# Well dang. If you didn't think Scott Adams was a piece of shit before, just look at him now! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 24, 2023, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-dang-if-you-didnt-think-scott-adams-was-a-piece-of-shit-before-just-look-at-him-now/980277 "2023-02-24T06:16:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 15
**Author:** ![orcenio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orcenio/32/1036_2.png) [@orcenio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orcenio)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-dang-if-you-didnt-think-scott-adams-was-a-piece-of-shit-before-just-look-at-him-now/980277/281 "2023-03-01T16:11:23Z")
Some real good coverage on the history of “Its okay to be white” as an innocuous phrase chosen by alt-right/white nationalists five years ago to be a political slogan of theirs (also mentioned is the “OK” symbol -which was also adopted by white nationalists for the same reasons). Instead of treating these things like the weighted political slogans that they are, Rasmussen is presenting this phrase context-free and feigning ignorance that it holds any political meaning. Very scummy for this pollster. But Adams swallowed it and replied in his racist manner. > **[An Overlooked Detail in the Scott Adams and Dilbert Story](https://www.readtpa.com/p/scott-adams-white-grievance-dilbert)** > > A look at Rasmussen's attempt to troll the people it polled. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-dang-if-you-didnt-think-scott-adams-was-a-piece-of-shit-before-just-look-at-him-now/980277/282 "2023-03-01T16:23:46Z")
Here’s a chance for some midweek schadenfreude (via a parody, lest there is any doubt), for those who partake. [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FqD-m7iWIAE0gsj?format=jpg&name=large) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FqD-m7iWIAE0gsj?format=jpg&name=large) ---
**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:** [March 1, 2023, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-dang-if-you-didnt-think-scott-adams-was-a-piece-of-shit-before-just-look-at-him-now/980277/283 "2023-03-01T16:32:59Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > Rasmussen is apparently not an actual polling organization, they are alt right trolls. Well, they did start out as an actual polling organization, though 538 and other analysts have usually found their results to be skewed towards conservative candidates, compared to other quality pollsters, at least in part due to their sampling methodology. But, in recent years, they appear to have jumped the shark, and seem to be leaning into trashy “polling,” sponsored by conservative groups. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-dang-if-you-didnt-think-scott-adams-was-a-piece-of-shit-before-just-look-at-him-now/980277/284 "2023-03-01T16:56:03Z")
Interestingly, as I recall, 528 found Rasmussen to be pretty reliable if you consistently added a small correction to the “left”. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-dang-if-you-didnt-think-scott-adams-was-a-piece-of-shit-before-just-look-at-him-now/980277/285 "2023-03-01T17:10:41Z")
> [@74westy](#): > > pretty reliable if you consistently added a small correction to the “left” But what on earth would “reliable” even mean in the context of a deliberately ambiguous trolling question? Reliability in polling would usually mean how close the sample statistic is to the population parameter, but this question is not designed to measure any parameter other than perhaps indirectly how many people are familiar with the cultural context that it’s a slogan and how people respond to provocation. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-dang-if-you-didnt-think-scott-adams-was-a-piece-of-shit-before-just-look-at-him-now/980277/286 "2023-03-01T17:46:27Z")
Obviously, it has no meaning in terms of troll questions. 538 applied that correction to election polls and that was what I was referring to. Sorry for the careless language. In fact, I regret using the word “reliable”. Should have said “repeatable” or something like that. ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-dang-if-you-didnt-think-scott-adams-was-a-piece-of-shit-before-just-look-at-him-now/980277/287 "2023-03-01T18:02:19Z")
I’m just trying to understand the meaning of the word “racist”. Apparently Scott Adams, disparaging a whole race of people as “a hate group”, that white people should “get the hell away from” isn’t racist. The _real_ racism is when newspapers volunarily end contracts with hateful bastards. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-dang-if-you-didnt-think-scott-adams-was-a-piece-of-shit-before-just-look-at-him-now/980277/288 "2023-03-01T18:07:37Z")
Because the newspapers are favoring the Black people that he is hating on over the white person that is him. ---
