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Impressions of a corporate life. a webcomic.
This post was deleted for the following reason: People aren't exactly loving this, but the site seems to have been killed by traffic in any case so it's a moot point. -- cortex
It's like a bad worse Dilbert with an earnest message.
posted by le morte de bea arthur at 6:07 AM on May 3, 2011
posted by le morte de bea arthur at 6:07 AM on May 3, 2011
These make me appreciate the artistic choices made by Scott Adam's when translating an idea into a three panel strip.
posted by Artw at 6:10 AM on May 3, 2011
posted by Artw at 6:10 AM on May 3, 2011
The caption at the bottom also gives me a new apprEciation for how the rollover text in xkcd enhances enhances the strip without stomping around on top of it shouting "this is what the strip is all about, idiot audience!"
posted by Artw at 6:17 AM on May 3, 2011
posted by Artw at 6:17 AM on May 3, 2011
It's the sort of comic a middle-manager would write if he thought his employees would work more effectively if communicated to with "humor."
posted by xingcat at 6:19 AM on May 3, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by xingcat at 6:19 AM on May 3, 2011 [1 favorite]
I first heard the term FTE in 1999 when working for one of the big consulting/accounting firms. I found it such a dehumanizing business concept that I nearly jumped in front a bus.
posted by punkfloyd at 6:20 AM on May 3, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by punkfloyd at 6:20 AM on May 3, 2011 [2 favorites]
That's the sort of thing an Orange Badge would say.
posted by Artw at 6:21 AM on May 3, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by Artw at 6:21 AM on May 3, 2011 [2 favorites]
... and we crashed it. Sounds more like a mercy killing, if the comments in this thread are an indicator.
posted by KingEdRa at 6:26 AM on May 3, 2011
posted by KingEdRa at 6:26 AM on May 3, 2011
Jesus that was horrible. I think this might be the worst webcomic in existence.
posted by ChrisHartley at 6:29 AM on May 3, 2011
posted by ChrisHartley at 6:29 AM on May 3, 2011
ChrisHartley, have you actually read other web comics ?
posted by k5.user at 6:34 AM on May 3, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by k5.user at 6:34 AM on May 3, 2011 [1 favorite]
Wow, those can't be for real. This is some sort of meta-joke, right?
posted by octothorpe at 6:37 AM on May 3, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by octothorpe at 6:37 AM on May 3, 2011 [1 favorite]
After you work for a decade or two for a DJ30 company, this webcomic will be the pinnacle of your sad wretched life.
Don't ask me how I know this.
posted by Kid Charlemagne at 6:37 AM on May 3, 2011
Don't ask me how I know this.
posted by Kid Charlemagne at 6:37 AM on May 3, 2011
Yes, that was pretty bad. When you're making a "subversive" webcomic about how dehumanizing corporate life is, you have to make a decision early on: Am I going to bite the hand that feeds me, or am I going to gum it tenderly with my toothless maw? You can't do both.
Putting little gems of middle management wisdom ("Someone else's material never quite fits, darn it!") at the bottom of the comics is a total cop out by an inveterate hand gummer.
posted by Admiral Haddock at 6:41 AM on May 3, 2011 [3 favorites]
Putting little gems of middle management wisdom ("Someone else's material never quite fits, darn it!") at the bottom of the comics is a total cop out by an inveterate hand gummer.
posted by Admiral Haddock at 6:41 AM on May 3, 2011 [3 favorites]
Ok, so I'm drawing from a fairly small pool of experience when I make that judgement, but look at this comic and tell me I'm wrong. He puts #8008 (boob) across the woman's chest and writes what must have been carefully selected as the worst lines of dialogue possible.
posted by ChrisHartley at 6:43 AM on May 3, 2011
posted by ChrisHartley at 6:43 AM on May 3, 2011
Prediction: A week from now it will come out that this is by Scott Adams.
Someone will discover that he came up with the whole thing so an entirely different Adams sock puppet account (I got my eye on you, artw...) could point out that, when you look at what someone less brilliant and gifted does with the concept, you begin to understand how truly brilliant and gifted Scott Adams really is.
