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DILBERT'S WISDOM FOR THE AGES

Oznell — Sun, 30 Aug 2020 22:10:13 GMT

Classic, timeless "Dilbert" cartoons are a way of finding refreshment in wry humor-- they never fail to cheer me, at least. There's just something about Scott Adams deadpan, 'cracked' portrayals of human nature...

I can't believe I wasn't aware of "Ratbert" the temp worker, before-- he seems to have self-esteem problems, so maybe he's more "low profile" than the others?

The reason "Dilbert" is so loved-- anyone who's suffered in corporate culture, giant bureaucracies, or just had a plain old horrible boss, can relate.

Tina the tech writer has the gift of gab.

Intrepid Stan.

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mspatmac — Sun, 30 Aug 2020 22:15:46 GMT

Love Dilbert! Unfortunately I can relate LOL

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QVCkitty1 — Sun, 30 Aug 2020 23:17:35 GMT

I loveDilbert , I have a desk calendar that I keep in the kitchen, so I have a good laugh every morning. I never worked in an office, but in health care, but we had a Wally !

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Oznell — Mon, 31 Aug 2020 11:17:53 GMT

Interestingly, "Wally" features prominently in Scott Adams' own top favorites of his work. I can see why.

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Nancy Drew — Mon, 31 Aug 2020 11:51:32 GMT

Dilbert and Cathy are my favorites!

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Cakers3 — Mon, 31 Aug 2020 13:26:13 GMT

Pointy-Haired Boss. LOL

Look like horns. Very appropriate.

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danedylan — Mon, 31 Aug 2020 13:28:51 GMT

love Dilbert also--now they are all using face masks--so appropriate for the time!--marynj

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vermint — Mon, 31 Aug 2020 14:51:46 GMT

Having spent the first 26 years of my working life in the offices of large manufacturing companies, I can absolutely relate to Dilbert...in fact, most of us in those offices had Dilbert desk calendars. They are completely based in reality!

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Spurt — Mon, 31 Aug 2020 15:38:59 GMT

Being employed by a large company I can certainly relate to Dilbert..... Will not say more on the grounds it will incriminate me...😉

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Oznell — Mon, 31 Aug 2020 18:02:08 GMT

Agreed, @danedylan , it startled me to see that Scott Adams has his characters masked at the top of his twitter feed! Sign of the times. Probably muffles a little of the venomous office jabs going back and forth, ha.

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Oznell — Mon, 31 Aug 2020 18:04:42 GMT

@Nancy Drew, "Cathy" was good! I wonder if that strip is still around-- for some reason I haven't seen it in recent years. But we discontinued our daily paper ages ago, so I wouldn't necessarily know....

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Susan-QVC — Mon, 31 Aug 2020 18:25:28 GMT

This post has been removed by QVC baiting, attempting to take thread off topic.

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Cakers3 — Mon, 31 Aug 2020 19:29:17 GMT

@Oznell wrote:
@Nancy Drew, "Cathy" was good! I wonder if that strip is still around-- for some reason I haven't seen it in recent years. But we discontinued our daily paper ages ago, so I wouldn't necessarily know....

@Oznell I forgot about "Cathy".

I also don't know if that one is still around-we also gave up the daily paper years and years ago.

"Cathy" was another one so many could identify with; did she ever get married??? LOL

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haddon9 — Mon, 31 Aug 2020 19:39:00 GMT

My DH is a retired engineer and relates to Dilbert! Someone would give him a Dilbert desk calendar every year.

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Porcelain — Mon, 31 Aug 2020 19:43:26 GMT

I had a boss who would not allow people to put up dilbert comics in their cubes. She said it was unprofessional. She made me take down my tiny "be nice or leave" sign too. It wasn't even pointed where anyone could see it, and I was't in customer service or anything where it would offend anyone.

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Teddie — Mon, 31 Aug 2020 19:58:21 GMT

These were all pretty funny! I’ve always enjoyed this kind of humor.

My husband works in this world and says he relates to a lot of Dilbert.

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Teddie — Mon, 31 Aug 2020 20:02:44 GMT

@Porcelain wrote:
I had a boss who would not allow people to put up dilbert comics in their cubes. She said it was unprofessional. She made me take down my tiny "be nice or leave" sign too. It wasn't even pointed where anyone could see it, and I was't in customer service or anything where it would offend anyone.

What a meanie she was!

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Oznell — Mon, 31 Aug 2020 20:56:53 GMT

Ha, ha, @Cakers3 , maybe @Nancy Drew 1 will tell us! I do believe, as the strip went along, "Cathy" did acquire a boyfriend-- not sure about her marriage prospects!

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Oznell — Tue, 01 Sep 2020 12:28:07 GMT

Ah-- it turns out "Cathy"'s creator, Cathy Guisewhite, ended the strip exactly 10 years ago in August, 2010. For those who like to know "what happened", "Cathy" indeed ended up marrying her boyfriend, "Irving", and they were expecting a child as the comic strip wound up....

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Nancy Drew — Tue, 01 Sep 2020 18:53:53 GMT

Cathy old comics are on Pintrest. So fun to read them.