Elon Musk is already calling newspapers' dropping of the comic "biased." I think Elon can correct this massive injustice by paying for more Dilbert strips and then forcing them into everyone's twitter feed. Together, they can strike a real blow for freedom of speech. Adams can draw strips crammed full of racist stuff--including having the title character join the Klan and just calling the token Black character the n-word--and Elon gets to exercise his power by forcing every twitter user to see the strips.
What is so weird about the Dilbert strip: it is only one joke – working as a cubicle peon sucks – and it’s just told over and over again. I mean, you read the Dilbert strip for a week and you’ve read every Dilbert strip that ever was. While a lot of comics are that way, few are *quite* so literal about the “one joke and one joke only” theme. I can’t believe it’s going to be missed very much.
It all makes me wonder if Adams knew the strip had more than run its course and would no longer be picked up, and simply wanted to go out in a blaze of infamy. But I guess that would require some self-awareness, and I see no evidence he has any.
And one of Roy's Substack comrades laid out the case why we may be repelled by repellant people as we used to have a right to before the cancel culture fascists said conservatives are, like, a protected species or something:
In Adams defense, he had the good fortune -- or used his fortune well -- to marry a very hot much younger wife who recently had reached her fill with him so, you know, I'm sure it was, like, a final crushing blow or something. Of course, if he wasn't a cancel culture protectee, I could say Fuck his feelings.
BTW, hasn't gone on long enough that today we're going ignore the free market and businesses making a business decision because people like Adams has a right to a platform? Isn't that today's scandal?
Even Adams' recent bullshit might not have been enough to get him dropped from "some" papers if he had not been in a 30-year skid of less & less funny comic strips. When did that fucking shit peak, like 1995?
If ONE number in the crosstabs of a Rasmussen poll is enough to send you into full-on Race War, I'm gonna bet you were already 99.9% of the way to full-on Race War before you ever saw the number.
Many years ago Dilbert for a short while included a lower-level manager who was so inept he grew a goatee - on the side of his forehead! I thought it was genuinely funny and relatable. Adams was on a radio interview and said he dropped this character because readers complained that they didn't understand it.
Due to his drawing style I'm sure many readers could not figure out what the thing was on the side of the head, and his continuity is so weak that a concept this sophisticated couldn't crawl into the following days' panels. But, sure Scott, the readers were too dumb.
Adams has been a jackass for decades, ever since he started blogging in the early oughts, and began revealing his misogynistic, racist, and anti-semitic bonafides (with a dose of climate change skepticism thrown in for good measure). The "Scott Adams is a certified genius" sockpuppetry was just choice.
The perfect niche for Dild — er, Dilbert, a combination of white supremicism, porn, and masculine insecurity!
Elon Musk is already calling newspapers' dropping of the comic "biased." I think Elon can correct this massive injustice by paying for more Dilbert strips and then forcing them into everyone's twitter feed. Together, they can strike a real blow for freedom of speech. Adams can draw strips crammed full of racist stuff--including having the title character join the Klan and just calling the token Black character the n-word--and Elon gets to exercise his power by forcing every twitter user to see the strips.
Oh! How the lib would be so owned by that!
What is so weird about the Dilbert strip: it is only one joke – working as a cubicle peon sucks – and it’s just told over and over again. I mean, you read the Dilbert strip for a week and you’ve read every Dilbert strip that ever was. While a lot of comics are that way, few are *quite* so literal about the “one joke and one joke only” theme. I can’t believe it’s going to be missed very much.
It all makes me wonder if Adams knew the strip had more than run its course and would no longer be picked up, and simply wanted to go out in a blaze of infamy. But I guess that would require some self-awareness, and I see no evidence he has any.
For extra credit, work “Bret Stephens and his ex-wife” into every comic strip, starting with “Cathy.”
Can't say these were all better than the real thing, but there were more funny ones here than in a year of the real strip.
And apropos today's gaffs, this from the Pulitzer Prize winning Ruben Bolling:
https://boingboing.net/2023/02/27/magabert.html
And one of Roy's Substack comrades laid out the case why we may be repelled by repellant people as we used to have a right to before the cancel culture fascists said conservatives are, like, a protected species or something:
https://armoxon.substack.com/p/the-case-for-shunning
In Adams defense, he had the good fortune -- or used his fortune well -- to marry a very hot much younger wife who recently had reached her fill with him so, you know, I'm sure it was, like, a final crushing blow or something. Of course, if he wasn't a cancel culture protectee, I could say Fuck his feelings.
BTW, hasn't gone on long enough that today we're going ignore the free market and businesses making a business decision because people like Adams has a right to a platform? Isn't that today's scandal?
As gross as these are, they’re all funnier than anything in “ Dilbert.”
This is Fantastic - FAF.
Best thing I've read about jt.
Oh so many bits to copy/paste here in slavish devotion!
Ah, hell – just take the 2 marks and kick Dogbert for me on yer way out!
Even Adams' recent bullshit might not have been enough to get him dropped from "some" papers if he had not been in a 30-year skid of less & less funny comic strips. When did that fucking shit peak, like 1995?
This could not be a better followup to yesterday's entry on Tár.
If ONE number in the crosstabs of a Rasmussen poll is enough to send you into full-on Race War, I'm gonna bet you were already 99.9% of the way to full-on Race War before you ever saw the number.
Yet another asshole with a fuckton of money for no discernable reason.
I get that asshole Scott Adams'mixed up with that asshole
Scott Perry.
MST3K: The Cartuner! https://youtu.be/qqKTtmybwYo
Many years ago Dilbert for a short while included a lower-level manager who was so inept he grew a goatee - on the side of his forehead! I thought it was genuinely funny and relatable. Adams was on a radio interview and said he dropped this character because readers complained that they didn't understand it.
Due to his drawing style I'm sure many readers could not figure out what the thing was on the side of the head, and his continuity is so weak that a concept this sophisticated couldn't crawl into the following days' panels. But, sure Scott, the readers were too dumb.
Lol. I never read the comic so I'm a bit lost in this reverie but it was still entertaining.
Adams has been a jackass for decades, ever since he started blogging in the early oughts, and began revealing his misogynistic, racist, and anti-semitic bonafides (with a dose of climate change skepticism thrown in for good measure). The "Scott Adams is a certified genius" sockpuppetry was just choice.
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/mjynto/newspaper_comics_the_time_the_creator_of_dilbert/