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.
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.