The only thing I remember about this windbag is that he used to make a mildly entertaining comic strip about modern work culture, and then he took a blow to the head or something and sadly became incoherent.
I can't speak for others, but I felt like it was trying too hard. That, and "nerd" culture has been mainstream since at least the release of the Lord of the Rings movies. To act like they're all some kind of outcasts because of their interests in previously outre things like Dungeons and Dragons or particle physics was just disingenuous.
i watched the dilbert animated show and it was hilarious. he only wrote two episodes of it though.
also i don't think it was about being a nerd. it was about being a normal dude in a corporate world where everyone seems incompetent, dumb or crazy. it's basically the office.
The character is a nerd, but the humor is not simply "have you tried turning it off and on again." The jokes are generally not about anything technical but about micromanagement by a dumb boss, hierarchy and HR disasters, and terrible office relations with self-centered asses. It should be relatable by anyone slightly technical with diploma who works in an office, and that should be a lot of people not in manual labor in the 90s. Like, if you use Excel or PowerPoint, you're in the target for that humor.
Oh, the resolutions and the viewpoints and the nihilism are totally nerd-centric though.
yeah that's pretty much what I thought. shame he turned out to be such a chud. and an extremely racist one too. like, he was arguing for segregation and shit.