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35. When Adams started Dilbert, it was a decent strip that found humor in office life

Tue Jan 13, 2026, 02:24 PM

Jan 13

However, as time went on, Adams decided that instead of the person to be most mocked, that the pointy haired boss was actually the hero of this world. Great analysis here:
https://www.theawl.com/2017/12/dilbert-a-reckoning/
or a brief overview here:
https://www.avclub.com/the-hero-of-dilbert-is-now-dilberts-boss-1821258521

But Adams proved himself to be a horrible person (racist, miogynist, anti-semite, etc) at least 20 years ago.

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/13/scott-adams-dead-at-68-00724995

He attracted attention for controversial comments, including saying in 2011 that women are treated differently by society for the same reason as children and the mentally disabled — “it’s just easier this way for everyone.” In a blog post from 2006, he questioned the death toll of the Holocaust.

In June 2020, Adams tweeted that when the “Dilbert” TV show ended in 2000 after just two seasons, it was “the third job I lost for being white.” But, at the time, he blamed it on lower viewership and time slot changes.

Adams’ beliefs began bleeding into his strips. In one in 2022, a boss says that traditional performance reviews would be replaced by a “wokeness” score. When an employee complains that could be subjective, the boss said, “That’ll cost you two points off your wokeness score, bigot.”

Adams put a brave face on his fall from grace, tweeting in 2023: “Only the dying leftist Fake News industry canceled me (for out-of-context news of course). Social media and banking unaffected. Personal life improved. Never been more popular in my life. Zero pushback in person. Black and White conservatives solidly supporting me.”

He really was an awful human being.

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Scott Adams, 'Dilbert' creator who poked fun at bad bosses, dies at 68 [View all] BumRushDaShow Jan 13 OP

Meh... he was MAGA, wasn't he? No big loss. QueerDuck Jan 13 #1

Extremely. Very far right. bearsfootball516 Jan 13 #2

Yup BumRushDaShow Jan 13 #3

I read that... and chuckled wryly. QueerDuck Jan 13 #4

I didn't know about that comment until now fujiyamasan Jan 13 #10

I appreciated his empathy but he went full MAGA TexasBushwhacker Jan 13 #34

The fool took it for a whole year until he predictably progressed. travelingthrulife Jan 13 #38

Geez, and it always spreads to the bones TexasBushwhacker Jan 14 #58

Very empathetic of you hueymahl Jan 13 #25

Aww. Such a shame to say goodbye to a racist misogynist asshole like him. QueerDuck Jan 13 #37

We will have to agree to disagree hueymahl Jan 13 #42

You do you. I don't want to interrupt anyone's grief over that piece of garbage... QueerDuck Jan 13 #48

lol. You clearly did not know him very well. travelingthrulife Jan 13 #39

I did not know him at all hueymahl Jan 13 #43

he used to seem OK Skittles Jan 13 #49

Radicalization is a real thing Bluetus Jan 13 #53

Safe in the arms of the blond blue-eyed Jesus and away from the dark-skinned folks dalton99a Jan 13 #5

A pragmatist to the end. hueymahl Jan 13 #26

Talk an about a fox-hole prayer. Bristlecone Jan 13 #52

I have never wished someone dead, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure. Ray Bruns Jan 13 #6

He will not be missed. grockri Jan 13 #7

Hard disagree hueymahl Jan 13 #27

Read the things he has said about people. He was a raging asshole. travelingthrulife Jan 13 #40

I have read a lot of his stuff, but not everything hueymahl Jan 13 #41

"the best advice I would give to white people is to get the hell away from Black people" S Adams-Rest in PISS, fuckstain SoFlaBro Jan 13 #56

Huh...how about that. nt Javaman Jan 13 #8

Yes. Well. durablend Jan 13 #13

How 'bout them Dodgers? Dave Bowman Jan 13 #31

We definitely need more good news like this. The Grand Illuminist Jan 13 #9

........... turbinetree Jan 13 #11

Whatever you do, make sure that you don't hang around people like Scott Adams. nt Exp Jan 13 #12

Despite his nasty right-wing politics, his humor will be missed FakeNoose Jan 13 #14

- Lemon Lyman Jan 13 #15

Dilbert cartoons were hilarious and spot-on SpankMe Jan 13 #16

They stopped being funny when he started adding climate change denial to the strip. cab67 Jan 13 #17

It feels like he drifted further and further right over the last decade. bearsfootball516 Jan 13 #21

I laughed at Dilbert until it became a management tool. thought crime Jan 13 #30

Back when McCain was running for potus LittleGirl Jan 13 #18

I always recall an interview he did with Bill Maher maxsolomon Jan 13 #19

It was strange Nasruddin Jan 13 #28

He was a moron, but I always thought Dogbert was cute. Ziggysmom Jan 13 #20

Adams' politics will be forgotten, and his Dilbert series will live on. RIP, Scott. Thank you for the chuckles. ancianita Jan 13 #22

MAGA breeds negativity. Not good for body or soul. oasis Jan 13 #54

Indeed. And some of his work reveals that. ancianita Jan 13 #55

His cartoons were funny kimbutgar Jan 13 #23

I had saved some of his strips but threw them out years ago. He had a problem with females I think. twodogsbarking Jan 13 #24

I remember a bunch of years ago taking a contracted Supervisory course BumRushDaShow Jan 13 #33

I witnessed his strips being played out in business many times. He had talent. twodogsbarking Jan 13 #45

Oh no! LudwigPastorius Jan 13 #29

I mourn his passing ... JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 13 #32

When Adams started Dilbert, it was a decent strip that found humor in office life Wiz Imp Jan 13 #35

Don't know the history, but I suspect the RFK jr and conspiracy nuts contributed to his demise since as I understand it lostincalifornia Jan 13 #36

We loved the way Dilbert captured the absurdity and arrogance of our capitalist overlords - and then he turned out to be Martin68 Jan 13 #44

Yeah, he treated his cancer with ivermectin and it didn't work. Who coulda guessed? SunSeeker Jan 13 #46

Scott Adams: "The best advice I would give to white people is to get the hell away from Black people... LetMyPeopleVote Jan 13 #47

This message was self-deleted by its author littlemissmartypants Jan 13 #50

I assume he didn't leave anybody behind who gave a rat's ass. nt chowmama Jan 13 #51

"once you go public, you're just the dying cancer guy"...... Montauk6 Jan 13 #57