• TillieNeuen [she/her]
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    2 months ago

    Every time I hear something else about Scott Adams, I get more embarrassed about liking Dilbert when I was a shitty teen.

    • FlakesBongler [they/them]
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      2 months ago

      My godfather got me Scott Adams' business book when I was 10 for my birthday present

      I didn't even like Dilbert, I was a Calvin & Hobbes kid

      • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
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        2 months ago

        Christopher: "He was my godfather. But he knew I liked Calvin & Hobbes. He knew that. Dilbert - who likes that shit? Nobody wants that shit."

        Adriana: "So that's when you keyed his car?"

        Christopher: "No. That was another thing. Are you even listening to me! Pass me the bowl!"

        Adriana: "Pass it to yourself." And she walks angrily to the bedroom.

        He throws up his hands.

    • footfaults [none/use name]
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      2 months ago

      Isn't his descent into madness more recent? Like the bulk of his work was before he went insane. Right?

        • Wertheimer [any]
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          2 months ago

          Yeah, in one of his '90s books he had something about how daily affirmations could lead you to win big in the stock market, or some shit.

          • SacredExcrement [any, comrade/them]
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            2 months ago

            Another one had his own personal theory of how the universe worked

            He has always been bonkers, but the chud type of bonkers is more recent. This particular post is pretty inline with how he's always been

      • TillieNeuen [she/her]
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        2 months ago

        He's probably gotten worse, but looking back, there were warning signs

      • SpiderFarmer [he/him]
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        2 months ago

        He showed hints of it when the tea party was taking off, but it was fairly level-headed stuff. The descent into madness was gradual, and I feel blessed to read his earlier posts where a germ of the madness started off.

      • TillieNeuen [she/her]
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        2 months ago

        I had several of the cartoon books, but the only one I remember specifically is the one where Dogbert asks a recruit for the holy war (Linux vs Windows, I think?), "Can you chant?"

        Something about that just really tickled me.

        • Nakoichi [they/them]
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          2 months ago

          My dad had two Far Side collections in hardcover and I loved those things.