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I've run into some real-world examples of this workplace weirdness, including a clumsily architected hiring plan that required certain roles to be filled by peo

I've run into some real-world examples of this workplace weirdness, including a clumsily architected hiring plan that required certain roles to be filled by people meeting certain demographics (quickly shut down by legal once they caught on). But at the same time, I don't find Dilbert's take on these issues to be funny, nor do I really think that it's an appropriate place to combat these nuanced issues. 3-panel comic strips are too small to address these topics even in a properly satiric manner. I wish the comic strip had stuck to its original formula that thrived on simple workplace dysfunctions. Trying to stretch the formula to cover complex political issues feels like it's just attacking strawmen and dismissing actual issues that can (and do) exist in workplaces.

retzkek 4y ago
> 3-panel comic strips are too small to address these topics even in a properly satiric manner. And yet single-panel political cartoons have been doing it well for centuries. Of course they can't encompass all the nuance, 1000-word essays can't either. Cartoons (and essays) provoke discourse and critical thinking. Or they used to, anyways.
daltont 4y ago
I worked at a place in the '90s with a call center where legal caught wind of the desired demographic being young attractive females. It was said people got fired over it. Also, I like "Trying to stretch the formula to cover complex political issues feels like it's just attacking strawmen". So many discussions and debates involve building strawmen and "destroying" them to make one think that "owned" the other.
juve1996 4y ago
The demographic simply changed. I could see these comic strips doing quite well on Facebook for the 50 and up crowd in many areas of the country. I don't agree with the point. But a lot of people do - and it's created a sort of conservative counter-culture that is irresistible to many people.

retzkek 4y ago

> 3-panel comic strips are too small to address these topics even in a properly satiric manner. And yet single-panel political cartoons have been doing it well for centuries. Of course they can't encompass all the nuance, 1000-word essays can't either. Cartoons (and essays) provoke discourse and critical thinking. Or they used to, anyways.

daltont 4y ago

I worked at a place in the '90s with a call center where legal caught wind of the desired demographic being young attractive females. It was said people got fired over it. Also, I like "Trying to stretch the formula to cover complex political issues feels like it's just attacking strawmen". So many discussions and debates involve building strawmen and "destroying" them to make one think that "owned" the other.

juve1996 4y ago

The demographic simply changed. I could see these comic strips doing quite well on Facebook for the 50 and up crowd in many areas of the country. I don't agree with the point. But a lot of people do - and it's created a sort of conservative counter-culture that is irresistible to many people.