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If someone makes a post about a topic, and someone comments about or against the original poster, and instead of answering a potential question or argument.. you say "Google it" its rude, and makes it seem like you have no idea what you were talking about in the first place.
If u are out talking with friends, it's a different story
Google isn't that great nowadays. >

Depends on the question. If someone is asking Google able questions then its fine to tell them to google it. >

It literally is both a non answer and a disrespectful retort. If you tell me to Google it if im asking a genuine question, I’ll tell you to fuck off because you’re genuinely being unhelpful. >

I see what you mean, and I think in most cases you’re right, but on Reddit there are a lot of dumb questions that just shouldn’t have been posted in the first place. Like why are you asking for the Oxford definition of a word or how many tons an elephant weighs when you can literally get the answer quicker by typing exactly what you put in your title into google. >

I get that and in those cases where the question obviously has an answer “Google it” is an okay answer but a lot of the time the phrase is used for more nuanced questions or when people ask for evidence, that’s where my issues arise with the “google it” answer. >

It depends if ur on a sub like askreddit or not