Careercow Scott Raymond Adams / @ScottAdamsSays / “Real Coffee With Scott Adams” - The Washed Up Cartoonist Behind “Dilbert”, Creator of “The Dilberito”, Professional Bullying Victim, Political Grifter, Terminally Online Narcissistic Boomer, Divorced Twice, Is (Not) Glad His Stepson Overdosed. This is Not a Racial Politics Debate Thread

[Mikoyan]

"You exhale too much. I'm going to put a stop to that," Wally says, as he whips out the .45.

See I can write better than Scott.

 

[Catgirl Tyranid]

I think with Dilbert specifically it’s a combination of the humor not really evolving past the ‘90s (when he last worked an actual office job) plus just normal burnout.

Joshreads identified that Scott was already using a template back in 2005:

1. Bureaucratic figure says something revealing incompetence, ignorance, and/or hostility, using latest MBA-spouted buzzword of the moment.
2. Dilbert or another sympathetic character responds with a cynical yet keen and cutting observation revealing the evil and/or stupidity of his/her superior.
3. Bureaucratic figure reacts with further hostility.

Note that we don’t even have step 3 anymore, as we can see in today’s strip:

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I... uh... Did I step through another reality warp? I feel like I was scrolling through his old Dilbert strip just a few weeks ago and getting mild chuckles or eyerolls, but this just feels lazy. There's no surprise here, there's no wit or really even an attempt at wit. This is just how the ESG pandering actually operates.

 

[reptile baht spaniard rid]

I... uh... Did I step through another reality warp? I feel like I was scrolling through his old Dilbert strip just a few weeks ago and getting mild chuckles or eyerolls, but this just feels lazy. There's no surprise here, there's no wit or really even an attempt at wit. This is just how the ESG pandering actually operates.

it's sad because he already did a sendup of ESG in his normal strips somewhere, and it was moderately better than this

now if he had worked a 15/50 joke in there somehow, or implied that relocating the company to downtown chicago would reduce emissions (because employees would die early), that would be funny. Joshreads is right, and it still continues.

 

[Big moth tiddies]

"You exhale too much. I'm going to put a stop to that," Wally says, as he whips out the .45.

 

[Punchoboe]

1. Bureaucratic figure says something revealing incompetence, ignorance, and/or hostility, using latest MBA-spouted buzzword of the moment.
2. Dilbert or another sympathetic character responds with a cynical yet keen and cutting observation revealing the evil and/or stupidity of his/her superior.
3. Bureaucratic figure reacts with further hostility.

Dilbert is the same handful of jokes repeated cyclically, updated with whatever is happening at the time. It also reflects the Boomer mentality that all procedures are pointless, and they know better than everyone else. That said, the strip is usually better if you simply ignore the third panel.

Remember: what made Dilbert stand out is that it pointed out the flaws in corporate culture without descending into leftism. For all his flaws, Adams made an important contribution. He simply shows how things work (or don't work) within a high-tech office environment, pointing out absurdities that many encounter in their jobs. In 1989, this was ahead of its time.

 

[Debbie Macomber]

It's odd that he said he wanted to retire by getting cancelled, but when he finally did get cancelled he keeps doing the Dilbert strips?

 

[AbduluCthuluZulu]

It's odd that he said he wanted to retire by getting cancelled, but when he finally did get cancelled he keeps doing the Dilbert strips?

Maybe this is his retirement, just his personal spin on the "old man yelling at the neighbor kids" type.

 

[Neil]

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Glad to see that the Dilbert reboot is staying faithful to the original newspaper strip's dogshit art and humor, or lack thereof.

 

[LinkinParkxNaruto[AMV]]

New Dilbert is as bland as old Dilbert, this is the raciest that boomerman can get

 

[Cpl. Long Dong Silver]

New Dilbert is as bland as old Dilbert, this is the raciest that boomerman can get

Yeah wake me up when Dilbert starts questioning the Holocaust

 

[Blacked2AutisticBoogaloo]

Today’s Shillbert

I actually kind of liked this one. Reminds me a lot of the older Dilbert comics. Simple, but pretty good. When he’s not using Dilbert as a mouthpiece for his views, it can be alright.

 

[Mikoyan]

New Dilbert is as bland as old Dilbert, this is the raciest that boomerman can get

PHB: "Hello everyone, welcome our new hire."
Moon Man: "KKK."
[middle panel of stunned silence, that token black books it stage left]
[Last panel, Wally walks off stage left with a rope casually while Dogbert takes Moon Man stage right]
Dogbert: "We have to talk social media strategy."

