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Cartoonist Scott Adams passed away
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Oh no!
RIP
I remember when he started using a Wacom tablet to create his cartoons as he was having difficulty drawing due to hand tremors.
RIP
I remember when he started using a Wacom tablet to create his cartoons as he was having difficulty drawing due to hand tremors.
That is sad to read. He has left quite a cartoonist legacy.
Que viva, Dilbert!
Que viva, Dilbert!
I learned today that he went off the deep end and had some pretty extreme views later in life, but Dilbert was a huge part of the culture during my cube farm days of the late 90s and early 00s.
Incredibly intelligent man. I didn't follow him, but enjoyed any time he posted on x.com. I liked that he wasn't afraid to share his views, even if controversial to some. I'm honestly a bit shocked. Even if you know someone's seriously ill, it still hits you when they eventually kick the bucked. Like with Steve Jobs. You hold out some sort of hope 'til the end.
RIP
RIP
Yeah. I liked him until about 10 years ago or so.
This kind of cartoon always made me laugh because it was so true.
I understand he went a bit off the rails later on though. I didn’t follow his work however.
The Dilbert strip joined the Peter Principle in bringing into public consciousness and culture ideas that people were privately aware of, but not so much publicly. The strips created a medium for communicating ideas, a sort of shared language...in other words, memes before we knew what memes were.
It reminds me of many years ago when a presenter claimed several decades ago Life Magazine had a big story on child abuse that brought the subject into the public consciousness. It's not that nobody but abusers and victims knew it happened, but that it was widespread and common enough to be that much a 'thing,' and to make people aware each other knew it, was news.
If anyone thinks the strip is overly cynical, consider the term 'Human Resources.' The very title tells you a bit about how owners see staff. Human (not individualized, just a categorization, like equipment, coal for a furnace, etc.) resources (something to use, that you try to extract the most value from at the lowest cost).
Someone once popularized the phrase 'The banality of evil.' Adams popularized navigating the banality of office life.
It reminds me of many years ago when a presenter claimed several decades ago Life Magazine had a big story on child abuse that brought the subject into the public consciousness. It's not that nobody but abusers and victims knew it happened, but that it was widespread and common enough to be that much a 'thing,' and to make people aware each other knew it, was news.
If anyone thinks the strip is overly cynical, consider the term 'Human Resources.' The very title tells you a bit about how owners see staff. Human (not individualized, just a categorization, like equipment, coal for a furnace, etc.) resources (something to use, that you try to extract the most value from at the lowest cost).
Someone once popularized the phrase 'The banality of evil.' Adams popularized navigating the banality of office life.
