# Boondocks - Sept 12th **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 13, 2005, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boondocks-sept-12th/321388 "2005-09-13T03:37:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boondocks-sept-12th/321388/21 "2005-09-13T15:56:07Z")
> [@BlackKnight](#): > > I’m not offended by the strip, and it’s somewhat funny, but I think Boondocks is funnier when it’s nonpolitical. > > There were a series of strips recently about the grandfather’s incompetance with computers that I thought were hilarious. Trust me, that _is_ political. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boondocks-sept-12th/321388/22 "2005-09-13T16:16:00Z")
**Cynical Gabe** The “Boondocks” series about the grandfather’s ineptitude with the computer was political? ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boondocks-sept-12th/321388/23 "2005-09-13T16:34:38Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > I’m conservative, usually, and I thought it was hilarious. Of course, I found [this Mallard Fillmore](http://jewishworldreview.com/strips/mallard/2000/mallard082905.asp) to be even funnier (the top one.) 😃 Well, crap. A funny Mallard Fillmore. Maybe Katrina was the start of the Apocalypse after all. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boondocks-sept-12th/321388/24 "2005-09-13T16:41:36Z")
> [@wolf\_meister](#): > > I happen to like the Sept 12th “Boondocks”: > [http://www.ucomics.com/boondocks/](http://www.ucomics.com/boondocks/) You should always post a [direct link](http://www.ucomics.com/boondocks/2005/09/12/) for things like this. You can always get the direct link by clicking the date. ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boondocks-sept-12th/321388/25 "2005-09-13T17:43:15Z")
> [@wolf\_meister](#): > > **Cynical Gabe** > The “Boondocks” series about the grandfather’s ineptitude with the computer was political? Yes. One of the hallmarks of “Boondocks” is that MacGruder (sp?) usually makes fun of blacks as much as he does whites. In that one he is doing something along the lines of lamenting or mocking the average lower education among blacks (compared to whites). ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boondocks-sept-12th/321388/26 "2005-09-13T17:46:36Z")
> [@CynicalGabe](#): > > Yes. One of the hallmarks of “Boondocks” is that MacGruder (sp?) usually makes fun of blacks as much as he does whites. In that one he is doing something along the lines of lamenting or mocking the average lower education among blacks (compared to whites). Uh, right. :dubious: So what’s the political subtext when _FoxTrot_ does the same joke with Roger Fox, techno-clueless Dad? ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boondocks-sept-12th/321388/27 "2005-09-13T17:49:36Z")
> [@CynicalGabe](#): > > Yes. One of the hallmarks of “Boondocks” is that MacGruder (sp?) usually makes fun of blacks as much as he does whites. In that one he is doing something along the lines of lamenting or mocking the average lower education among blacks (compared to whites). I didn’t see it as a black/white thing. I saw it as a genrational thing. “Old people and technology” jokes go way back. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boondocks-sept-12th/321388/28 "2005-09-13T17:50:00Z")
> [@CynicalGabe](#): > > In that one he is doing something along the lines of lamenting or mocking the average lower education among blacks (compared to whites). Nah, he’s mocking the average shitty computer skills of grandpas. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boondocks-sept-12th/321388/29 "2005-09-13T17:51:08Z")
Ok, **rjung** and **h.sapiens** hadn’t posted when I previewed. Honest! ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boondocks-sept-12th/321388/30 "2005-09-13T18:01:02Z")
Do you honestly not think Bush’s name would have been swapped out for Kerry’s if the situation were reversed? Whenever something goes awry, no matter how much real responsibility the admin did or did not have, those that didn’t elect that guy are going to say “Well my guy woulda done it better!” Mildly amusing, not even a half-ping on my offense-o-meter. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boondocks-sept-12th/321388/31 "2005-09-13T18:35:01Z")
