Just a reminder that Dilbert creator Scott Adams is a racist conservative bigot
Oh no, not again.
edit: I simply wish to enjoy comics, and I hope others can enjoy them too, without having to do a full background check on the author of the comic, keeping the community simple and nice. This should be like a library of good comics.
I understand your desire, but life does not exist in a vacuum. While death of the artist may be easy for you, it is not as simple of an equation for others, especially when said author still lives and benefits monetarily from their creation. And yes, I think we have some culpability even in what we share for free, as keeping them culturally relevant allows their benefits and influence to continue.
Personally, I was a big Dilbert fan; my parents used to gift me a new Dilbert calendar annually and I subscribed to the Washington Post for years in no small part so I could read the weekly Dilbert strip. So I’ll admit it, I take this particular betrayal a little personally. Finding out that Scott Adams was a racist bag of shit felt like hearing that my favorite uncle was actually an non-convicted rapist.
For what it’s worth though, I am sorry that Scott Adam’s gross personal abhorrent opinions get in the way of enjoying your silly office humor comic strip, sincerely.
I get not wanting deal with every artist’s hidden history. But Adams is a well known and documented nut. Your comment is like wondering why people are mad at Roman Polanski and why you can’t just “enjoy” his movies. Sure you can, but I’m gonna judge you for it.
Do you not watch or enjoy any of the movies that Harvey Weinstein had his name or company attached to? Cuz it’s a shit load of films and stuff you are saying people shouldn’t be allowed to enjoy without being judged for it because that guy was a monster.
And you judge people on such grounds, but you will also be judged for doing so.
I did hear today the first time about a man named Adams or Roman Polanski and I support OPs point. As long as the media I consume doesn’t reflect the authors political opinion I don’t care.
Would you judge me for playing minecraft because the creator of it is suddenly known for being racist?
His racism and abhorrent views have leaked into his content, there is no separating the art from the artist here.
I know about his racist rants, do you have some examples of affected comics? Too many unrelated results on Google
This should be like a library of good comics.
Right. But libraries have books that talk about other books. In the same way, it’s fair to have discussion sections that discuss the comic strip’s authors. Otherwise, the discussion sections will just be full of things like: “This!” or “OMG so relatable” etc.
Fuck Scott Adams, fucking racist MAGA trash.
Scott Adams is trash, and also this is so outdated. No top engineer wants to work at Google anymore, just middle management hell and a product you create will most likely be killed within 2 years.
Scott Adams doesn’t know shit about how the office world works. He probably worked in an office in the 80s for a year and turned that into a whole thing
Adams has admitted that he hasn’t been in an office in such a long time that he doesn’t know what’s relevant anymore. In classic Dilbert fashion, the admission slipped as part of his defense that his comics were current and he had a finger on the pulse of the technology sector.
I mean… (ex-)Googlers still think they walk on water, so it’s accurate as far as that goes. IMO, the stereotype was never true that they were all amazing and brilliant. Maybe it’s just the subsector I spend most of my time with where they were less than stellar.
I know he’s been canceled for being an alt-right magat, but that doesn’t make this less funny to me.
Fuck Scott Adams.
Fuck Scott Adams