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Dilbert! (I know that Scott Adams got chastised for some views/tweets/whatever and I don't care) Now, to the cartoons. I was introduced to them back in 2000 o

Dilbert! (I know that Scott Adams got chastised for some views/tweets/whatever and I don't care) Now, to the cartoons. I was introduced to them back in 2000 or 2001 by a colleague. We both loved the Monty Pythons, so we had that in common to begin with. Once I read the first few strips, I got hooked. I starting 'seeing' these chars to my colleagues (and to myself). Dilbert has taught me A LOT about psychology and operating in large corporations. My all-time favorite cartoon is (and will most likely forever be): https://dilbert-viewer.herokuapp.com/1998-04-10 https://dilbert-viewer.herokuapp.com/1998-04-10

cushychicken 2y ago
Late stage Scott Adams has some pretty icky views, but that doesn’t change the fact that he had some spot on insights about modern office culture. “Spot on” may not be a strong enough term - “timeless” may be a more appropriate one.
- rbanffy 2y ago
  My wife, a trained clinical psychologist, rebooted her career into corporate consulting. After her first assignment, she came back and all she had to say was “I didn’t know. I thought it was a joke. It’s all true. Dilbert is true”.
- wizzwizz4 2y ago
  As much as I love Dilbert, I'd have preferred if it had ended around 2016-ish. The later Dilberts may have been "timeless" (in the sense that the belief system where minorities are out to get you and kindness is a sin is over a hundred years old), but they certainly weren't "spot on". Some of them had valid points about how corporate "inclusivity" is often nothing of the sort – a trend dating back to the US civil rights era (see: Letter from Birmingham Jail), which I expect to continue for a hundred years yet – but surrounded by panels and panels of the characters smirking at each other about woke liberal madness as fantastical caricatures play out in front of them, that insight was… somewhat obscured. Earlier Dilbert, though? Many of the stories were sent in by readers and fans, but wow did Scott Adams adapt them well to the comic medium. It's a real shame how he ended up, and I hope he gets better soon.
throaway812 2y ago
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cushychicken 2y ago

Late stage Scott Adams has some pretty icky views, but that doesn’t change the fact that he had some spot on insights about modern office culture. “Spot on” may not be a strong enough term - “timeless” may be a more appropriate one.

rbanffy 2y ago
My wife, a trained clinical psychologist, rebooted her career into corporate consulting. After her first assignment, she came back and all she had to say was “I didn’t know. I thought it was a joke. It’s all true. Dilbert is true”.
wizzwizz4 2y ago
As much as I love Dilbert, I'd have preferred if it had ended around 2016-ish. The later Dilberts may have been "timeless" (in the sense that the belief system where minorities are out to get you and kindness is a sin is over a hundred years old), but they certainly weren't "spot on". Some of them had valid points about how corporate "inclusivity" is often nothing of the sort – a trend dating back to the US civil rights era (see: Letter from Birmingham Jail), which I expect to continue for a hundred years yet – but surrounded by panels and panels of the characters smirking at each other about woke liberal madness as fantastical caricatures play out in front of them, that insight was… somewhat obscured. Earlier Dilbert, though? Many of the stories were sent in by readers and fans, but wow did Scott Adams adapt them well to the comic medium. It's a real shame how he ended up, and I hope he gets better soon.

throaway812 2y ago

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