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Lieutenant_Joe t1_j7b7ugk wrote

I think it’s really funny that you’ve stopped being the “google it” guy and are now the “I googled it” guy

Character development

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Guygan t1_j7b80t4 wrote

I think it's really funny that if people just typed their Reddit post title into Google instead, they'd have the answer they were looking for without extra steps.

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Majestic-Feedback541 t1_j7bjlh0 wrote

But then they don't get the community discussion about it. At least that was what I was told these people that ask super easy to find information want.

I, for one, only ask something out of desperation. After I've looked on my own and found nothing helpful. (Which is almost never because of Google/search engines, or just ya know calling the business or person directly that has the information I need scary)

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DaNostrich t1_j7bwt4w wrote

Mostly this for me too, usually I’ll try hitting the google before I come to Reddit, but also sometime what I’m looking for is answers, obviously, but also looking just to interact with the community as whole, not just in r/Maine but also every sub, thought that was the entire point of Reddit was interacting in all these communities 🤷‍♂️

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TimothyOilypants t1_j7foh4r wrote

Just amend "site:reddit.com" to your Google search query, whatever you're looking for has almost certainly already been discussed.

This is my go-to whenever I want to know what 300 idiots think about the topic I'm researching. 😜

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korshai t1_j7cvd1l wrote

It's much cheekier if you post the url to the Google search results, especially since those URLs are massive

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