Dilbert by Scott Adams

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1. I found his comics not-funny when I was a kid, but then as a grown-up who had worked in a corporate environment, I found many of them funny.

   Mixed · Jan 2026 · in “'Dilbert' creator Scott Adams dies at 68 after prostate cancer battle”

2. Dilbert gave me a lot of laughs and was a perfect representation of what the corporate world looked like to my younger self

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3. Those strips weren't very witty or funny to me, they just felt like contrived fantasies about putting down an opponent.

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4. both the Dilbert comics and The Dilbert Principle were formative for me both personally and professionally

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5. the success in Dilbert was being the first newspaper comic to live in the topic of corporate bureaucracy

   Mixed · Jan 2026 · in “Scott Alexander: The Dilbert Afterlife”

6. Adams's Trump Dementia became so bad in the last decade that it completely tainted his legacy for me

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7. The originals' core premise was universal workplace satire that criticized the office as a system

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8. Dilbert was an important part of our cultural landscape and made a lot of people feel good

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9. I loved Dilbert and I really believe that you often have to separate art from artist

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10. Dilbert is an iconic comic, and perhaps the most culturally impactful "office humor"

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11. It's too bad the Dilbert guy seemed to have lost his mind in meta level cynicism

    Mixed · Jun 2026 · in “What it feels like to work with Mythos”

12. laughing as I got into the workforce and realized how accurate the satire was

    Mixed · Jan 2026 · in “'Dilbert' creator Scott Adams dies at 68 after prostate cancer battle”

13. after working in an office for a year or two I thought they were peak humor

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14. This was part of the appeal of the strip before it went off the deep end

    Mixed · Jan 2026 · in “Scott Alexander: The Dilbert Afterlife”

15. Dilbert never really moved on to modern SV/startup/open floor plan tech

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16. Dilbert was great, and one of my favorite comics for a long long time.

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17. I still laugh at some of the comics, even after I knew he was a jerk.

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18. his dilbert comics were a source of endless wisdom and amusement

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19. His work was funny and insightful, his politics were abhorrent.

    Mixed · Jan 2026 · in “Scott Adams has passed away”

20. I always enjoyed Dilbert, one of the few of my friends who did

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21. In the 90s/early 2ks geeks all loved Dilbert & Scott Adams.

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22. The strips he created after being fired by his syndicate are a bleak insight into his mindset in his final years.

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23. it was dangerously cynical and that Dilbert is to blame for his shit life because he goes along with it all

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24. actual nihilism is intensely offputting, and his whole life seems to have reflected that nihilism

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25. Dilbert read in that light just seems hateful more than insightful or relatable.

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26. I cannot remember a single strip where unionization would be mentioned

    Criticizes · Jan 2026 · in “Scott Adams has passed away”

27. I recall having a "huh?" moment when I once saw the titular character say that there's no evidence for climate change.

    Mixed · Jan 2026 · in “'Dilbert' creator Scott Adams dies at 68 after prostate cancer battle”

28. They were valuable to me because it gave me perspective on a way of thinking I would never have considered.

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29. his cartoons were funny and sarcastic. His books felt like he was letting me in behind the scenes.

    Mixed · Jan 2026 · in “Scott Adams has passed away”

30. I say this as someone who used to really enjoy Dilbert, but looking back with a critical eye

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31. his work became less interesting and less relevant as I moved to the pointy haired side

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32. I found that I connected with his early work a lot more than his latter work

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33. maybe I'm the cynical software engineer I am today because of Scott Adams

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34. I really liked Dilbert, but I don't think I read any of his other books.

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35. I'm very appreciative of Dilbert and in particular the Dilbert cartoon.

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36. The comics often do little to speak to the current corporate world

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37. The persona he presented in social media was very angry and smug.

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38. made some funny comics and said some shitty things on his podcast

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39. Reading Scott's work was a family ritual at the breakfast table.

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40. I used to attach Dilbert strips to the end of my presentations

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