I saw someone giving people shit because they bother to ask someone else what something means, interrupting the other person's life because they are lazy.

Back in the early days of the internet, we called this LMGTFY - Let Me Google That For You.

I cannot stand this dickish response for the simple reason that I fucking know Google exists, I slaved in a datacenter to make them exist. I am asking YOU because I want to connect with YOU.

But yeah I get it. There are asswipes who don't want to do the footwork. There are privileged shits who want everything in a basket with a bow.

But maybe critics should consider that the person doing the asking is doing connective labor footwork by asking. They're reaching out to someone as a human, to have a conversation, to localize our relationship around a common thread.

#ConnectiveLabor #LMGTFY