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Downtown Hound

(12,618 posts)
Mon Jul 29, 2019, 01:46 PM Jul 2019

"Dilbert" creator turned Trump humping asshole tires to profit off of Gilroy shooting victims

I never thought that Dilbert was particularly funny, but I also never thought that the man who created it would turn out to be such a sleaze.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/dilbert-creator-scott-adams-tries-to-sell-interviews-with-gilroy-garlic-festival-shooting-survivors

As police in Gilroy, California, processed the crime scene at a mass shooting at the Gilroy Garlic Festival on Sunday that left three people dead, Dilbert comic strip creator Scott Adams decided to make some money off the tragedy.

In a message to his more than 300,000 Twitter followers, Adams urged any Gilroy shooting witnesses to make an account on an app he co-founded that allows experts to make money by discussing issues over video calls. By signing up for the app, “Interface by WhenHub,” Adams claimed, witnesses could “set your price” and make money by selling interviews about the mass murder, while Adams’ company took a 20 percent cut.

“If you were a witness to the #GilroyGarlicFestivalshooting please sign on to Interface by WhenHub (free app) and you can set your pAdams soon faced an online backlash, with Republican pollster Frank Luntz and others accusing Adams, who has rebranded himself as pro-Trump internet personality, of using the shooting to promote his app.

Adams soon faced an online backlash, with Republican pollster Frank Luntz and others accusing Adams, who has rebranded himself as pro-Trump internet personality, of using the shooting to promote his app.

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"Dilbert" creator turned Trump humping asshole tires to profit off of Gilroy shooting victims (Original Post) Downtown Hound Jul 2019 OP
I used to find it amusing when Bettie Jul 2019 #1
I thought adams has always been a right wing stooge. that's nothing new.... Javaman Jul 2019 #2

Bettie

(16,110 posts)
1. I used to find it amusing when
Mon Jul 29, 2019, 01:47 PM
Jul 2019

I worked in an office.

Now? I avoid it entirely, because the creator is such a douche.

Javaman

(62,531 posts)
2. I thought adams has always been a right wing stooge. that's nothing new....
Mon Jul 29, 2019, 01:56 PM
Jul 2019

and him being a supporter of trumpy the shit clown comes as no surprise.

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