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

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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