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Posted: 11/1/2006 2:06:07 PM | This is too amusing... I have a friend that does this to me... he'll ask me a question and I'll give him the answer... then he'll look it up and would you believe he's shocked when I'm right.
After a while of being right all the time... he'll just stop on his own, although I did make a joke of it with the friend of mine...
If he doesn't stop... then either learn to accept it or leave. Pretty simple huh? | |
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Posted: 11/1/2006 2:14:24 PM |
its just the fact that MID convo he will get up and "RUN" to the other room like a kid at christmas,
oh wow, I thought you meant while you and he were having an online chat. That sounds like he has a real problem! All you can do is tell him ...its bugging you and hopefully he will stop doing it. | |
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Posted: 11/1/2006 2:39:16 PM | | Yea, I had someone that would google stuff while we were on the phone. Like, so anyway, you like that movie huh? Well, let me look it up...5 minute pause...yea, that looks pretty good. He did it all the time, and for stupid, inconsequential stuff. Well just general net surfing while talking too. Like, HE'S called ME, then decides mid chat to start looking up stuff and typing etc. I'm like, do you wanna chat later or something, or why not call me when you're done? It was pretty rude, imo. But I doubt he saw it that way, so mention it. | |
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Posted: 11/1/2006 2:42:28 PM | | Sounds like a tool to me. I've known people in my life that have challenged things I said or have to argue on small points, that I know are right. Personally, I don't have time to deal with people that are like that and tend to avoid them. I knew this one guy from Switzerland who had just recently immigrated to Canada, and he was telling me about his vast knowledge of Canada. He was insistent that Hamilton, Ontario had the mildest winters in Canada, and that I was wrong in thinking it was Victoria, BC. And too most of us Canadians that's just about the dumbest thing you could hear someone say. At any rate, I don't want to be accused of wandering off topic, so if you enjoy being challenged on trivial things you've found a keeper. Yeah, someone will probably do a google search and tell me it's White Rock or something, but you get the point :) | |
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Posted: 11/1/2006 4:01:09 PM | I love this thread! I google A LOT! But never in front of people in midsentence. I'll admit, I do it quite often when I am on the phone, usually when I think my boyfriend is telling some tall tales. My best friend calls me several times a day asking me to google things for her. At work, people always ask me to google random things.
I am the master googler. For some reason, I can search better than most! lol!
*I also have a media package on my phone so now I can google on the go =) | |
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Posted: 11/1/2006 4:03:04 PM | No
He isn't a weirdo.
I'm guessing he is the kind of guy that over analyzes everything.
If this is true and you don't like it you better move on because it's not going to end.
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Posted: 11/1/2006 4:09:23 PM | | It's one thing if you're playfully debating or someone asks you something to look up, but to be in the middle of a conversation and someone feels the urge to start looking up random stuff, is like wtf? | |
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Posted: 11/1/2006 5:07:18 PM |
Yeah, someone will probably do a google search and tell me it's White Rock or something, but you get the point :)
OK,,,here it is. I asked Jeeves--you know, over at ASK.com?-- and HE said that Vancouver BC has the mildest winters in Canada. 
OP, I know it can be REALLY annoying, but you have already said it's not a deal-breaker, which is cool for you. EVERYONE has an annoying quirk or two, his just happens to be that he has to verify that everything told to him is true. Maybe he thinks it's fun to do this to you. MAybe he is just a little twisted like that. Point is, instead of letting it irritate you, just roll with it. He wants to talk? Tell him "Fine, lets go to the computer room before we begin". Hell, make it a "just you, me and google" night-- make some popcorn, pour some beer or cola, turn on the radio, and google til you can't google no more. Maybe, he will eventually stop. Otherwise, just chalk it up to a quirk and live with it. Sounds like you like the guy enough to overlook it now, you just don't know if anyone else does it.
Have fun with it. | |
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Posted: 11/1/2006 5:34:00 PM | I google stuff all the time when Im in an IM conversation..especially when it comes to movies and actors and stuff along those lines.
Like for instance last night, I was watching Casper (1995 version with Christina Ricci) and I told this girl I've been chatting with that I was watching it and she said something about there being a sequel to it. I said I didnt think there ever was..so I went to google it and found out she was sorta right, there were 2 or 3 animated movies released but never a live action sequel. I told her she was right though  | |
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Posted: 11/1/2006 5:36:04 PM | Ha, OP ~ that is terrible. Funny in a sad/sick/twisted sort of way. I think he has an issue or two. I did go to ask .com and asked "what disorder causes overanalyzation?" It came up with some interesting answers. Maybe do that and print the list of potential disorders he has and he'll be too busy googling to see what his own issues are and you'll get a break from being in under the micro-scope. 
