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- PuterPrsn, on 12/12/2008, -1/+68Dilbert is just so true. I've loved it for 20 years.
- inactive, on 12/13/2008, -2/+42"Knock knock"
"Who's there?"
"Not you anymore."
Classic. - inactive, on 12/12/2008, -2/+27Oh Dilbert. How I love thee.
- publiclurker, on 12/13/2008, -0/+19I miss those years when I only read it instead of living it.
- Patricia1, on 12/12/2008, -1/+17Sounds like there will be no recovery in the classic sense of the word. Maybe we are going back to how I visualized the 50's. Small Mom & Pop businesses that don't make billions. Warren Buffet said that during a recession the only sellable item one has is one's own special talent. Dilbert seems to agree.
- winterface, on 12/12/2008, -1/+15I still read this one every morning.
- simg, on 12/13/2008, -0/+14lol. how wrong can one person be ...
- inactive, on 12/12/2008, -0/+12"...employers are a lot nicer when the economy is strong, because they know you have choices and can go elsewhere if they don't keep you happy. When times are bad, the gloves come off and employers are less nice. People become disposable."
Methinks you stopped reading after that sentence. - inactive, on 12/13/2008, -0/+11FTA...
Q. If Dilbert were real, would he still have a job?
A. No. I'm drawing a series right now where he gets laid off and he has to go through a really tough bunch of interviews to try and get another job. At one point he is asked whether he would take a bullet for a prospective employer and they make him go to a firing range to prove it.
ROFL - DubBucket, on 12/13/2008, -0/+10Yeah, it was funny when you could read it and say 'haha, his life sucks', and pretend that you'd never live like that.
Now it's more sad than funny :( - cubicledrone, on 12/13/2008, -2/+10Dilbert is very entertaining.
The tragic thing about Dilbert is the fact that it is a symbol of we, the American people, consigned to sit in the back row and make fun of the wholesale dismantling of our identity as a country and as a culture. It is a chronicle of the rot that has infected this country born of covetous treachery in our workplaces.
I sincerely believe there is not one single solitary business executive in the land who looks at a product built here and takes pride in its quality and its craftsmanship. Not even one.
We cannot voice our opposition because our elected representatives simply ignore our wishes. We cannot vote with our dollars because we have none. We have no influence in our workplaces, our neighborhoods or our nation, because simply put, the people in charge refuse to listen to us, no matter how reasonable or right we are. A man in this country can work his entire life as a professional, successful, productive citizen and lose everything he owns through mechanisms he cannot control no matter how smart, prepared or wealthy he may be. Divorce, medical bills, lawsuits and layoffs are only four examples.
It would be one thing if those who feel they should control us were successful in their efforts, but the more we hear, the more I believe that almost nothing in this country functions. At all. We have become a nation of litigators unable to reach a verdict. We deliberate incessantly, take sides, form into diametrically opposed factions and scream slogans while our nation suffocates under the relentless weight of meetings, reports and proposals.
The worst part is I'm not entirely sure it can be fixed, because I don't believe anyone in this country is willing to be persuaded that being an American is more important than being right. - starcasm, on 12/12/2008, -1/+9Okay.
#1 Date posted: December 12, 2008: 9:03 AM ET
#2 You missed the point. This was a sentence of comparison of when the economy is strong (the past 10ish years) to, if you had read past that sentence you just quoted, now: "When times are bad, the gloves come off and employers are less nice. People become disposable."
#3 Other questions in this interview include:
Q. If Catbert were a real HR person, how would he lay someone off? What would he say?
Q. If Dilbert were real, would he still have a job? (Hint, answer to this one is NO.)
Q. Is it just my imagination, or are many of the people at the very top of huge corporations really dumber than they were 20 years ago?
Q. When do you think we will see an economic recovery?
Q. I know you don't like to give advice, but do you have any general thoughts on how to cope with hard times?
Good luck on reading your next article theadvinci! Read further next time before posting a comment! - JustinHopewell, on 12/13/2008, -0/+7Calvin + Hobbes was pretty much the best newspaper comic ever, so maybe you could explain your logic. I'm just having a hard time grasping it.
- OriginalReplica, on 12/13/2008, -1/+8Big bump for he mention of "boss diversity" at the end of the article. Employers treat employees better when they know you have choices.
- redcolumbine, on 12/12/2008, -1/+7Confusopoly! Perfect.
- dilbert, on 12/13/2008, -0/+6Oooh, I think I love you too.....
- dilbert, on 12/13/2008, -0/+5I'm being laid off? Why am I the last one to know?
- badenglishihave, on 12/13/2008, -1/+6I've only been alive for twenty(-two) years. I miss those years when I was too young to read Dilbert.
- Mujokan, on 12/13/2008, -0/+4Well, the 1950s was really an economic boom time for the States. There were many giant companies, though they were more on the industrial side given the tech of the time. You still had lots of Mom and Pop stores because the logistics weren't there to enable your WalMart type phenomenon. It's not like you could import lots of cheap stuff from China (unless you wanted a lot of Chairman Mao hats), and ship it around in planes and giant semi-trailers.
