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Dilbert loses newspapers, publishers, distributor, and possibly its website

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james_s:

--- Quote from: EEVblog on March 11, 2023, 01:25:12 am ---For example again, there were talks and demands, even from politicans and others in power during the covid mass hysteria that people who refused to take the vaccine should be denied hospital treatment or organ transplants etc. Literal life saving "cancellation".

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While I wouldn't ban, I would be ok with de-prioritizing those that engage in risky activity such as not getting vaccinated. When there are not enough hospital beds to go around, difficult choices have to be made, it's not an ideal situation but it is reality. Likewise I would prioritize a liver transplant to someone that had cancer over someone that damaged their liver by a lifetime of heavy drinking.

fourfathom:

--- Quote from: Kim Christensen on March 11, 2023, 02:12:24 am ---Questioning whether a law that bans X should exist, is the same as advocating for X.

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Do you honestly believe this?  So many counter-examples come to mind that I'm not going to bother giving one.  But I can if you really need one.

wilfred:

--- Quote from: EEVblog on March 11, 2023, 01:15:32 am ---Adams again reiterated today that the only way to get Dilbert from now on will be via locals. And that he is relieved that he now no longer has the pressure of what he can and can't say in the comic.

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I went to find what "locals" is. In the process I saw this come up in the search results on a website called Politico.

"The editor of the San Francisco Chronicle, which dumped “Dilbert” last year, said the comic strip “went from being hilarious to being hurtful and mean.” The Los Angeles Times, which joined dozens of other newspapers in dropping the comic following last week’s remarks, had quietly replaced four of Adams’ strips last year.

“He kind of ran out of office jokes and started integrating all this other stuff so after a while, it became hard to distinguish between Scott Adams and ‘Dilbert,’” said Mike Peterson, columnist for the industry blog The Daily Cartoonist."

It was here https://www.politico.com/news/2023/02/27/dilbert-demise-scott-adams-00084665

It's been ages since I lost interest in Dilbert but when this all blew up I went and looked at more recent strips and it didn't have the same "vibe" in poking fun at the absurdities of cubicle life. But that was only a few dozen strips.

But I did see Adams say he knew the risk he was taking and has no regrets. He also tried to explain it in terms of a "real world" made up of the "nice" people he actually meets and the "screen world" defined by a broader cast of characters with a variety of individual motives. Apparently the screen world spilled over into the real world via some form of hell portal (?). I didn't think this real world view made up of only nice people you meet (edit: and a Karen) was very convincing. The real world is made up of more than just people you meet in person and they also share their own motives. I think the screen world is just a bit more anonymous and immediate and amplified. Or maybe a lot more.

I wonder what Dilbert will have to say now. I wonder if Adams should have created a new comic strip and left Dilbert to carry on as I remember  him from 20 years ago. If Dilbert does morph into an angrier version I don't think it will really be Dilbert. The one thing I never associated with Dilbert was anger. I wonder if Scott Adams is angrier these days and he couldn't do the "old" Dilbert even if he tried. Or he doesn't want to try hard enough so he lit the fuse.

SiliconWizard:
I'm pretty sure that, while his "office jokes" were seen as pretty harmless in the past, ever since the "great resignation" movement and people more and more questioning the traditional work life model as servile employees having to tolerate office rules and politics, many companies now see him as a threat. Wouldn't be surprised if some large companies were behind this canceling.

https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/toxic-culture-is-driving-the-great-resignation/

Kim Christensen:

--- Quote from: fourfathom on March 11, 2023, 02:43:22 am ---
--- Quote from: Kim Christensen on March 11, 2023, 02:12:24 am ---Questioning whether a law that bans X should exist, is the same as advocating for X.

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Do you honestly believe this?  So many counter-examples come to mind that I'm not going to bother giving one.  But I can if you really need one.

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I do. Indulge me with one example. Replace X with a word of your choosing.

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