There were hints from the beginning, especially if you read any of his books.
Then in 2008 he started blaming black people and diversity for all his problems, A major example is that he claimed that he wasn’t promoted at the bank he worked at because “the board wanted to promote a black guy”. The truth is he didn’t get the promotion because the bank was on the verge of collapse, and actually did fail 6 months after he quit (for not being promoted).
He then blamed black people and diversity for the failure of his tv show. The truth there is that it got 2 seasons, which is a lot for an adult cartoon. It was also on UPN, which is why it finally failed. No one watched UPN. Which is still not bad for something that was a side project for him.
Speaking of his little cartoon, if you ever watched it, there were a lot of creepy incel adjacent moments. Shit that would raise red flags today.
“But you know who WON’T blame black people for losing their jobs?”
“…the…the produ-“
“That’s right, the products and services that support this podcast. I mean, they MIGHT, but hey, that’s capitalism for you!”
I subbed to Cooler Zone Media because he’s given me a lot of entertainment and information over the years, but I have to say the absence of ads is pretty great too
What were the early signs and red flags in the show? I was a fan of Dilbert for decades and never really noticed anything, and I was shocked a few years ago when it turned out this guy is so unhinged.
Yeah, same here - someone else said there were some incel tones in the show, which I don’t recall (and I’ve watched a few episodes fairly recently, as I ripped them for my plex server).
I remember he had this weird theory in the Dogbert New Ruling Class newsletter that gravity didn’t exist; it was just that everything in the universe was constantly expanding. At the time I took it as a thought experiment, not intended to be taken as a serious theory, but looking back now I wonder if that was an early sign of the issues that would follow.
I also remember him realizing that he was the PHB for a restaurant he owned, telling the staff how to run it despite he himself having no experience in restaurant operations. That seems like a good sign that he was still sane and rational at that time.
I also remember him predicting a Trump win early on in the election, while insisting he wasn’t a fan. That’s about when I stopped reading what he was writing, except for the strip.
There was a strip during the Trump presidency that directly referenced something stupid Trump did and mocking the Democrats’ reaction to it (I do not recall the exact strip or the stupidity that generated it). At that point I was like, “Welp, it looks like Dilbert is definitely well past its prime.” Dilbert had never gotten into politics before that I can recall, and that strip made me realize that he was completely out of funny ideas about work.
I only knew of Dilbert from the comic in the papers but I bought the series on DVD from the bargain bin years ago. It was meh at best. Some concepts don’t translate well to animation, and some of the messages were a bit off-putting .
His show was on UPN which had a lot of shows with black casts. When the show was canceled, he blamed the failure on the show leading in to Dilbert being the worst show ever made. Which is probably somewhat true. Shasta McNasty was one of the worst pieces of media in the history of media.
But then in 2020, when he went completely off the deep end, he said he was fired for being white and UPN decided to only cater to blank people.
To be fair the FBI hunted down and shot that one republican. Sure he implied he was going to assassinate the president, but I don’t know how to finish that thought
Finding out the Dilbert guy is insane really sucked.
There were hints from the beginning, especially if you read any of his books.
Then in 2008 he started blaming black people and diversity for all his problems, A major example is that he claimed that he wasn’t promoted at the bank he worked at because “the board wanted to promote a black guy”. The truth is he didn’t get the promotion because the bank was on the verge of collapse, and actually did fail 6 months after he quit (for not being promoted).
He then blamed black people and diversity for the failure of his tv show. The truth there is that it got 2 seasons, which is a lot for an adult cartoon. It was also on UPN, which is why it finally failed. No one watched UPN. Which is still not bad for something that was a side project for him.
Speaking of his little cartoon, if you ever watched it, there were a lot of creepy incel adjacent moments. Shit that would raise red flags today.
AH, a fellow Robert Evans connoisseur?
“But you know who WON’T blame black people for losing their jobs?” “…the…the produ-“ “That’s right, the products and services that support this podcast. I mean, they MIGHT, but hey, that’s capitalism for you!”
The latest ad championing Reagan about fixing the economy gets me good every time.
I subbed to Cooler Zone Media because he’s given me a lot of entertainment and information over the years, but I have to say the absence of ads is pretty great too
No, just a Raytheon enthusiast.
What were the early signs and red flags in the show? I was a fan of Dilbert for decades and never really noticed anything, and I was shocked a few years ago when it turned out this guy is so unhinged.
Yeah, same here - someone else said there were some incel tones in the show, which I don’t recall (and I’ve watched a few episodes fairly recently, as I ripped them for my plex server).
I remember he had this weird theory in the Dogbert New Ruling Class newsletter that gravity didn’t exist; it was just that everything in the universe was constantly expanding. At the time I took it as a thought experiment, not intended to be taken as a serious theory, but looking back now I wonder if that was an early sign of the issues that would follow.
I also remember him realizing that he was the PHB for a restaurant he owned, telling the staff how to run it despite he himself having no experience in restaurant operations. That seems like a good sign that he was still sane and rational at that time.
I also remember him predicting a Trump win early on in the election, while insisting he wasn’t a fan. That’s about when I stopped reading what he was writing, except for the strip.
There was a strip during the Trump presidency that directly referenced something stupid Trump did and mocking the Democrats’ reaction to it (I do not recall the exact strip or the stupidity that generated it). At that point I was like, “Welp, it looks like Dilbert is definitely well past its prime.” Dilbert had never gotten into politics before that I can recall, and that strip made me realize that he was completely out of funny ideas about work.
I recall something about his AOL chatroom names being racist as well.
There was this: https://twitter.com/davenewworld_2/status/1630311483727904776
Not sure how easy it was to register a screen name under someone else’s email back in the day, though.
I only knew of Dilbert from the comic in the papers but I bought the series on DVD from the bargain bin years ago. It was meh at best. Some concepts don’t translate well to animation, and some of the messages were a bit off-putting .
What the fuck was the rationale for black people causing a cartoon to fail?
His show was on UPN which had a lot of shows with black casts. When the show was canceled, he blamed the failure on the show leading in to Dilbert being the worst show ever made. Which is probably somewhat true. Shasta McNasty was one of the worst pieces of media in the history of media.
But then in 2020, when he went completely off the deep end, he said he was fired for being white and UPN decided to only cater to blank people.
Some sort of unhinged, racist rant about diversity.
Tbf Engineers and Incels have a pretty large intersection on a venn diagram.
He was never an engineer from what I recall.
I was speaking mostly of the Dilbert fanbase
Not in my experience. The stereotype you’re thinking of is IT, and that’s somewhat accurate just based off my limited anecdotal evidence.
Has there been a study of this?
To be fair the FBI hunted down and shot that one republican. Sure he implied he was going to assassinate the president, but I don’t know how to finish that thought
It is what it is.
I always thought Dilbert was shit so I feel vindicated.
I loved it, but I was not a smart lad
Scott Adams is a human alien hybrid (according to Scott Adams)
This is what working in an office will do to you!
The episodes of Behind the Bastards about him are great
Dogbert is very disappointed