There will be a recovery, though next year will be tough. There will be a decline in living standards, but that is necessary when you stop living beyond your means. In terms of absolute wealth it'll still be better than the 1950s, though of course wealth doesn't have that much to do with happiness. - NickLee808, on 12/13/2008, -0/+4Troll, I call thee out.
- Evocati, on 12/13/2008, -0/+4"employers are a lot nicer when the economy is strong, because they know you have choices and can go elsewhere if they don't keep you happy. When times are bad, the gloves come off and employers are less nice. People become disposable."
So true. - RealmDown, on 12/12/2008, -2/+5Catbert has already opened his own small business: Professional Rodent Deterrent Engineers
- coldkill3r, on 12/13/2008, -0/+3AWN has a plugin that grabs dilbert as well.
- fanclerks, on 12/14/2008, -0/+3LOL
Well played sir! Well played. - Mujokan, on 12/13/2008, -0/+3Even though you're trolling, why compare them anyway? They almost aren't the same genre. It's like you're saying Steven King is better than Bruce Springsteen or something.
- AnalogAssassin, on 12/13/2008, -1/+3What an enlightening article. I used to work as a copy editor at a newspaper so I had access to the raw comics images. Every now and then there'd be one that would just so appropriately reflect the abysmal management practices at the paper, I'd print it out in a large format and put it on my cubicle wall.
Hey, wasn't there a guy who got fired for doing that? - inactive, on 12/14/2008, -0/+2Haha. Nice
- ansatsu29, on 12/13/2008, -0/+2Love Dilbert so much.
- JohnNiA, on 12/13/2008, -0/+2Yeah, I read The Dilbert Principle and confusopolies entered my world forever. Dilbert is as profound as any management book I've read (and I've read a few), which makes the man a genius.
- inactive, on 12/13/2008, -0/+2Dilbert has been alerting us to creeping corporate morbidity for 20 years now.
We still kept hitting the snooze button until our shift at the guardhouse was over. - salinemist, on 12/13/2008, -1/+3What the ***** are you thinking? Marx and Chomsky are anathema to everything that America has every stood for.
Try a vacation to North Korea to get your full communist experience. - ladyarcher85, on 12/13/2008, -0/+1When I was younger I never could appreciate the humor behind Dilbert. Things changed when I started working in a company. Now, it's one of my most favorite comics.
- drknockrz, on 12/13/2008, -0/+1OS X has a widget... Oh ***** it.
I hate the Dilbert site because of the ***** slow Javascript "mashup" ***** they throw at my school's pained connection before I see any comic. Even with ABP... - fanclerks, on 12/14/2008, -0/+1Perfectly typified when a VP at my work said in a "memo" email that we should all be glad we have jobs. Sadly they have a point. It's easier to just shut up, do your job, and eek bye through the downturn than to suffer the pains of trying to get a new job and deal with the dozens of interviews, worrying about finding a new job, and dealing with a whole new workplace to get accommodated with.
- JustinHopewell, on 12/13/2008, -1/+2I'm pregnant with a douchebag. No, like a literal douchebag, its totally weird. Do you guys think I should see a doctor?
- kwirk, on 12/18/2008, -0/+1lol troll'd
- fanclerks, on 12/14/2008, -0/+1Although I won't argue about him being a genius, I think you're taking it a bit far to compare him to Shakespeare. Shakespeare's work will forever be timeless. 100 years from now Shakespeare's work will still touch people. Scott Adams work will resonate for as long as there are cubical farms, which it's hard to say will always be around. I'd personally like to think that we'll eventually move beyond that and perhaps work in more open, green, friendlier environments or be able to telecommute for everything.
- simg, on 12/22/2008, -0/+1agreed
I made my comment after a few beers :) - humanerror, on 12/13/2008, -1/+1Yeah, ***** history! Who needs that *****, right?
Don't worry, cubicledrone. Guys like this are like those stone heads in the Labrynth. They let you know when you're going the right way. - VinnieDaMac, on 12/13/2008, -1/+1People should submit Dilbert cartoons.
- simg, on 12/13/2008, -2/+2maybe it's tragic, but I see Scott Adams as being in the same league as Shakespear.... true genius
- Mujokan, on 12/13/2008, -1/+1Reading Karl Marx on economics is like reading Henry Mayhew on social policy. It may be interesting historically, but the context is gone and the theory has left him in the dust.
- lhbaker, on 12/16/2008, -1/+1If by that you mean as funny as a can of mace in YOUR face, then you're right.
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- mattvogt, on 12/13/2008, -5/+5Still my favorite Vista Gadget:
http://www.csharptricks.com/Articles/DailyDilbert. ... - Mujokan, on 12/13/2008, -2/+1"I don't believe anyone in this country is willing to be persuaded that being an American is more important than being right." Don't quite get that.
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