Scott Adams says the quiet part out loud

[KMFJD]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1630186244327227393

He's really trying to post through it..just wow

 

[Pohemi]

So white people were racist against a white man? I'm confused.

 

[IronWing]

This is like Tom Hanks on Jeopardy only backwards.

 

[VashHT]

Kind of sad to see as I used to enjoy the Dilbert comics and my wife and I like the show. I definitely could relate to a lot of the stuff working as an engineer but occasionally the comics rubbed me the wrong way (especially the ones about women), and I felt like the comics started supporting the boss more and shitting on the workers more as it went on. I know engineers that act like this too (plenty that don't too though), they think since they're engineers they have rational and logical minds so if they think a certain way based on their feelings they still think it's rational and logical.

 

[nakedfrog]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1630186244327227393

He's really trying to post through it..just wow

Maybe he has an undiagnosed brain tumor? Or leaning harder into the grift possibilities?

Seems his thoughts on how his career with Bell ended have changed over time.
Article from 3/8/1996

LAYOFFS FOR LAUGHS

A CARTOON CALLED DILBERT UPLIFTS THE DOWNSIZED

content.time.com

Adams says roughly 80% of his material comes from readers, which is a good thing, since he cleared out his own cubicle last June. He swears he was not downsized--"I had told my bosses that my energies were with the cartoon, and they just had to ask me and I would go peacefully."

 

[MomentsofSanity]

All I know is someone needs to gag Gary Larson and Bill Watterson so I can continue to enjoy my childhood memories.....

 

[fskimospy]

All I know is someone needs to gag Gary Larson and Bill Watterson so I can continue to enjoy my childhood memories.....

If either of them turned out to be Dilbert guy style assholes that would be so sad.

Apparently Bill Watterson is coming out with some new significant work later this year and I’m looking forward to it as Calvin and Hobbes is my all time favorite comic strip, followed closely by Larson’s Far Side.

 

[Pens1566]

Oh, he's gonna keep digging. I like where this is going.

 

[fskimospy]

Oh, he's gonna keep digging. I like where this is going.

The people who are utterly convinced they are geniuses are always the most fun because they never know when to quit.

 

[Pohemi]

Rapid demise of 'Dilbert' is no surprise to those watching

The comic strip “Dilbert” disappeared with lightning speed following racist remarks by creator Scott Adams, but it shouldn’t come as a shock to anyone who has followed them both.

apnews.com

'Adams’ fate was effectively sealed Sunday evening when “Dilbert” distributor Andrews McMeel Universal said it was severing ties to the cartoonist. By Monday morning, “Dilbert” was gone from the GoComics site, which also features many top comic strips like “Peanuts” and “Calvin and Hobbes.” '

Oh, he's gonna keep digging. I like where this is going.

And he'll keep losing outlets for his strip. Good, fuggem.

 

[MomentsofSanity]

If either of them turned out to be Dilbert guy style assholes that would be so sad.

Apparently Bill Watterson is coming out with some new significant work later this year and I’m looking forward to it as Calvin and Hobbes is my all time favorite comic strip, followed closely by Larson’s Far Side.

Yup looking forward to it too. Too many of the people I loved growing up turned out to be raging douche bags... I'm looking at you , Spacey...

I just can't take much more.

 

[brycejones]

eek! I wonder if some the usual suspects will chime in?

 

[gothuevos]

Dude needs to just take the L and enjoy the rest of his life. Imagine all this wasted energy just to feel like a victim. He has had more success and wealth than 99% of the planet combined yet he is somehow the victim here? Of what?

I know there are some people who need to wake up with a chip on their shoulder just to make it thru the day, but this is ridiculous.

 

[soulcougher73]

Yup looking forward to it too. Too many of the people I loved growing up turned out to be raging douche bags... I'm looking at you , Spacey...

I just can't take much more.

eek! I wonder if some the usual suspects will chime in?

Cant tell if nice play, or being serious about our usual suspects

 

[fskimospy]

Dude needs to just take the L and enjoy the rest of his life. Imagine all this wasted energy just to feel like a victim. He has had more success and wealth than 99% of the planet combined yet he is somehow the victim here? Of what?

I know there are some people who need to wake up with a chip on their shoulder just to make it thru the day, but this is ridiculous.

It is very weird how many people throw away their livelihood for what amounts to yelling at people on the internet.

