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I prefer to tell them to "Give it a Goog".
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 >

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 >

It's better to say you don't know if asked directly, and to say nothing at all if you're not asked directly. Google isn't a reliable source anymore, and some people want knowledge directly from another human that has said knowledge. >

It is rude, depending on context. I'd argue the way you say it is rude too.
When you say "Google it" all I hear is "I do have an answer I'm just too lazy and you're not worth the effort of me explaining it to you"
If you said "I don't know, google it" it would be entirely different. >

No one's entitled to anyone's effort, though. Just stop being lazy and simply Google something. In the time it takes many people to ask a question on Reddit, for example, they could have Googled it and already gotten an answer. >

Why bother replying if you're just going to be rude? It's possible to just ignore if you think your effort and time is so inherently valuable. I think everyone is entitled to basic respect. Treat others how you would like to be treated yourself. >

Telling someone to Google something isn't necessarily rude, especially if there's basic respect in the tone in which it's said. >

I do agree to this >

Depends on the exact question.
If it is a simple question like "how high is the Eiffel Tower?" telling someone to 'Google it' is not rude.
If it is a slightly specific question, it can be rude because Google personalizes results and people telling others to 'Google it' just show their own ignorance towards that. Someone who only looked up "fluffy cupcakes" wont have the same results for "low compression on 6th piston of a V8-engine" as someone who only ever looks up "car stuff".
So ironically, telling someone to 'Google it' and thereby implying the request is 'stupid' can be ignorant and stupid itself. >

Telling someone to google it, unless it's an in-person interaction where they feasibly might not think to use the internet, is like getting onto a bus and suggesting the bus driver use the gas pedal to make the bus go forward. 
It's literally negative contribution to any situation that you can ever possibly use it in. It's like the most condescending way to tell someone you don't know much about a subject without admitting you have a hole in your knowledge. Nobody gains anything, but you look stupider for saying it. If I wanted to have a wikipedia article read to me, I'd use one of the 17 google buttons, hotkeys, and shortcuts hard coded into my phone, browser, and OS. If I'm asking a question, it's because I'm engaging on a subject you've chosen to publicly speak on. You don't need to give a dissertation, if you understand what you're talking about you can give a paragraph to either explain it or give a reason why  you can't explain it in short form. If it's on topic and you can't do that, or at least admit you don't know enough, you didn't really have a place speaking up on whatever it was in the first place. And if you're just interjecting "google it" unprompted, that energy would have been better spent figuring out how to lick headlight fluid off a left handed monkey wrench.
There's nothing wrong with not being an expert and not knowing everything. I can't cite sources by heart, I have a memory in paraphrase, I get it. But if it's important enough to bother speaking, why not try googling it yourself if that's the impulse? >

That would defeat the purpose of some subreddits. >

Nah.  Some questions really are better answered by an actual person: is an MBA degree worthwhile? is Fargo an OK place to live? Can I use pocket holes on this joinery? These are questions that would probably require a lot of time and effort to research comprehensively but a knowledgeable person (or people) can give you good answers in minutes. 
But asking an online forum easily Googlelable questions - do bumble bees sting? Is maple harder than oak? Is Fargo cold? - lowers the general quality of ask-based subs, wastes time,  and make the asker look lazy. >

Depends on the context, if it’s something you know a decent amount about I’d rather ask you but if it’s like oh how much does a potato cost yeah then it’s appropriate. I do actually have a friend that asks the random prices of stuff for some reason but they have internet they literally text to ask. >

I think it’s more the delivery that makes it rude, some people just always sound angry or like they’re snapping at you when they say things like this. >

Telling someone to “Google it” is quite rude. 
I completely disagree with you. 
Good post. >


I completely disagree with you. 

Then google it >

Half the reason people ask other humans is to gain advice, options, opinions, or maybe help identifying the root cause of something. Saying Google It is bloody rude, and besides, it's not a magical genie. So much crap turns up just because of SEO. >

Pretty much agree.
I hate when I say something and someone goes “Source?” I’m usually like no I saw it like a year ago and I don’t feel like looking and then they say I’m talking bullshit.
It’s like all you need to do is type like 10 words and click a few times and you have the information you want. Before the computer nobody could do that. It was so hard to learn things easily. Now we have this amazing tool and literally all of human knowledge that we can access and find and people are too lazy to use it. Bonkers. >

I mean depending on the sub asking for a source is fine and the fact you don’t provide one suggests you are talking bullshit, 
It’s not on the other users to find your sources >

Yeahhh let's be real. Often times people who ask for sources are just trolling and don't care about learning at all. Disengage. >

No? I don’t think that’s true >

Source? >

Just because your a troll doesn’t make everybody else one >

I work at a pet store and 99% of the questions I'm asked could be answered in less than a minute with Google. The other 1% are "Where do I find the ____ (dog food, cat litter, whatever)?" I have enough work to fill the shift without including customer service and could get it all done if people just did some research before coming in to buy a living creature completely dependent on their ignorant asses. I wish telling them to Google it wasn't rude. >

Your wish has been granted. It’s no longer rude lol. >

In my field of software engineering, often times bugs and issues that people have can be found with a simple google it.
I’ve had interns and junior developers ask questions that would be so quick to solve if they just google it. 
BUT
Sometimes the things they need to write in google might not be as straight forward. They might be missing a special keyword that will unlock the mystery of their problem. So I have a rule and I ask before helping further; what research have you done on this bug? What is your current understanding based on error messages and things you’ve found in the documentation / google search. Then let’s together make sense of what all of this stuff you’re reading or seeing.
Sure I still have had some interns and junior devs not heed that advice and those who continue to not do it, never really stay around long enough. Telling someone to google it in my field I believe is how you help people be more self reliant and autonomous. >

personally if i find a thread and know the answer could be found with one simple google search, i just move on. not worth the energy. >

I feel that. If you haven’t attempted to resolve the problem yourself before coming to me ima be upset. Only family and my SO get the answer. >

Someone asked if there was less mass shooting this year because it seem like they stopped. It was 611 this year, compared to 695 for last year. We still have today, so there is that. Yeah eighty odd less shootings. How do I know? I Googled it. Because you are to lazy to Google something, I should do it?  If I tell you to do it, I'm being rude? Talk about lazy. >

You could just say you don't know >

Literally became a trend within a few days. I remember telling people to Google it all the time every time they asked for a source and I would get downvoted to oblivion and now I get upvoted for saying the same thing these days. I'm fucking livid. My culture is not your costume! >

Even if I know the answer, if you're asking a stupid question that you obviously could've gotten the answer too on your own (quickly at that), you're just gonna annoy me into not helping.
People need to learn to figure shit out themselves or at least try to instead of asking for help first.