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People Magazine is the only one to get the headline right so far.
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My #ScottAdams Story
In the 1990s, I worked as an office temp. I logged a lot of hours in a lot of different offices, and I had an instant and accurate way to sense how dysfunctional and toxic a workplace was as soon as I walked in.
I took note of how many #Dilbert comics were pinned up, and where.
If I saw one or two #Dilbert comics scattered around, I knew people had their gripes and complaints about their co-workers, but it was nothing too serious.
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So I guess the moral here is: #ScottAdams was a thin-skinned, egotistical monster who wrote and badly drew a hateful comic strip called #Dilbert, and all his “humor” punched down, and he used sock puppet accounts to brag about his own genius, and was a racist, and he thought Donald Trump was great...
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...but for all that, if I were forced – I donno, at gunpoint, maybe -- to utter one nice word about #ScottAdams, I guess I’d say that for a few years, he was...
USEFUL.
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So #Dilbert was my canary in the coal mine. I can’t think of another comic strip that functioned like this. Cathy was drawn almost exactly as badly as Dilbert, but the only thing I learned from seeing that strip in an office was the person pinning it up had body image issues. Peanuts meant the person had self-esteem problems. (Or, contrarywise, they identified with Snoopy.)
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So I guess the moral here is: #ScottAdams was a thin-skinned, egotistical monster who wrote and badly drew a hateful comic strip called #Dilbert, and all his “humor” punched down, and he used sock puppet accounts to brag about his own genius, and was a racist, and he thought Donald Trump was great...
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The #Dilbert gauge never failed me. The more Dilbert comic strips I saw, the nastier the place was.
I worked at a one place where Dilbert was banned. Specifically, just Dilbert. Sounds extreme, but the bosses knew exactly what #ScottAdams was peddling, and they didn’t want any.
That office ran smoothly and was among the nicest.
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My #ScottAdams Story
In the 1990s, I worked as an office temp. I logged a lot of hours in a lot of different offices, and I had an instant and accurate way to sense how dysfunctional and toxic a workplace was as soon as I walked in.
I took note of how many #Dilbert comics were pinned up, and where.
If I saw one or two #Dilbert comics scattered around, I knew people had their gripes and complaints about their co-workers, but it was nothing too serious.
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Charles U. Farley
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@tezoatlipoca @Nickiquote the problem is we want the USA of Charles Schultz and we get Scott Adams instead
#RIP #ScottAdams. Thank you for your contributions and witty takes on work and life. #Dilbert
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/obituaries/scott-adams-dilbert-creator-dies-rcna253792
@Nickiquote what I didn't know is that Franklin was in part to honor MLK following his assassination - https://www.truthorfiction.com/charles-schulz-on-peanuts-franklin-print-it-just-the-way-i-draw-it-or-i-quit/
@tezoatlipoca @Nickiquote the problem is we want the USA of Charles Schultz and we get Scott Adams instead
'Dilbert' creator Scott Adams dies at 68 after prostate cancer battle
#HackerNews #Dilbert #ScottAdams #ProstateCancer #Tribute #ComicStrip #RIPCARTOONIST
People Magazine is the only one to get the headline right so far.
Scott Adams has passed away
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rs_JrOIo3SE
#HackerNews #ScottAdams #SadNews #RIPScottAdams #Legacy #RememberingScottAdams