He’s rich! Why not spend his days on a yacht or whatever - why ruin your life because MILFluvr69 made fun of you?

 

[brycejones]

Cant tell if nice play, or being serious about our usual suspects

Why not both?

 

[allisolm]

'Adams’ fate was effectively sealed Sunday evening when “Dilbert” distributor Andrews McMeel Universal said it was severing ties to the cartoonist. By Monday morning, “Dilbert” was gone from the GoComics site, which also features many top comic strips like “Peanuts” and “Calvin and Hobbes.” '

And he'll keep losing outlets for his strip. Good, fuggem.

Not only did the newspapers and his distribution company dump him, his book publisher cancelled the upcoming publication of his newest book and is ceasing publishing of his existing books. His book agent also dumped him.

Maybe sooner or later, despite how much money he has, some of this will affect him. I don't know, but I hope so.

'Dilbert' distributor drops creator Scott Adams over his racist remarks

Andrews McMeel Universal, the company that syndicates "Dilbert," said it is cutting ties with the comic strip's creator, Scott Adams, after his racist remarks about Black Americans led hundreds of newspapers across the country to drop the satirical cartoon.

www.cnn.com

 

[fskimospy]

Not only did the newspapers and his distribution company dump him, his book publisher cancelled the upcoming publication of his newest book and is ceasing publishing of his existing books. His book agent also dumped him.

Maybe sooner or later, despite how much money he has, some of this will affect him. I don't know, but I hope so.

'Dilbert' distributor drops creator Scott Adams over his racist remarks

Andrews McMeel Universal, the company that syndicates "Dilbert," said it is cutting ties with the comic strip's creator, Scott Adams, after his racist remarks about Black Americans led hundreds of newspapers across the country to drop the satirical cartoon.

www.cnn.com

I agree this will probably affect him kind of seriously. As a rich person I suspect he has a pretty high monthly spend rate (which is perfectly reasonable, as he is rich)

This is all speculation on my part but I suspect his income was largely through publishing new comics and the residuals he got from republishing Dilbert. That’s all toxic now. Even if you have many millions if your income goes to zero you probably need to cut back. That being said his ‘cutting back’ is probably more money than any of our ‘going to work every day’.

 

[Pens1566]

Rapid demise of 'Dilbert' is no surprise to those watching

The comic strip “Dilbert” disappeared with lightning speed following racist remarks by creator Scott Adams, but it shouldn’t come as a shock to anyone who has followed them both.

apnews.com

'Adams’ fate was effectively sealed Sunday evening when “Dilbert” distributor Andrews McMeel Universal said it was severing ties to the cartoonist. By Monday morning, “Dilbert” was gone from the GoComics site, which also features many top comic strips like “Peanuts” and “Calvin and Hobbes.” '


And he'll keep losing outlets for his strip. Good, fuggem.

I think he's already officially "unsyndicated" now. At this point, his only real smart move is to go full heel and hope to scarf up some of that sweet sweet KKK adjacent grift-apalooza $$$ from the super far right outrage appearance circuit.

 

[nakedfrog]

Once the existing stocks of Win Bigly and Loserthink dry up, he'll probably have a smaller publishing footprint.

 

[Pens1566]

Once the existing stocks of Win Bigly and Loserthink dry up, he'll probably have a smaller publishing footprint.

Does stormfront have a funny pages section?

 

[fskimospy]

I think he's already officially "unsyndicated" now. At this point, his only real smart move is to go full heel and hope to scarf up some of that sweet sweet KKK adjacent grift-apalooza $$$ from the super far right outrage appearance circuit.

Ben Garrison 2.0.

 

[Pens1566]

Ben Garrison 2.0.

Reduced to pepe memes on 8-chan (or will it be twitter by then?).

 

[hal2kilo]

If either of them turned out to be Dilbert guy style assholes that would be so sad.

Apparently Bill Watterson is coming out with some new significant work later this year and I’m looking forward to it as Calvin and Hobbes is my all time favorite comic strip, followed closely by Larson’s Far Side.

I still think about Larson just about every time I pass a pasture with cows in it.

 

[fskimospy]

I still think about Larson just about every time I pass a pasture with cows in it.

Calvin and Hobbes is my favorite as it’s relatively complex and verbose (like me) but I will always love the simplicity of The Far Side.