Just Google it, Google is your friend etc

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Is a really irritating response when someone asks a question on a thread or starts a thread with a question.

I get that it's quicker to Google if you are currently wanting to know the weather forecast for the day or driving directions from York to Inverness, but when you are trying to get a conversation or debate going, then it's really annoying when someone pipes up with "just Google it", or "there's dozens of threads on this subject already, why don't you do a search on it?"

I know how to use Google, thank you, but sometimes I like asking about others about their experiences you know. It's like those sort of posters only come on the thread to shame you for starting one in the first place.

Rant over.

I remember in my 20s phoning my mum up to ask her how to cook a Swede. She tutted at me for not looking it up myself. I just wanted to see how my mum did it and learn from her!

(in hindsight she was the age I am now, where I’m fed up with being the go-to for all banal knowledge, so I’ll give her that one..)

I love asking my partner questions about politics and history before looking it up myself too. It’s just more interesting than a Wikipedia page or whatever.

Reading previous threads have been really helpful on this forum.