Q:
Is it harder or easier to make fun of the workplace in a down market when people are clinging to whatever jobs they have?

A:
It's much easier for me. My job is a little like an undertaker's if there's a big bus crash. It's bad for society; it's bad for the people on the bus.

Bad news in the economy kind of turns people toward "Dilbert." They like an outlet. My hardest times were during the dot-com bubble.

Q:
Why?

A:
I couldn't get anyone to complain. And people would write to me and say, "I think that you're being too cynical."

Q:
Really, they were like: "Work? We're all becoming millionaires!"

A:
Yeah. "All we do is show up and we're millionaires. What's not to like?"

http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/10/21/dilbert/index.html

http://eleg.antville.org/topics/hausfrauenwelt/88227/

fiel mir grad auf, das unser garten im sommer richtig gut aussieht, sogar der komische aushub rechts wirkt nur wie ein etwas zu grosser maulwurfshuegel. naechstes jahr werden wir uebrigens einen igelkasten bauen.