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aaronbrethorst · 2026-09-14T20:26:12 1789417572

He worked at Pacific Bell between 1986 and June 30, 1995, and the personalities he encountered there inspired many of his Dilbert characters.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Adams

ghaff · 2026-09-14T21:27:26 1789421246

And probably no small part of the downturn of Dilbert (besides Adams going a bit nuts) is that Adams is no longer in a workplace he can satirize so it remains stuck largely in 90s cubeland.

georgemcbay · 2026-09-14T21:57:21 1789423041

> Adams is no longer in a workplace he can satirize

He's also not in a place where he can draw cartoons, what with being dead and all.

ghaff · 2026-09-14T22:19:46 1789424386

Yes, I was speaking of latterly and I could have been clearer with tenses.

rootusrootus · 2026-09-14T21:54:24 1789422864

> Adams is no longer

Indeed.