This previous thread of mine got me thinking: what things should you never, ever, ever, in the whole of your entire existence, Google (or Image-Google?)
We’ll take away the illegal stuff, like child porn, which is a given, and leave the stuff that’s just too nasty / disturbing / freaky / terrifying / sad / etc. to find out about.
(Also please to disable any NSFW links, so as not to annoy our modlings. crosses fingers)
For me, it was when I found out–through the boards, but I can’t remember the thread–about harlequin ichthyosis . I’ve never tried it, but I’m assured that image-Googling it would bring horrible nightmares.
Ha. Funny story here. It was many moons ago and we had just got the internet at home. Dad and I were watching tv, and it was a quiet night. Suddenly, he chimes out with a “Um, you know…if you ever look online and see ‘Japanese Scat Girls’…don’t click on it. It’s Japanese girls. And shit. And also VERY disgusting.”
You know, not that dad haphazardly bumped into that or anything…
Wow, that’s something I’ve never heard of before. I’m not entirely sure what to say about it, so I should probably leave it alone. Suffice it to say that there are probably many medical conditions that entails having a deformed appearance. Are we sure that’s what we’re here for? I don’t wanna be a killjoy or anything, I’m just making sure we’re being accurate here.
Yes, there is an electronic bubble wrap. More than one. You click on them, they pop…
The funny thing is when you google something that you know might be questionable and it’s not. I decided I just had to know, really, what a lap dance was. The kind of thing guys can get at a strip joint. I figured I really needed to know and my husband claimed ignorance, so I googled it, with a certain amount of trepidation, and I got the cutest stuff, including a little cartoon of a guy and his cat. Go figure.
Nope nope nope nope. No whoosh around here. I’ve played with the virtual bubble wrap many times from bored.com.
It’s not as fun as the real stuff, but in a pinch, it’s not too bad.
It’s like glass breaking sounds. They’re rather nifty and cathartic in a way, but manufactured ones seem to lack something in the translation…even though it’s still fun to hear glass break.
I absolutely, positively will not google another subject listed in this thread. I googled the first. Couldn’t help it. I read the description in Wiki and thought, “sure, I’ll take a peek…”
Disturbing doesn’t even come close. And I’ve seen some weird crap…
There was a documentary on here recently about a couple who had given birth to a Harlequin girl. They were quite upset about it but decided to have another baby, who also turn out to be a Harlequin (the chances are one in four given that both parents have the gene.)
The girls were pretty cool. I think one of them as in her mid to late teens, and had started to wonder if she’d find a boyfriend :(.
Once I was attempting to find out the approximate value of a pearl necklace my wife was interested in selling. So I go to Google and typed in “Pearl + Necklace” and was about to hit Search when it dawned on me that, Ya know this might not end up work safe. And since I was at work and all, I decided against it.