Remember, you heard it here first.
posted by Naberius at 6:46 AM on May 3, 2011 [5 favorites]
Someone will discover that he came up with the whole thing so an entirely different Adams sock puppet account (I got my eye on you, artw...) could point out that, when you look at what someone less brilliant and gifted does with the concept, you begin to understand how truly brilliant and gifted Scott Adams really is.
Remember, you heard it here first.
posted by Naberius at 6:46 AM on May 3, 2011 [5 favorites]
No thanks. But Interesting for the ways in which it sucks.
posted by From Bklyn at 6:46 AM on May 3, 2011
posted by From Bklyn at 6:46 AM on May 3, 2011
This captures the exact emotional tenor of working in this kind of environment. The preachy unfunniness, the repetitive art, the bludgeoning unsubtleness of the messages...
It is so spot-on it is like an unwitting(?) satire of the aesthetics and culture of corporate life.
Not that any of that makes me want to actually read it.
posted by jeoc at 6:49 AM on May 3, 2011
It is so spot-on it is like an unwitting(?) satire of the aesthetics and culture of corporate life.
Not that any of that makes me want to actually read it.
posted by jeoc at 6:49 AM on May 3, 2011
I think this comic would benefit from those lovable Screen Beans characters.
posted by Metroid Baby at 6:53 AM on May 3, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by Metroid Baby at 6:53 AM on May 3, 2011 [1 favorite]
It is like the artist has so perfectly captured the feeling of getting punched in the face that you don't want to look at the art because getting punched in the face sucks.
That would actually be sort of an accomplishment but I haven't decided if the artist here has captured the feeling or is actually punching.
posted by ChrisHartley at 6:56 AM on May 3, 2011
That would actually be sort of an accomplishment but I haven't decided if the artist here has captured the feeling or is actually punching.
posted by ChrisHartley at 6:56 AM on May 3, 2011
Taking a while to load here, but I'm imagining Dilbert with Dogbert's speech removed. Do I win?
posted by pwnguin at 6:58 AM on May 3, 2011
posted by pwnguin at 6:58 AM on May 3, 2011
But, apart from all that, the comic's OK chaps?
posted by joannemullen at 7:07 AM on May 3, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by joannemullen at 7:07 AM on May 3, 2011 [1 favorite]
This is the unfunniest thing ever. It reads like motivational powerpoint.
posted by kaseijin at 7:07 AM on May 3, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by kaseijin at 7:07 AM on May 3, 2011 [1 favorite]
Joannemullen, the comic is a great example of whatever it is. Enjoy it for its own sake!
posted by Mister_A at 7:16 AM on May 3, 2011
posted by Mister_A at 7:16 AM on May 3, 2011
Webpage is dead now. I get "This Account Has Been Suspended". Too much web traffic from us?
posted by yeoz at 7:28 AM on May 3, 2011
posted by yeoz at 7:28 AM on May 3, 2011
And the account has been suspended. WAY TO GO GUYS.
posted by Perplexity at 7:28 AM on May 3, 2011
posted by Perplexity at 7:28 AM on May 3, 2011
I think we killed it.
posted by ceribus peribus at 7:28 AM on May 3, 2011
posted by ceribus peribus at 7:28 AM on May 3, 2011
I flipped through 5 or 6 of them and then got a database error. Thank god.
posted by cashman at 7:29 AM on May 3, 2011
posted by cashman at 7:29 AM on May 3, 2011
MetaFilter murders art.
posted by The Winsome Parker Lewis at 7:29 AM on May 3, 2011 [3 favorites]
posted by The Winsome Parker Lewis at 7:29 AM on May 3, 2011 [3 favorites]
I think the website read itself and committed suicide.
posted by joannemullen at 7:37 AM on May 3, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by joannemullen at 7:37 AM on May 3, 2011 [2 favorites]
Lots of haters here. I hate this webcomic for its success too. Some factual clarifications are in order, but I'm too lazy to put that much effort into my stupid joke comment.
posted by orme at 7:44 AM on May 3, 2011
posted by orme at 7:44 AM on May 3, 2011
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I haven't seen the borked webcomic, and yet I suspect it must have had something going for it to generate so much mefi one-liner derision.
posted by blucevalo at 7:48 AM on May 3, 2011
I haven't seen the borked webcomic, and yet I suspect it must have had something going for it to generate so much mefi one-liner derision.
posted by blucevalo at 7:48 AM on May 3, 2011
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