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I don't understand how that makes me a boomer...  but that is the go-to saying now for internet crybabies to use when proved wrong and butthurt. So makes sense.
I've resorted to using this on people who have no real interest in looking at my proof anyway. Too many times I've done the research and provided the evidence to the person only for them to ignore it, misunderstand it, or read the first sentence and start arguing again. At that point, I just tell them to Google it themselves since I'm not going to waste more energy if they won't meet me in the middle. >

schools really done screwed up by calling it "research" when you just look up the actual research that someone else did and paraphrase it. >

It'd be research as a noun in the 2nd and 3rd context... 
Which is. "To collect information about a subject" or. "A careful and diligent search" 
So yes you can say you did research... you don't have to be the first hand acount researcher on the base subject. >

sure, but many research papers are essentially book reports.
having an opinion and then looking for information online to support your opinion is not legitimate research.
nor is the basic act of acquiring new information. >

You are wrong... the literal definition of research is what I posted. 
Don't like it. Tough luck. Still wrong kid. >

Lol, ok Boomer