▲ 530 ▼ Ruel (lemmy.dbzer0.com) submitted 7 months ago by irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone 40 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Cornflake@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 7 months ago (3 children) I only ever knew the cartoonist for Dilbert. What did he do that's got folks hating on him? Were there some messed up comics that he published? permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 35 points 7 months ago* (2 children) He's been on the clearly wrong side of bad takes numerous times at this point. 2006: "were the number of Jews killed in the Holocaust exaggerated?" 2010s: racist shit about black people 2019 on: anti-masking drivel 2020: stop the steal 2023: livestream, a poll says 25% of black/brown folks feel a bit weird about if someone were to say "it's ok to be white", Scott says "best advice I can give to white ppl, get the hell away from black people, there's no fixing this." Almost every newspaper was already close to breaking, they all basically drop him and syndication cancelled. Me: Healthy, alive, & pointing and laughing at his dead, dumb ass. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Cornflake@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 7 months ago Yuck! Thanks for sharing, it's good to know these things permalink fedilink source parent [–] Tuuktuuk@piefed.europe.pub 1 point 4 months ago Yeah, based on what the Wikipedia said and what you say in your comment, this quote by @anunusualrelic@lemmy.world summarizes it extremely efficiently: The cartoonist for Dilbert was kind of fun, then he started to be kind of weird, then he became really odd, then he turned into a total weirdo, then he died. The end. permalink fedilink source parent [–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 10 points 7 months ago (1 child) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Adams#Political_views permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Cornflake@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 7 months ago This was rather eye-opening. Thanks! permalink fedilink source parent [–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (1 child) The cartoonist for Dilbert was kind of fun, then he started to be kind of weird, then he became really odd, then he turned into a total weirdo, then he died. The end. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Cornflake@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 7 months ago Short and to the point explanation. Nice! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 35 points 7 months ago* (2 children) He's been on the clearly wrong side of bad takes numerous times at this point. 2006: "were the number of Jews killed in the Holocaust exaggerated?" 2010s: racist shit about black people 2019 on: anti-masking drivel 2020: stop the steal 2023: livestream, a poll says 25% of black/brown folks feel a bit weird about if someone were to say "it's ok to be white", Scott says "best advice I can give to white ppl, get the hell away from black people, there's no fixing this." Almost every newspaper was already close to breaking, they all basically drop him and syndication cancelled. Me: Healthy, alive, & pointing and laughing at his dead, dumb ass. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Cornflake@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 7 months ago Yuck! Thanks for sharing, it's good to know these things permalink fedilink source parent [–] Tuuktuuk@piefed.europe.pub 1 point 4 months ago Yeah, based on what the Wikipedia said and what you say in your comment, this quote by @anunusualrelic@lemmy.world summarizes it extremely efficiently: The cartoonist for Dilbert was kind of fun, then he started to be kind of weird, then he became really odd, then he turned into a total weirdo, then he died. The end. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Cornflake@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 7 months ago Yuck! Thanks for sharing, it's good to know these things permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Tuuktuuk@piefed.europe.pub 1 point 4 months ago Yeah, based on what the Wikipedia said and what you say in your comment, this quote by @anunusualrelic@lemmy.world summarizes it extremely efficiently: The cartoonist for Dilbert was kind of fun, then he started to be kind of weird, then he became really odd, then he turned into a total weirdo, then he died. The end. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 10 points 7 months ago (1 child) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Adams#Political_views permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Cornflake@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 7 months ago This was rather eye-opening. Thanks! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Cornflake@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 7 months ago This was rather eye-opening. Thanks! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (1 child) The cartoonist for Dilbert was kind of fun, then he started to be kind of weird, then he became really odd, then he turned into a total weirdo, then he died. The end. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Cornflake@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 7 months ago Short and to the point explanation. Nice! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Cornflake@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 7 months ago Short and to the point explanation. Nice! permalink fedilink source parent
