# Dilbert (Jan 10, 2023) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** comic-strips\ **Created:** [January 10, 2023, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dilbert-jan-10-2023/977984 "2023-01-10T18:14:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2023, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dilbert-jan-10-2023/977984/81 "2023-01-12T22:51:44Z")
Oh, man, that breaks my heart. I read a lot of Badger in the 80s, but fell out of comics in the 90s. He was such a cool character. What a shame. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2023, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dilbert-jan-10-2023/977984/82 "2023-01-12T22:56:57Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > They were on the same shelf as Matt Groening’s books, otherwise I probably wouldn’t have noticed them. Oh boy, I was such a fan of _Life in Hell_. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2023, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dilbert-jan-10-2023/977984/83 "2023-01-12T23:05:14Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Oh boy, I was such a fan of _Life in Hell_. Same here, which I discovered while I was in college, and reading Madison, WI’s alternative weekly newspaper, _Isthmus_ – which is also where I discovered a snarky and hilarious question-and-answer column, written by some guy named Cecil. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2023, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dilbert-jan-10-2023/977984/84 "2023-01-13T00:26:38Z")
In case anyone has never seen it: [![](https://64.media.tumblr.com/4b62e1d2f6a8fd1ce2a1d5e751d4a17f/4802e1d012ec44c7-28/s2048x3072/7e889b08ae922aaea2d279840003304aa8f2e60d.jpg) ](https://64.media.tumblr.com/4b62e1d2f6a8fd1ce2a1d5e751d4a17f/4802e1d012ec44c7-28/s2048x3072/7e889b08ae922aaea2d279840003304aa8f2e60d.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2023, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dilbert-jan-10-2023/977984/85 "2023-01-13T15:03:27Z")
@HMS_Irruncible - You are stepping over the line into the territory of personal attacks, and this is Cafe Society. Please rein it in. RickJay Moderator ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2023, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dilbert-jan-10-2023/977984/86 "2023-01-13T15:51:21Z")
On the topic of “bothersome” comic strips, I offer today’s [Bliss](https://www.gocomics.com/bliss). A father tells his son, “Someday, son, all this will belong to my secret family.” Well, my FIL had a second family that my wife found out about when she was 23, and he did leave his estate to them. Not expecting that kind of a slap in the face when looking for some mild amusement in the morning’s comics… 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2023, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dilbert-jan-10-2023/977984/87 "2023-01-13T20:28:46Z")
I read [today’s strip](https://cowboystatedaily.com/2023/01/13/dilbert-january-13-2023/) and I’m beginning to think that he’s referring to Elon Musk and Twitter. It’s subtle, but ol’ Monkey Brain can’t outthink me. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2023, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dilbert-jan-10-2023/977984/88 "2023-01-14T18:43:34Z")
It does make it look like this is kind of personal re: TwitElon, doesn’t it? > [@Dinsdale](#): > > Not expecting that kind of a slap in the face when looking for some mild amusement in the morning’s comics… Eh, encountering cringe scenarios of “that’s not funny that really happened so someone I know and it was terrible” (or “that’s not funny if it happened to someone IRL it would be terrible”) is not unknown in popular entertainment. It’s a risk both creators and readers face. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2023, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dilbert-jan-10-2023/977984/89 "2023-01-14T21:20:19Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > Heck, I don’t even understand how this strip is supposed to be insulting to whom, if it isn’t Musk. 1. it is insulting to Twitter staff and ex-Staff > [@Dinsdale](#): > > Even with the explanations you guys have offered, I’m still not seeing grounds for offense. So Dilbert is saying the internal communications are being censored - that’s reflects some claim that Twitter was censoring - who? 1. it is claimed to be censoring Trump. What you have to understand is that Adams is a pro-Trump election denier who supports every stolen-election conspiracy theory going. Trump claims that Twitter suppressed the Hunter Biden laptop information, and stole the election. People would have voted against Biden if they had known. Adams supports this theory. When Trump posted tweets saying that he won, or the election was stolen, Twitter staff posted a reply saying that multiple sources dispute the claim. Trump claims that they were lying. Adams supports this theory. And then after Jan 6th, Trump was banned from Twitter altogether. Trump cl;aims that he was censored, that his free speech was suppressed, that his 1st Amendment rights were violated. Adams supports this theory. In short, Adams sees pre-Musk Twitter as a bunch of liars who stole the election with anti-Trump lies and distortions. The comic in question says that anyone who worked for Twitter is an expert liar. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dilbert-jan-10-2023/977984/90 "2023-02-24T02:05:50Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > But I really do not see the consistent rightwing message from Dilbert that many of you claim. I guess I’m not sensitive/critical/sophisticated enough in my comic consumption. Another day, another rightwing Dilbert. Read the comments if you want to see what his fans are up to. [https://dilbert.com/strip/2023-02-23](https://dilbert.com/strip/2023-02-23) ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dilbert-jan-10-2023/977984/91 "2023-02-24T02:28:39Z")
