Things you have to google that make you feel stupid as hell (1 Viewer)

[jbutler]

Within the past hour I've googled how to multiply fractions and where Belarus is. Not sure how I graduated from any school ever.

 

[Toby]

Just about anything relating to geography. Like just now I had to Google Belarus

 

[DrStrange]

I'd say you are clearly ahead of, say a notable brain surgeon. You after all, had the good sense to realize when you didn't know basic information and look it up. There are lots of folks that are not so wise.

DrStrange

 

[detroitdad]

I'd say you are clearly ahead of, say a notable brain surgeon. You after all, had the good sense to realize when you didn't know basic information and look it up. There are lots of folks that are not so wise.

DrStrange

Amen.

 

[12thMan]

It constantly amazes me that people have access to the world in there pocket and they use it to shoot birds at pigs. I almost like not knowing something now, can't wait to say "ok google" and find it out....

 

[detroitdad]

I work in a medical setting (no I am not a medical professional) and it never ceases to amaze me at the doctors/managers that just can't figure simple shit out.

Different topic. The general population are also turning into a bunch of little bitches. Dudes, chicks, whatever, are afraid of their own damn shadows.

I routinely teach Active Shooter courses to the medical staff. The questions they ask............just wow....

 

[PAZ]

Einstein said "Intelligence is not the ability to store information, but to know where to find it."

 

[12thMan]

Oh, and what embarrasses me to google is correct spellings of easy words. I am HORRIBLE with double letters, I put them where they shouldn't be and leave them out of where they should, so if I'm not using spell check I am constantly googling elementary words. With out spell check or google I probably would have had to take a shot or two at "embarrasses" and "horrible". Not that I couldn't spell either, but I may type "horrible" and then wonder if it really is two r's in it. It frustrates me, but obviously not enough I do anything about it. Kind of like my golf swing...

 

[detroitdad]

I can't build shit, put shit together, ect.....Googling this shit doesn't really embarrass me. What embarrasses me is that my wife could probably figure out how to build a damn house if she needed to while I can't build a fucking shelf.

 

[links_slayer]

Just about anything relating to geography. Like just now I had to Google Belarus

Please don't ever change your avatar. Like never.

 

[manamongkids]

Wife had to ask how to spell Lettuce earlier. She uses a dieting app and she wrote lett, then it auto populated Lettus. I almost walked out of the house

 

[trever]

Within the past hour I've googled how to multiply fractions and where Belarus is. Not sure how I graduated from any school ever.

Nobody knows where Belarus is. Even people who live in Belarus wake up every morning and say "where the hell am I"?

 

[SixSpeedFury]

You would think that people would use Google to correct their grammar, but nooooo......it still amazes me how people STILL don't know how to use these words in their proper context:

to too two
through threw
there their they're
whether weather
have of

 

[B.C.]

Almost everything these days.

Pretty soon I'm just going to be able to say only one single word to my kids: Google.

 

[Jeff]

You would think that people would use Google to correct their grammar, but nooooo......it still amazes me how people STILL don't know how to use these words in their proper context:

to too two
through threw
there their they're
whether weather
have of

for me its effect/affect...I should be able to remember the difference, but I always have to look it up.

 

[jbutler]

You would think that people would use Google to correct their grammar, but nooooo......it still amazes me how people STILL don't know how to use these words in their proper context:

to too two
through threw
there their they're
whether weather
have of

for me its effect/affect...I should be able to remember the difference, but I always have to look it up.

My problem pair is principle/principal.

Would be sad except the REAL problem pair is my wife's/daughter's birthdays. They are the day immediately before and the day immediately after a mid-level holiday and I literally never remember whose is whose. I couldn't tell you right now with a gun to my head. I have to look it up every single year.

 

[Ben]

Separate. I was in the finals of the state spelling bee in 4th grade, and the first thing I do on every device I own is turn off auto-correct. But to save my life, I can't not-type "seperate" the first time - every. single. time.

Would be sad except the REAL problem pair is my wife's/daughter's birthdays. They are the day immediately before and the day immediately after a mid-level holiday and I literally never remember whose is whose. I couldn't tell you right now with a gun to my head. I have to look it up every single year.

Gah I hear ya. My ex who I was with for a long time and my wife have birthdays less than 2 weeks apart, with my MIL's birthday right in the middle, and my anniversary with my ex is the same day as the anniversary of another significant life event with my wife (also in the same week between the birthdays.) I have to be VEWY VEWY CAREFUL.