That's a formulaic one. Introduce out of the blue rogue element, have all hell break loose but in a restrained office-y fashion. Mine the situation by having everyone react fairly in character.

I don't know why I'm writing Dilbert strips in reaction to how painfully mediocre Dilbert is. It's probably childhood trauma from getting gifted tons of Dilbert stuff because 'you're into computers, this is the only kinda-computer thing I know of'.

 

[reptile baht spaniard rid]

Today’s Shillbert
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I actually kind of liked this one. Reminds me a lot of the older Dilbert comics. Simple, but pretty good. When he’s not using Dilbert as a mouthpiece for his views, it can be alright.

it feels almost like he's trying to be topical with the chinese ballon stuff, but it's almost a joke

I feel swapping the last two panels would actually make it better:

 

[Mikoyan]

it feels almost like he's trying to be topical with the chinese ballon stuff, but it's almost a joke

I feel swapping the last two panels would actually make it better:

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The weird thing is the military jet UFO thing - like the ones everyone cites - is years old at this point.

The panel swap thing works in a shocking number of 3-4 panel strips. It's pretty funny.

 

[LinkinParkxNaruto[AMV]]

PHB: "Hello everyone, welcome our new hire."
Moon Man: "KKK."
[middle panel of stunned silence, that token black books it stage left]
[Last panel, Wally walks off stage left with a rope casually while Dogbert takes Moon Man stage right]
Dogbert: "We have to talk social media strategy."

That's a formulaic one. Introduce out of the blue rogue element, have all hell break loose but in a restrained office-y fashion. Mine the situation by having everyone react fairly in character.

I don't know why I'm writing Dilbert strips in reaction to how painfully mediocre Dilbert is. It's probably childhood trauma from getting gifted tons of Dilbert stuff because 'you're into computers, this is the only kinda-computer thing I know of'.

1: The boss introduces new character - "Hi Dilbert, this is Nosebert, the ESG advisor, he needs to have a word with you"

2: Nosebert: So we've been going over your personal social media and we've notice you tweeted "no more bailout for ((them)) " Tell me Dilbert, are you antisemitic?

3: Dillbert: Ridiculous, i am deeply offended by the implication. I assure you i am not anti-semitic! (boss and nosebert looking pensative

4: Dillbert: ( shrugging ) I have no problem with arabs.
Boss: (facepalming) Were're gonna get shorted to death aren't we?
Nosebert: Oy vey, you betcha!

 

[Mikoyan]

1: The boss introduces new character - "Hi Dilbert, this is Nosebert, the ESG advisor, he needs to have a word with you"

2: Nosebert: So we've been going over your personal social media and we've notice you tweeted "no more bailout for ((them)) " Tell me Dilbert, are you antisemitic?

3: Dillbert: Ridiculous, i am deeply offended by the implication. I assure you i am not anti-semitic! (boss and nosebert looking pensative

4: Dillbert: ( shrugging ) I have no problem with arabs.
Boss: (facepalming) Were're gonna get shorted to death aren't we?
Nosebert: Oy vey, you betcha!

It's annoying the pattern is <noun>bert, because Dilberg would really flow.

 

[Johnny Salami]

1: The boss introduces new character - "Hi Dilbert, this is Nosebert, the ESG advisor, he needs to have a word with you"

2: Nosebert: So we've been going over your personal social media and we've notice you tweeted "no more bailout for ((them)) " Tell me Dilbert, are you antisemitic?

3: Dillbert: Ridiculous, i am deeply offended by the implication. I assure you i am not anti-semitic! (boss and nosebert looking pensative

4: Dillbert: ( shrugging ) I have no problem with arabs.
Boss: (facepalming) Were're gonna get shorted to death aren't we?
Nosebert: Oy vey, you betcha!

Even people that are willing to talk about 1352 will never name the Jew (AJW comes to mind)

 

[No Memory]

It's annoying the pattern is <noun>bert, because Dilberg would really flow.

Kikebert? Jewbert?

 

[Pissmaster]

Today’s Shillbert
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I actually kind of liked this one. Reminds me a lot of the older Dilbert comics. Simple, but pretty good. When he’s not using Dilbert as a mouthpiece for his views, it can be alright.

Thanks for posting these. For being paywalled, I was expecting at least Stonetoss-lite.

I'm gonna try to make this strip edgier by only removing and rearranging words:

 

[Norman B. Normal]

So this basically is just cuddling up to Putin, then? Scott Adams manages to flunk even my lowest expectations.