**Lute Skywatcher** Thank you for that tip because I _always_ like to link to cites properly. If you look at posting #1, I did save the image and if necessary, I would have uploaded it to a webpage where I _know_ it just wouldn’t change - the “brute force” method so to speak. (If you want something done right, do it yourself.) If I link to a news article (_especially_ if it is a newspaper cite), sometimes I will copy the article and upload it to a webpage. Online newspaper articles have a tendency to “die” after a few days. Then again people might say, “how do we know if you didn’t change the article, Wolf?” (There’s just no way to win is there?) Hey, I see this duck flying and if I shoot it, I’ll win $20 !!! Okay here goes - nope. I’ll try again … ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boondocks-sept-12th/321388/32 "2005-09-13T20:46:45Z")
> [@h.sapiens](#): > > I didn’t see it as a black/white thing. I saw it as a genrational thing. “Old people and technology” jokes go way back. Yeah, that too. I had read it differently, but you might be right. As far as _Foxtrot_ goes… Boondocks is funnier. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boondocks-sept-12th/321388/33 "2005-09-13T21:01:30Z")
> [@wolf\_meister](#): > > **Lute Skywatcher** > Thank you for that tip because I always like to link to cites properly. Yeah, I went overboard with the “always”. Shoot me. 🙂 > [@](#): > > \*If you look at posting #1, I did save the image and if necessary, I would have uploaded it to a webpage where I know it just wouldn’t change - the “brute force” method so to speak. \* All you had to do was click on the date and you’d have a link good for the next 30 days. No brute force necessary. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boondocks-sept-12th/321388/34 "2005-09-13T21:49:32Z")
> [@CynicalGabe](#): > > As far as _Foxtrot_ goes… Boondocks is funnier. Sure, but _FoxTrot_ has _beaucoup_ geek creds. It’s the only comic strip I read every day where the calculus and physics are accurate. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boondocks-sept-12th/321388/35 "2005-09-13T23:52:39Z")
**Lute Skywatcher** No, I think your criticism was warranted. Having my own website for the last 6 years, I should know about all aspects of linking to a site. (It also explains why I’d rather just upload a graphic or article then make a link to _that_ and be done with it.) 😃 So anyway, no offense taken. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boondocks-sept-12th/321388/36 "2005-09-14T00:35:26Z")
> [@wolf\_meister](#): > > **Lute Skywatcher** > No, I think your criticism was warranted. > > So anyway, no offense taken. I couldn’t tell, you were a mite snippy back there. 🙂 All’s well and good, then. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boondocks-sept-12th/321388/37 "2005-09-14T01:24:32Z")
**Lute Skywatcher** Wow - then it is good that I posted my explanation. If I seemed angry it was just that I was mad at myself. (It’s pretty rare when I screw up a link and I’m not too happy even when it is a minor screwup). ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boondocks-sept-12th/321388/38 "2005-09-14T04:13:54Z")
_Posted by Queen Tonya:_ > [@](#): > > Do you honestly not think Bush’s name would have been swapped out for Kerry’s if the situation were reversed? Well, no, because Kerry, a man of proven competency, would have a) appointed a qualified person to head FEMA and b) been on top of the situation. “Boondocks” is actually funniest when it’s nonpolitical, and just doing “curmudgeonly Grandpa” strips. At least it’s gotten away from a long string of strips featuring Huey and his yes-man Caesar. ---
**Author:** ![Mycroft\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@Mycroft\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mycroft_H)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boondocks-sept-12th/321388/39 "2005-09-14T15:54:36Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > Yeah, I went overboard with the “always”. Shoot me. 🙂 If I do, do I win $20, or just get a virus? ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boondocks-sept-12th/321388/40 "2005-09-14T16:21:49Z")
> [@Baldwin](#): > > \*Posted by Queen Tonya:\*Well, no, because Kerry, a man of proven competency, would have a) appointed a qualified person to head FEMA and b) been on top of the situation. This is so amusing. Losing side fantasy: _Yes, but insert wanker name here would have: a) prevented 9/11 b) stopped global warming c) figured out who shot JFK_ To the winner goes the day-to-day reality, complete with fuckups, and to the loser goes the opportunity to predict in comic-book fashion how their hero never makes a mistake. In truth, Kerry probably would have helped avert the entire Katrina disaster. He’d have summoned the assistance of the senior Senator from Massachusetts, and that great windbag would have blown the hurricane back over the Yucatan peninsula. 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boondocks-sept-12th/321388.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boondocks-sept-12th/321388.md?page=3)