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It's something I struggle with. Some bad news comes out about some public persona doing something shitty and they get cancelled. But sometimes I really struggle with giving up the things they've made because I like them. There are also occasions where the person has been accused of something and it doesn't seem true to me, or I think they're genuinely sorry and have been punished enough, and the context isn't being considered.

What do you think? Who do you feel conflicted about enjoying?

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[–] duncan_bayne@lemmy.world 44 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert. I have several of his print books and still enjoy reading them; ditto his old cartoons. They really spoke to me years ago, as a cubicle-coder.

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 3 points 11 hours ago

'The Dilbert Principle' is a great book. It's a shame he threw all that goodwill away.

[–] cyberwitch@reddthat.com 7 points 14 hours ago

I think it's wild that he's the same man who made Dilbert trans and feminist in his tv show finale and it actually got kind of sincere.

[–] yyyesss@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago

hey, read the books you already own all you want. that doesn't put anymore money in his pocket.

being "cancelled" doesn't mean we stick our fingers in our ears and act like it didn't happen. it just means being conscientious about funding the lives of people who are actively making the world a worse place.

this is a critical detail that I think people often miss

[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I stopped liking dilbert when it became obvious that dilbert was becoming a side character so he could prop up PHB. Anything I've seen since then is just insufferable.

[–] SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

I stopped liking it over ten years ago, when it was all the same jokes I've already seen (and I'm not even sure it were new comics that I perused).