The Swamp

howard wrote:Cyanide and Happiness is having guests do the strip this week. Today, Perry Bible Fellowship is the guest.

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I should get guests to do my work for me. Any takers?

so true

h/t Hood, on fb

rass wrote:This piece on Dilbert's creator, Scott Adams, is um... fascinating...

Whoa.

Think he's right on the line between eccentric and disturbed.

Pruitt wrote:

rass wrote:This piece on Dilbert's creator, Scott Adams, is um... fascinating...

Whoa.

Think he's right on the line between eccentric and disturbed.

He seems intelligent. Unfortunately, he can't come to the correct conclusions on many things... Never progressed at work because of diversity hires? Then he says his work was poor and fraught with errors. Couldn't talk to people and it "may" have been a mental disease? Doesn't read newspapers, but watches tv for news. He's a few rungs below John McAfee on the successful but crazy ladder, but he's gaining.

That's great. I love Perry Bible Fellowship.

So once in awhile i head over to gocomics and scan a few of my favorites and some old classics. But here is my question...what kind of people feel the need to comment on the strips using the comment features on the page (take a read and you will see what I mean).

wlu_lax6 wrote:So once in awhile i head over to gocomics and scan a few of my favorites and some old classics. But here is my question...what kind of people feel the need to comment on the strips using the comment features on the page (take a read and you will see what I mean).

Randomly chose "B.C." and I see what you mean. Are they frustrated writers? People showing off their comedy skills? Why?

Pruitt wrote:

wlu_lax6 wrote:So once in awhile i head over to gocomics and scan a few of my favorites and some old classics. But here is my question...what kind of people feel the need to comment on the strips using the comment features on the page (take a read and you will see what I mean).

Randomly chose "B.C." and I see what you mean. Are they frustrated writers? People showing off their comedy skills? Why?

Reminded me of the Comedy Pyramid thing that Ron and Fez used to do..but that at least made sense in the call in radio format

Oh God, the stock markets!

Two classics

New stuff from Gary Larson

I don’t want to mislead anyone here. This corner of the website—“New Stuff”—is not a resurrection of The Far Side daily cartoons.

3 new comics...

The great Gahan Wilson

I just wrote a letter to the Seattle Times asking them to drop the Dilbert strip, on the grounds that Scott Adams is lying sack-of-shit Trump supporter (worded more diplomatically of course).

That’s awesome. I’d love to see that happen.

Steve of phpBB wrote: ↑Sat Jan 09, 2021 2:10 pm That’s awesome. I’d love to see that happen.

I guess that makes me part of the 'Cancel Culture'...but I'm ok with that.

DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Sat Jan 09, 2021 1:20 pm I just wrote a letter to the Seattle Times asking them to drop the Dilbert strip, on the grounds that Scott Adams is lying sack-of-shit Trump supporter (worded more diplomatically of course).

Dilbert the comic...enjoyable...Scott Adams' blog.....head spinning view of the world.
Dilbert the short lived TV show....Garbage

DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Sat Jan 09, 2021 1:20 pm I just wrote a letter to the Seattle Times asking them to drop the Dilbert strip, on the grounds that Scott Adams is lying sack-of-shit Trump supporter (worded more diplomatically of course).

I've also sent a letter to the Comic syndicate that publishes the strip.

DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Mon Jan 11, 2021 11:56 am

DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Sat Jan 09, 2021 1:20 pm I just wrote a letter to the Seattle Times asking them to drop the Dilbert strip, on the grounds that Scott Adams is lying sack-of-shit Trump supporter (worded more diplomatically of course).

I've also sent a letter to the Comic syndicate that publishes the strip.

Pruitt wrote: ↑Wed Jun 09, 2021 8:55 pm

DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Mon Jan 11, 2021 11:56 am

DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Sat Jan 09, 2021 1:20 pm I just wrote a letter to the Seattle Times asking them to drop the Dilbert strip, on the grounds that Scott Adams is lying sack-of-shit Trump supporter (worded more diplomatically of course).

I've also sent a letter to the Comic syndicate that publishes the strip.

Goddamn the replies were depressing. A long list of people saying that when an overwhelming majority of scientists agree, and a small minority disagree, always trust the small minority. Like climate change, where the majority are blinded by their allegiance to "science", which profits off of climate fear, while the minority, who happen to be paid by the fossil fuel industry, have no financial motivation to say there is no danger in climate change.

Jesus Christ. I used to like Dilbert! How does someone's brain get like that?

LOL and wtf with the notion of "if a small # of scientists disagree with the prevailing science, always side with the minority #."

Dafuck?!?

Yeah, fuck those gravity-believing hacks!

There's a joke to be had about natural philosophers and events that led to the enlightenment, but I'm not smart enough to come up with it. Maybe back when I'd slogged through Neal Stephenson's Baroque Cycle...

It probably involves Enoch Root, actually.

EnochRoot wrote: ↑Tue Jun 15, 2021 6:18 pm LOL and wtf with the notion of "if a small # of scientists disagree with the prevailing science, always side with the minority #."

Dafuck?!?

I think the Conservative mind has a problem believing scientists can be motivated by seeking truth rather than money, so they assume the majority of scientists are swayed to fake findings to prove whatever point financially profits them. I'm not naive to believe that some aren't swayed by financial profits, but most aren't. I also know some are blinded by a confirmation bias or wanting their theory to prove "correct," but when evidence is overwhelming, sometimes (almost always) that's because it's truth.

Yeah, I really, super love money. Money, money, money! So, I'm going to be a biologist!

The Sybian wrote: ↑Wed Jun 16, 2021 10:22 amI think the Conservative mind has a problem believing scientists can be motivated by seeking truth rather than money, so they assume the majority of scientists are swayed to fake findings to prove whatever point financially profits them.

I think its more that a lot of people are unaware of just how fucking stupid they are (then grifters jump in to leverage that stupidity for profit).

The Sybian wrote: ↑Wed Jun 16, 2021 10:22 am I think the Conservative mind has a problem believing scientists can be motivated by seeking truth rather than money, so they assume the majority of scientists are swayed to fake findings to prove whatever point financially profits them.

I have been around, and worked closely with scientists my entire life. No one becomes a scientist hoping to become wealthy.