Personally ~ I think it's funny to read here, but it wouldn't be so funny having to deal with that behavior in real life. JMO  | |
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Posted: 11/1/2006 7:32:00 PM | Yes there are turtles in BC. They live in a park, called Grohman Narrows just 10 minutes away from me in fact. Also they live in Champion Lake (Kootenays). I also have some in my chocolate cabinet.
He's a critic and looks for truth in everything. So long as he doesn't start talking about religion or outerspace, you'll be alright. But it does suggest he thinks you're an idiot. | |
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Posted: 11/1/2006 7:33:14 PM | There's the PLAYER, the BAD BOY, the NICE GUY, the MARRIED GUY, the GUY WHO CAN'T COMMIT, the MODELIZER, and now we have the GOOGLER. Hysterical!
Everyone has a thing...for X-mas get him stock. | |
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Posted: 11/1/2006 7:45:56 PM | There is Batman, Robin, The Joker and now the Googler.
Thats one of the funniest things I have heard all day. Thanks...hehe. | |
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Posted: 11/1/2006 7:51:32 PM | The internet is great. Embrace the future OP! The sum off all human knowlege and experience at your fingertips. Yeah! That kicks a***!
I call bull$#17 on that. There was once a time when research meant being passionate enough about a subject to sit down at your local library and read up on it. Now, anyone can seem like a KIA by googling it.
Google is great if you want a quick answer, and I know, because I've gotten out of sticky messes at both work and work (IT & music, separately) by looking it up- but the if the sum of all human knowledge is on the internet, then the sum of all human knowledge is Porn and Dilbert. Googling something does not make one an expert in it. Doing it constantly makes them damn annoying and pseudo-intellectual.
We live in a world were ppl uze acronyms and shrtcts 2 say wot they want. Most of the time there speeling is atroshus n they don't care.
Technology has definately taken us several steps backwards in dicipline and communication.
My ex and I played this game a couple of times where I could google the answers on Jeopardy faster than the constestants could answer them. There's an art to searching for the answer you're looking for - and I'd say 90% of the time I was able to get the answer before the players could. Does that mean I'd win on Alex's little show? Not without my powerbook, I wouldn't.
Sum of all knowledge? Bah. You know better. Nothing worthwhile is easy and google is too easy. Find someone that cares enough about you to enjoy your conversations without having to cross check facts he knows nothing about.
I recall a time, long ago, where you could learn from other people.
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Posted: 11/1/2006 8:08:41 PM | Heh, I use google all the time at work, to search for solutions to problems (I'm a computer geek at work anyways, I generally find the answer or figure it out by piecing stuff together that I've found). Its a useful "tool" for my toolbox, but I don't bring my tools on a date (well, ok, unless she tells me in advance her sink is broken and asks if I can fix it!).
But at home? Sure I occasionally google for something if I'm looking to buy something online (compare prices)... and ok, Coastergal started a thread about losing her friend over a guy, and I looked at her profile and saw "profession: mixologist" -- I just *had* to look that up, because I was curious what it was, and I learned a new word! But I think your turtle example is way too extreme. Sounds to me like he needs a *life*. | |
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Posted: 11/1/2006 8:26:27 PM | Now I call bullturd!
There are no turtles in BC. It's like way too freaking cold!
You probably just saw ninja that were using a turtle disguise in order to sneak beef jerky into the U.S which annoys me since I get all my beef jerky from the pirates. | |
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Posted: 11/1/2006 8:37:50 PM | that's hilarious!
in my job i get a lot of users who don't believe me when i tell them how to fix certain problems (i do help desk) i let them say whatever stupid thing they are saying then say, let's just try it my way. i do love being right.
let him google himself to death. it's fun to be right | |
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Posted: 11/1/2006 8:39:55 PM | I swear I dont know what I did before Google. I have to admit, I tend to google everything I possibly can. Sometimes I feel like a sponge. Its not that I dont believe what someone is telling me, I"m just looking for more facts to add to the convo.. or something..
lemme google that to see if its a labeled condition.. googlitis?? (bet someone is looking it up....) | |
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