[Darksheare]

Scott was trying to make a satiric parody, yet no matter how hard he tried to make it obviously a parody he found that corporations would invariably do exactly what he’d joked about.
(The Dilbert Principle)

[NicknamedBob]

"... no matter how hard he tried to make it obviously a parody he found that corporations would invariably do exactly what he’d joked about."

I found that out, in corporate life. It was if I had fallen into a play, and the actors had no choice but to recite their lines, no matter how inane or illogical they might sound.

[NicknamedBob]

By the way, I have “The Dilbert Principle” right here in front of me.

Page 163:

“Remember, the future depends on assumptions and the assumptions are just stuff you make up. No sense in knocking yourself out.”