That IS a new workplace thing, of course, so it’s logical fodder for Dilbert humour (and that’s a pretty good Wally joke.) It’s not one topic though; it’s all of them. South Park, for instance, has made fun of things like the transgender movement - but then, South Park has made fun of **everything** of every political persuasion. If you think they’re right wing, wait a week; they’ll launch after some right wing sacred cow soon enough, and just when you’ve thought that’s what they attack, they’ll go pounding the shit out of something else. This past week they just crucified Harry and Meghan but I’m not sure what political side that’s on, if any. So the question is not whether Adams makes fun of pronoun thing, it’s whether he ever attacks anything Republican. And so far as I can tell, he doesn’t. Last week he was attacking the stupid WEF. The week before he referenced the latest Jordan Peterson controversy. Which is not surprising, since outside the strip he’s a Trumpist. ---
**Author:** ![wevets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9a140/32.png) [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dilbert-jan-10-2023/977984/92 "2023-02-24T02:40:03Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > It’s not one topic though; it’s all of them. South Park, for instance, has made fun of things like the transgender movement - but then, South Park has made fun of **everything** of every political persuasion. If you think they’re right wing, wait a week; they’ll launch after some right wing sacred cow soon enough, and just when you’ve thought that’s what they attack, they’ll go pounding the shit out of something else. This past week they just crucified Harry and Meghan but I’m not sure what political side that’s on, if any. South Park is famously nihilist - unfortunately, nihilism not really the “belief in nothing” that Walter Sobchak might claim, but is an way to provide cover for those who don’t want their motives examined too closely. When a nihilist is asked whether illiberalism or liberalism is better, their answer is “neither” - but that’s not actually because of any consideration of the merits, it has to do with not actually considering the merits, short-circuiting the conversation before it gets somewhere uncomfortable for the nihilist. Also, didn’t Scott Adams just say something on Twitter today about how all the white people should move away from black people? He’s yelling the quiet part through a megaphone at this point. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dilbert-jan-10-2023/977984/93 "2023-02-24T03:08:40Z")
> [@wevets](#): > > Also, didn’t Scott Adams just say something on Twitter today about how all the white people should move away from black people? He blocked me, so I don’t know. ---
**Author:** ![wevets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9a140/32.png) [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dilbert-jan-10-2023/977984/94 "2023-02-24T03:15:29Z")
I envy you being blocked. Apparently he also mentioned that African-Americans are a “hate group” - I don’t know if he’s deranged or just throwing out words in the hope that people will agree with him rather than figure out the meaning of what he’s saying, but either way, I don’t really want to look into it and find out more. ---
**Author:** ![fedman1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e495f1/32.png) [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dilbert-jan-10-2023/977984/95 "2023-02-24T08:52:27Z")
there’s a site called GoComics with almost every comic, no Pogo though ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dilbert-jan-10-2023/977984/96 "2023-02-24T09:38:18Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > So the question is not whether Adams makes fun of pronoun thing, it’s whether he ever attacks anything Republican. > > And so far as I can tell, he doesn’t. [https://dilbert.com/strip/2020-09-16](https://dilbert.com/strip/2020-09-16) As for the pronouns strip, it’s Wally. Wally is an awful person. What Wally says in the strip is usually not something to admire. Wally’s opinion usually isn’t something Adams agrees with. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dilbert-jan-10-2023/977984/97 "2023-02-24T12:13:48Z")
I thought the pronouns strip was one of the funniest in a long time. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dilbert-jan-10-2023/977984/98 "2023-02-24T12:42:25Z")
> [@wevets](#): > > Apparently he also mentioned that African-Americans are a “hate group” Some context around that: > **[‘Dilbert’s’ Scott Adams: ‘White people should get the hell away from Black...](https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/02/23/dilberts-scott-adams-white-people-should-get-the-hell-away-from-black-people/)** > > During his online program, the controversial East Bay cartoonist offered up his latest provocation, arguing that Black people constitute a ‘hate group’ and White people need to ‘g… ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dilbert-jan-10-2023/977984/99 "2023-02-24T12:44:36Z")
We even have a Pit thread about it: [https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-dang-if-you-didnt-think-scott-adams-was-a-piece-of-shit-before-just-look-at-him-now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-dang-if-you-didnt-think-scott-adams-was-a-piece-of-shit-before-just-look-at-him-now) ---
**Author:** ![colinfred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colinfred/32/21338_2.png) [@colinfred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colinfred)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dilbert-jan-10-2023/977984/100 "2023-02-24T13:01:21Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > > [@RickJay](#): > > > > So the question is not whether Adams makes fun of pronoun thing, it’s whether he ever attacks anything Republican. > > > > And so far as I can tell, he doesn’t. > > [https://dilbert.com/strip/2020-09-16](https://dilbert.com/strip/2020-09-16) The way you’ve linked it, you seem to think it’s a counterexample to RickJay’s claim. It isn’t, it’s an attack on the left, the Catbert character representing a leftist who is unwilling to have any kind of discussion. The other guy was about to give a nuanced argument and was shut down. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dilbert-jan-10-2023/977984.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dilbert-jan-10-2023/977984.md?page=6)