Scott Adams, 'Dilbert' creator who poked fun at bad bosses, dies at 68

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BumRushDaShow (165,973 posts)
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 10:49 AM

Scott Adams, 'Dilbert' creator who poked fun at bad bosses, dies at 68
Source: Washington Post

January 13, 2026 at 10:37 a.m. EST

Scott Adams, who became a hero to millions of cubicle-dwelling office workers as the creator of the satirical comic strip “Dilbert,” only to rebrand himself as a digital provocateur — at home in the Trump era’s right-wing mediasphere — with inflammatory comments about race, politics and identity, died Jan. 13. He was 68.

His former wife Shelly Miles announced his death in a live stream Tuesday morning, reading a statement she said Mr. Adams had prepared before his death. “I had an amazing life,” the statement said in part. “I gave it everything I had.”
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QueerDuck (1,053 posts)
1. Meh... he was MAGA, wasn't he? No big loss.
Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 10:54 AM

bearsfootball516 (6,683 posts)
2. Extremely. Very far right.
Reply to QueerDuck (Reply #1)
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 10:55 AM
No tears shed over here.

Actually, Adams was more libertarian than conservative.

dalton99a (92,239 posts)
5. Safe in the arms of the blond blue-eyed Jesus and away from the dark-skinned folks
Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 11:02 AM

Ray Bruns (5,997 posts)
6. I have never wished someone dead, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure.
Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 11:12 AM

grockri (70 posts)
7. He will not be missed.
Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 11:12 AM
Trumpian asshole. The world is a better place.

DU being DU

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Bunch of pond scum over at the DUmp.