It was always snotty and crummy to be like "why don't you just google it????"
Like i dunno because we're a social species and need to reach out and interact sometimes. Sometimes you want to ask a person
I'm fully aware i can look up nearly everything i ask you people and half of it, it's cause i didn't bother and chose to poke your brains. No apologies. So put that in your pipe and smoke it.
(I think we can all agree this is the proper place for recommendation questions, though)
@heatherhorns_lite they make me feel slightly violent
Especially when they default to recommending me American only products and services 
@heatherhorns_lite I've posted questions on other social media and gotten a lot of positive emojis and no advice. Thanks for nothing, assholes.
I see people complain about the culture on here and it's exactly the things I came here for, with every other social media platform run by fascists and dominated by toxic positivity and every platform for practical problem solving overrun with "generative AI".
@heatherhorns_lite I agree 100%!
I will, however, add a caveat that sometimes, it's clear to me that the person asking the question doesn't truly want a real answer. In those cases, I definitely reply with lmGtfy and then go silent. 😆
@heatherhorns_lite my favorite is when you google a question and it leads you to a forum thread where some asshole is like "ummmm just google it???"
yeah i, i did. that's how i got here
@pataphysicker i do like when there's posts made years later with people like "i was just googling this cause i don't know either :("
A show of solidarity to the other lost souls
@heatherhorns_lite @pataphysicker And then there's "I solved it!" with no further explanation...
@heatherhorns_lite and the people willing to answer your question are likely to enjoy answering it.
And with Google's algorithm, the context is likely some rambling paragraphs long story that starts with their childhood on an orchard. Instead of, "it was able to take down an entire data centre because someone didn't stop and think".
@heatherhorns_lite The worst thing is to answer a question that obviously asks for personal experience with a google search link or - worse - to that horrible "let me google this for you" service.
If I wanted Google results, I'd have obtained them myself.
@heatherhorns_lite I mean, it’s not even about being social
at this point I am fully convinced that asking the oomfies on fedi gives me much better answers than google, simply due to how shit google has become, I’ve spent hours searching for things before that I found more info about after asking here
@heatherhorns_lite
Related: When I _have_ googled it and not found a satisfactory answer (or one that I understand) and so I post a question...
Also related: when I post saying I'm looking for people who share a particular interest me, and it disappears under an avalanche of people telling me to follow hashtags and search for keywords. Like, yes, I've done that and now I'm doing the very human thing of just asking.
@heatherhorns_lite What is most infuriating is when you google the answer, find a support thread, and the only answer is "why didn't you use the search feature?"
Harassing people for not doing a search only risks populating the search with the harassment and not the information requested. Best people neglect to answer before reaching out with elitism and anger for someone asking a genuine question.
Besides, on occasion it is good to have someone with which you can converse through a problem. It is hard to ask a locked thread or an article a clarifying question.
Thanks!
Anyone want to start a not-for-profit along the lines of Wikipedia, but for web search instead?
@skysailor um, i don't think they're cool to talk to in general then
not sure i follow or if this is rhetorical, sorry
@heatherhorns_lite "Just use Google" has always been a rude answer in my opinion, because it's loaded with the implication of "I don't care enough about your involvement on this subject to help you understand". And the old trend of posting a Let Me Google That For You link was just extra shitty assholery.
IDEALLY this should be the nail in the coffin of that, but....
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