Charlie StrossFeb 27, 2023
Good riddance, don't let the doorknob hit you on the way out, etc.
Show threadCharlie StrossFeb 27, 2023

I remember when Dilbert was funny-ish, circa 1993. Then gradually stopped being funny, circa 1995-97. Then turned actively un-funny and offensive by about 2000. This is LONG overdue.

(Seriously, working from home is definitely not for everyone: you can gradually lose your grip on consensus reality and be captured by some really weird and unfortunate echo chambers. Scott Adams is a perfect example: it wasn't inevitable that he'd end up here, but the seeds were planted in fertile soil early on.)

Show threadSchroedinger
@cstross For quite some time, I saw my working environment in Dilbert strips. I realise that I haven't for a long time now.
Feb 27, 2023 at 10:44amWeb
Show threadCharlie StrossFeb 27, 2023

@SteveClough Circa 1992-95, I worked in a corporate environment where we got advance warning of a visit by senior management every time because, the morning of the visit, managers would patrole the cubicles and take down all the Dilbert strips on the walls.

*Back then and there* it was brutal social commentary—about a kind of society that shouldn't be allowed to exist (ie. corporate culture).