Re:Scott Alexander: The Dilbert Afterlife
by SoftTalker on Saturday January 17, 2026 @11:21PM
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It's why I don't watch The Office or Office Space. Just too much like the real office.
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Someone told me early in my career that the longer you work in an office, the more Office Space transforms from a comedy to a documentary. They weren't wrong...
Re:Scott Alexander: The Dilbert Afterlife
by rbanffy on Sunday January 18, 2026 @08:13AM
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Also Silicon Valley, albeit for a narrower audience. It’s so real it’s triggering.
The day before the night I first saw Office Space, way after becoming an underground hit, I had my first encounter with the TPS communication barrage. It made the movie funnier and my work life sadder.
Similar thing happened with Idiocracy recently...