As most of us know, the sad news came that Scott Adams, creator of "Dilbert", has died. I don't know about his spiritual condition--he's evidently made comments both ways--but as the author of one of my favorite documentaries comic strips, I think he's worth a eulogy. Agree or disagree with various other stands he's taken, he rightly skewered many of the most obnoxious habits of corporate America, to the point that there were studies that showed that the more "Dilbert" comics displayed in an office area, the worse management was.
A wonderful bit was that about the same time Mrs. Bubba and I got married, one of the themes was that "Tina the tech writer" had fallen in love with Dilbert, and was forced to write "I proactively leverage my synergies" 100 (1000?) times as punishment.
Mrs. Bubba was a tech writer at the time, so we made that phrase into a warmup for the church choir we sang in at the time. Dilbert has been a source of much comfort in the difficulties of office life, and an outright joy at times.
One side note is that while reading my favorite yellow magazine, I once saw a picture of a man whose tie was curving upward--sometime in the 1950s. So apparently that Dilbert tie was a reality. RIP, Scott Adams.
4 comments:
He accepted “Pascal’s Wager”, apparently.
https://notthebee.com/article/scott-adams-passes-away-after-long-battle-with-cancer
The previous comment was from me
Agreed. But did he just accept Pascal's wager, or Christ? Obviously I hope the latter.
Watching his memorial, people who knew him better think he was sincere
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