job, but Dilbert remains unimpressed.

As the conversation progresses, the woman becomes increasingly defensive, eventually resorting to saying that she won't help Dilbert destroy the planet unless he buys the product. Dilbert, however, is not interested in making a purchase and instead decides to ignore the woman's sales pitch.

Overall, the comic strip pokes fun at the often-superficial nature of marketing and the ways in which companies will stop at nothing to make a sale, even if it means contributing to the downfall of humanity.

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