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by nomel 2005 days ago
> They are trying too hard to guess what I am asking for,

If you’ve ever watched a non tech person use a search engine, you’ll realize why they’re probably doing that. Most people I’ve seen type their question into Google, rather than “search terms”. I imagine this is the norm since the whole concept of a keyword search requires some understanding of how the first search engines worked.

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This is the real answer. I don’t remember what show it was (some stupid big brother reality show), but many years ago I saw a girl search on Google for “if you kiss a dead wet fish on a beach with your lips can you get a disease?” Or something just as asinine and I realized at that moment that search was doomed.