**Author:** ![orcenio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orcenio/32/1036_2.png) [@orcenio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orcenio)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-dang-if-you-didnt-think-scott-adams-was-a-piece-of-shit-before-just-look-at-him-now/980277/289 "2023-03-01T18:13:05Z")
One of Scott Adams’ many failings is to think he’s smarter then everyone else (like vastly smarter too). Adams thinks so extremely highly of himself, that he believes he can act boorishly racist then handwave it away by reciting classic, right-wing, self-victimizing incantations like: You’re all the real racists. You just don’t understand what I’m really saying. As for any support he gets, its because they want to obfuscate his racism. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-dang-if-you-didnt-think-scott-adams-was-a-piece-of-shit-before-just-look-at-him-now/980277/290 "2023-03-01T18:23:47Z")
> [@orcenio](#): > > he believes he can act boorishly racist then handwave it away by reciting classic, right-wing, self-victimizing incantations like: You’re all the real racists. You just don’t understand what I’m really saying. And to the audience he has chosen to cater to, he probably can. > [@orcenio](#): > > As for any support he gets, its because they want to **obfuscate** his racism. My bold: You misspelled “celebrate”. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2023, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-dang-if-you-didnt-think-scott-adams-was-a-piece-of-shit-before-just-look-at-him-now/980277/291 "2023-03-01T18:49:03Z")
I like this article, it does a good job of summarizing all the points, including Elon’s support and how Rasmussen was trolling people. > **[The Poll That Did in Dilbert Creator Scott Adams Is Even Dumber Than You Can...](https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/02/dilbert-scott-adams-racist-rant-black-hate-explained.html)** > > The pollster Rasmussen assumed its audience was stupid, and in the case of Scott Adams, it was right. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-dang-if-you-didnt-think-scott-adams-was-a-piece-of-shit-before-just-look-at-him-now/980277/292 "2023-03-01T21:29:42Z")
I’ve mentioned before that I work for a very conservative boss. He’s also very religious. He and I talked about this issue and to my pleasant surprise, he agreed with me that this guy is getting exactly what he deserves. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-dang-if-you-didnt-think-scott-adams-was-a-piece-of-shit-before-just-look-at-him-now/980277/293 "2023-03-01T22:27:25Z")
Retiring at 65 with millions of dollars? ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-dang-if-you-didnt-think-scott-adams-was-a-piece-of-shit-before-just-look-at-him-now/980277/294 "2023-03-01T22:36:07Z")
No, the other part. ---
**Author:** ![gnarator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gnarator/32/8266_2.png) [@gnarator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnarator)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-dang-if-you-didnt-think-scott-adams-was-a-piece-of-shit-before-just-look-at-him-now/980277/295 "2023-03-01T22:40:04Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Adams has now pivoted to the “it was satire/hyperbole” defense. Oh, so it’s Schrodinger’s joke now. I guess that makes him [Schrodinger’s douchebag.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/term-for-a-certain-type-of-poster/979408) ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-dang-if-you-didnt-think-scott-adams-was-a-piece-of-shit-before-just-look-at-him-now/980277/296 "2023-03-03T15:58:07Z")
“I darn you to Heck.” My only take on all this is another T-shirt that I can’t wear any more. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-dang-if-you-didnt-think-scott-adams-was-a-piece-of-shit-before-just-look-at-him-now/980277/297 "2023-03-03T18:09:52Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > At least Ben Garrison can draw hands. On the other hand, Scott Adams is a misunderstood humanitarian compared to Ben Garrison, who seems to be a weird composite of Hieronymus Bosch and Marjorie Taylor Greene. > **[A Guide to Understanding Ben Garrison's Political Cartoons](https://www.somethingawful.com/feature-articles/ben-garrison-explained/)** > > The highly complex and detailed world of Ben Garrison's political creations are finally broken down for you, the viewers! ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-dang-if-you-didnt-think-scott-adams-was-a-piece-of-shit-before-just-look-at-him-now/980277/298 "2023-03-03T19:46:32Z")
Garrison is like [The Onion’s Kelly](https://www.theonion.com/opinion/cartoons), but real. Holy shit. ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-dang-if-you-didnt-think-scott-adams-was-a-piece-of-shit-before-just-look-at-him-now/980277/299 "2023-03-03T22:45:57Z")
#4 is just straight up anti-Semitic. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2023, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-dang-if-you-didnt-think-scott-adams-was-a-piece-of-shit-before-just-look-at-him-now/980277/300 "2023-03-05T05:43:54Z")
For these shitheads, that’s a feature, not a bug. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-dang-if-you-didnt-think-scott-adams-was-a-piece-of-shit-before-just-look-at-him-now/980277.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-dang-if-you-didnt-think-scott-adams-was-a-piece-of-shit-before-just-look-at-him-now/980277.md?page=16)