I get the inspiration, but ... Dilberito?! How was such ridiculously niche branding supposed to succeed?? Is the creator seriously that far up his own ass??
Scott Adams is so far up his own ass it's recursive. He believes he's one of the greatest philosophical minds ever and that he'll be remembered for anything he's done other than Dilbert. He's also a massive white supremacist and super sexist.
Behind the Bastards did a few episodes on him. He sounds like an insufferable narcissist.
I've heard stories but it's still wild to have him blast it out there so obviously in a non-hateful way, and way back in 2001 too.
A Simpsons reference?!
At this time of year?
In the part of the lemmyverse?
Localised entirely within this post?
The New York Times noted the burrito "could have been designed only by a food technologist or by someone who eats lunch without much thought to taste."
And years later, Soylent came on to the market being designed by the exact same type of person.
I am either not high enough or too high to understand how that comic is making fun of dilbert. Or does he have a few comics that are about as nonsensical? (I only read a few in passing so I know very little dilbert lore)
Dilbert often has single-punchline strips where the punchline is spread over multiple panels, followed by someone commenting on the punchline. The punchline is usually that Dilbert is the smart straight man and everyone around him is incompetent (The same thing is made fun of in the pony comic). Finally, Adams has a bad habit of drawing his characters chest-up, hiding most of the character behind the desk or the edge of the panel (so he does not have to draw hands).
Those are the the things made fun of in the zippy strip, first the characters point out how you only see the top of them, then the "joke" is a jab at the repetitive punchlines, then the boss follows up with a nonsensical comment on the punchline. The stilted speech and Zippy standing behind the corner in the final panel are more in line with the Zippy comic strips than with Dilbert.
Presumably the My Little Pony comic. I haven't read it but I understand it likes putting in references that will amuse adults.