Want a little creator-wank today?
What do you do when you are a famous cartoonist and people post threads about you on the internet?

Sockpuppet, of course

Oh yes.

So, over on Metafilter a thread is started about an article by Scott Adams. Plannedchaos shows up to white knight for Scott. This is easy for him to do, because he is Scott.

Some choice quotes:

Plannedchaos: When did self-promotion become a bad thing? It made Adams a multi-millionaire, enriched hundreds of people indirectly through his varous enterprises, fed his family, and generated lots of tax revenue.

I don't think self-promotion breaks any laws of man or nature. It's not forbidden in the Ten Commandments unless he becomes a religious idol. I think he stopped short of that.

Some authors need no promotion to sell their work. For others, self-promotion is an integral part of the product. It's called marketing.

Remember that Adams calls himself an entrepreneur, not an artist. So your point is that he's not dong a good job at the thing he's not trying to do?

Plannedchaos: Hey, man, I'm right behind you on this, don't apologize. If the Scott Adams brand is all about self-promotion, then I'm all about promoting the Scott Adams brand! I want to see Mr. Adams blow up big Big BIG! We're in this together, man!
posted by octobersurprise at 8:00 AM on April 15 [+] [!]

I assume you don't hate all self-promoters, such as homeless people applying for jobs. Is it Adams' enormous success at self-promotion that makes you jealous and angry?

How many people think I'm actually Scott Adams writing about myself in third person?

posted to MetaFilter by plannedchaos at 9:21 AM on April 15, 2011

I am Scott Adams.

posted to MetaFilter by plannedchaos at 11:09 AM on April 15, 2011

I'm sorry I peed in your cesspool.

For what it's worth, the smart people were on to me after the first post. That made it funnier.

posted to MetaFilter by plannedchaos at 11:49 AM on April 15, 2011

Classy guy.

Posted to unfunny_fandom because the last wank Scott was in is mentioned allllll over the place.

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galateus
2011-04-16 11:18 pm UTC (link)

There's actually a funny Dilbert strip about this sort of thing.

The ironing is delicious.

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platedlizard
2011-04-16 11:59 pm UTC (link)

Someone said something very interesting on the Metafilter thread. Dilbert is not the hero of the series. Think about it, he's a loser who fails at everything he does. The hero(s) of that series are characters like Dogbert, Catbert, Wally, the PHB, etc who all succeed despite being massive douchbags. They do what they want, and get away with it. Even when Wally was fired he still came out on top.

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galateus
2011-04-17 12:21 am UTC (link)

You mean lodurr's comment? Yeah, he's got a point--Dogbert is a fan favorite character for a reason. And Dilbert really does read like something written by Benjamin the donkey from Animal Farm--cynical, but not rebellious.

You know, this combined with the whole Worst Boss In the World saga is like some kind of bizarre fourth-wall-cracking descent into hell--the special kind, where all the authors you like are actually assholes.

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	sandglass 2011-04-17 01:09 am UTC (link)
	That idea, combined with his op-ed basically coming off as, "Be a douchebag, it's hugely beneficial!" makes Dilbert suddenly a very creepy comic. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	bcaluroso 2011-04-23 10:27 am UTC (link)
	Oh, yum, ironing! I just love the taste of warm cotton in the morning. XD Just kidding. How do you write something like that and then fail to see the irony when something like this goes down? (Reply to this)(Parent)

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