#336 – Searching

These people confuse me. They say they can’t find something. They say they searched for it but somehow when I type the exact words coming out of their mouth into google it works. The first time. I’ve never followed them back to their computer to see them try it. Maybe there’s some secret reason I’m missing.

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13 thoughts on “#336 – Searching”

  1. Epicanis says:

    “Let Me Google That For You” was made for this kind of person, I think.

    For example:
    http://lmgtfy.com/?q=minimumble

    1. samuel says:

      I don’t think he could get “Let me google that for you” on his typewriter

  2. Gwid says:

    My sister is one of those people that can never seem to Google and get the same results as me. I’ve watched her type precisely the same thing I’m typing and render different results. Another mystery of life. Maybe her computer just doesn’t like her.

    Also, amusing comic is amusing. c:
    ~Gwid

    1. pedrosorio9 says:

      Google shows you results depending on your google account, and if you’re not logged in, depending on your browser’s google search history.

      1. das-g says:

        And probably also depending on the country from which you’re connecting. Or rather, depending on the country from which google thinks you’re connecting.

  3. Arjan says:

    for your comics it should work fine (I think this is where letmegooglethatforyou comes in 😉 ), but google (and probably others) isn’t the search engine you want sometimes. It specifies your searches by your history of internet usage – that is what it thinks you want to find.

    This means that sometimes you find stuff on page 1 on pc A but only (if at all) on page 25 on pc B. It irritates the hell out of me sometimes.

  4. kingklash says:

    That explaains why my every Google result list is topped by “Commander Gummyworm Meets the Inexplicable Spoon of Unreason.”

  5. Cyndaquazy says:

    He must have had safe search turned off. Oh the horror!

    1. das-g says:

      Rule 34? Though not for the keyword “minimumble”, it seems. Not yet.

  6. GE says:

    The filter bubble is an unfortunate side effect of the march toward the personalization event horizon. Try duckduckgo.com – not quite as robust yet, but no filter bubble.

  7. rich says:

    reminds me of a simpsons episode. lisa takes a bone to a scientist for analysis. the initial result is “inconclusive.” the guy later admits he never even did the analysis.

  8. llallogan says:

    is that a Hewlett Packard?

  9. Miitu says:

    This has happened in real life. My friend’s grandfather asked him to install internet to the type writer.

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