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eppur_se_muova

(36,263 posts)
Sun Jul 26, 2020, 11:02 AM Jul 2020

Yeah, I know I've read that Scott Adams is a misogynistic, right-wing dick ...

... but I notice that everyone in 'Dilbert' is wearing a mask, even if they don't actually have mouths.

Even the pointy-haired boss.

It's a good way to set an example, and other cartoonists should take note.

Which means that Adams is doing more to help the country fight the virus than our worse-than-worthless Superspreader-in-Chief.

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Yeah, I know I've read that Scott Adams is a misogynistic, right-wing dick ... (Original Post) eppur_se_muova Jul 2020 OP
Comparing adams, or anyone else to trump, with traitortrump qualifiying as empedocles Jul 2020 #1
Low bar acknowledged. I think we all know it's there at this point. eppur_se_muova Jul 2020 #2
It could just mean Adams thinks that going along with mask wearing... Silent3 Jul 2020 #3
Exactly right. SharonClark Jul 2020 #5
He's such a dick that I would not put it past him to have started that to mock RockRaven Jul 2020 #4
Is Dilbert still a thing? lame54 Jul 2020 #6
Even a stopped clock is correct twice a day. yardwork Jul 2020 #7

empedocles

(15,751 posts)
1. Comparing adams, or anyone else to trump, with traitortrump qualifiying as
Sun Jul 26, 2020, 11:14 AM
Jul 2020

an all-time low bar is not saying much. Yes, masks have given many comic strips fresh energy.

[You may have noticed his white-supremacists excuses in recent strips].

eppur_se_muova

(36,263 posts)
2. Low bar acknowledged. I think we all know it's there at this point.
Sun Jul 26, 2020, 11:44 AM
Jul 2020

What a disgrace that that's just the new normal now.

Silent3

(15,217 posts)
3. It could just mean Adams thinks that going along with mask wearing...
Sun Jul 26, 2020, 11:53 AM
Jul 2020

...is a funny corporate culture thing to him, something to lampoon, not something to show as setting a good example.

RockRaven

(14,967 posts)
4. He's such a dick that I would not put it past him to have started that to mock
Sun Jul 26, 2020, 11:55 AM
Jul 2020

the idea of wearing or requiring masks, rather than to model good, pro-social behavior. But I haven't read Dilbert regularly in many years.

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