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In reply to the discussion: Scott Adams, 'Dilbert' creator who poked fun at bad bosses, dies at 68 [View all]
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(1,258 posts)30. I laughed at Dilbert until it became a management tool.
Last edited Tue Jan 13, 2026, 06:40 PM - Edit history (1)
Many of the jokes were aimed at engineers and low-level managers. In a subtle way, they urged acceptance of poor management as a largely harmless fact of life that must be tolerated. "Grin and bear it".
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Scott Adams, 'Dilbert' creator who poked fun at bad bosses, dies at 68 [View all]
BumRushDaShow
22 hrs ago
OP
You do you. I don't want to interrupt anyone's grief over that piece of garbage...
QueerDuck
16 hrs ago
#48
Safe in the arms of the blond blue-eyed Jesus and away from the dark-skinned folks
dalton99a
22 hrs ago
#5
I have never wished someone dead, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure.
Ray Bruns
22 hrs ago
#6
"the best advice I would give to white people is to get the hell away from Black people" S Adams-Rest in PISS, fuckstain
SoFlaBro
12 hrs ago
#56
Whatever you do, make sure that you don't hang around people like Scott Adams. nt
Exp
21 hrs ago
#12
They stopped being funny when he started adding climate change denial to the strip.
cab67
21 hrs ago
#17
It feels like he drifted further and further right over the last decade.
bearsfootball516
20 hrs ago
#21
Adams' politics will be forgotten, and his Dilbert series will live on. RIP, Scott. Thank you for the chuckles.
ancianita
20 hrs ago
#22
I had saved some of his strips but threw them out years ago. He had a problem with females I think.
twodogsbarking
19 hrs ago
#24
I witnessed his strips being played out in business many times. He had talent.
twodogsbarking
17 hrs ago
#45
When Adams started Dilbert, it was a decent strip that found humor in office life
Wiz Imp
19 hrs ago
#35
Don't know the history, but I suspect the RFK jr and conspiracy nuts contributed to his demise since as I understand it
lostincalifornia
19 hrs ago
#36
We loved the way Dilbert captured the absurdity and arrogance of our capitalist overlords - and then he turned out to be
Martin68
18 hrs ago
#44
Yeah, he treated his cancer with ivermectin and it didn't work. Who coulda guessed?
SunSeeker
17 hrs ago
#46
Scott Adams: "The best advice I would give to white people is to get the hell away from Black people...
LetMyPeopleVote
17 hrs ago
#47