(I've successfully run the gamut this year it looks like - the last of those dates is tomorrow, and I'm still alive.)

 

[spikeithard]

I googled once 'why is that shady squirrel in my backyard constantly looking at me?'

It told me to get more sun and fresh air. The Goog's ruless

 

[Jeff]

My problem pair is principle/principal.

Would be sad except the REAL problem pair is my wife's/daughter's birthdays. They are the day immediately before and the day immediately after a mid-level holiday and I literally never remember whose is whose. I couldn't tell you right now with a gun to my head. I have to look it up every single year.

All my family (wife, daughter and son) all have birthdays on the 21st of a month. I just need to remember months.
I work in investing and so I see principle all the time. Also remember that the principal is your pal.

 

[Leonard]

You would think that people would use Google to correct their grammar, but nooooo......it still amazes me how people STILL don't know how to use these words in their proper context:

to too two
through threw
there their they're
whether weather
have of

The one that bothers me is "fewer vs less". This weekend "DeMarco Murray had less rushing yards than Tony Romo". No - he had "fewer rushing yards" or "less rushing yardage". I don't know why it annoys me, but it does.

Back to the OP: Just add basic memory skills to things we don't need any more. Such as mathematical skills, a sense of direction, travel agents, etc.

L

 

[Toby]

I work in a medical setting (no I am not a medical professional) and it never ceases to amaze me at the doctors/managers that just can't figure simple shit out.

Different topic. The general population are also turning into a bunch of little bitches. Dudes, chicks, whatever, are afraid of their own damn shadows.

I routinely teach Active Shooter courses to the medical staff. The questions they ask............just wow....

I went to the doc's recently in the UK and saw a locum (standard). He had no idea what the issue was and spent a solid 15 minutes querying the NHS database. I could've done that myself, at home!

You would think that people would use Google to correct their grammar, but nooooo......it still amazes me how people STILL don't know how to use these words in their proper context:

to too two
through threw
there their they're
whether weather
have of

I did "licence" and "license" yesterday. Turns out, in the UK, "licence" is the noun and "license" is the verb.

Stoopid grammer

 

[stocky]

You would think that people would use Google to correct their grammar, but nooooo......it still amazes me how people STILL don't know how to use these words in their proper context:

to too two
through threw
there their they're
whether weather
have of

I guess you hate when I post than?

 

[k9dr]

Separate. I was in the finals of the state spelling bee in 4th grade, and the first thing I do on every device I own is turn off auto-correct. But to save my life, I can't not-type "seperate" the first time - every. single. time.



Gah I hear ya. My ex who I was with for a long time and my wife have birthdays less than 2 weeks apart, with my MIL's birthday right in the middle, and my anniversary with my ex is the same day as the anniversary of another significant life event with my wife (also in the same week between the birthdays.) I have to be VEWY VEWY CAREFUL.

(I've successfully run the gamut this year it looks like - the last of those dates is tomorrow, and I'm still alive.)

The way I remember separate is their is "a rat" in separate.

The error I see frequently that bothers me is defiantly vs. definitely, although it is likely due to autocorrect.

 

[manamongkids]

You would think that people would use Google to correct their grammar, but nooooo......it still amazes me how people STILL don't know how to use these words in their proper context:

through threw

no one even tries anymore, Thru took over as a place holder for idiots who dont know the difference, I the amount of professional emails i get with the word thru in them is astonishing.

 

[atomiktoaster]

I went to the doc's recently in the UK and saw a locum (standard). He had no idea what the issue was and spent a solid 15 minutes querying the NHS database. I could've done that myself, at home!



I did "licence" and "license" yesterday. Turns out, in the UK, "licence" is the noun and "license" is the verb.

Stoopid grammer

In the US "license" is a word, and "licence" is foreign nonsense. Much simpler.

 

[Puggy]

Clothing you can't find from Finland (can't say I feel stupid as hell doign that though).

Finland. Finland. Where the hell is Finland.

 

[Ben]

Finland. Finland. Where the hell is Finland.

As an educated U.S. American, I don't need Google to know that Finland is:

Someplace very, very cold. Possibly the North Pole.

Full of little gnomes or something called Lapps - this may be another name for Santa's elves.

 

[SixSpeedFury]

I guess you hate when I post than?

Never

 

[Puggy]

Yepp. Them Lapps live north side of this cold place. And they have twisted legs and funny costumes.
And they have their own language.

 

[Toby]

In the US "license" is a word, and "licence" is foreign nonsense. Much simpler.

I prefer your your way. Stoopid languidge!