# Demanding cites for things that would take you 2 second to look up is lazy **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 30, 2025, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demanding-cites-for-things-that-would-take-you-2-second-to-look-up-is-lazy/1020281 "2025-06-30T01:49:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2025, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demanding-cites-for-things-that-would-take-you-2-second-to-look-up-is-lazy/1020281/161 "2025-07-01T20:45:16Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > It’s trivial to highlight a word or phrase, right-click and select ‘Search Google for …’ I don’t have a stake in this debate one way or another, but I do this at least dozen times a day. Whether it’s to find a city or look up a name or find a product, I think “highlight and search” is one of the great tools of the internet ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2025, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demanding-cites-for-things-that-would-take-you-2-second-to-look-up-is-lazy/1020281/162 "2025-07-01T20:51:14Z")
Didn’t know about that trick! I prefer desktop if I’m going to make an in-depth heavily cited post or need to organize my thoughts. If it’s general rants, IMHO and such I can do that on my phone. I may need to remove the app from the phone though because I use it too much. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2025, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demanding-cites-for-things-that-would-take-you-2-second-to-look-up-is-lazy/1020281/163 "2025-07-01T21:15:38Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > Didn’t know about that trick! Only some browsers have it as a right-click item. But for sure it’s not very hard to achieve the same outcome manually. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2025, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demanding-cites-for-things-that-would-take-you-2-second-to-look-up-is-lazy/1020281/164 "2025-07-01T21:21:39Z")
All right! Liz Phair sure can make up a mess of fun on her good days. My favorite “cover” of that melody is by Bob Marley: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/QiESgCu9Ehw/maxresdefault.jpg "Buffalo Soldier (1983) - Bob Marley & The Wailers") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiESgCu9Ehw) ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2025, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demanding-cites-for-things-that-would-take-you-2-second-to-look-up-is-lazy/1020281/165 "2025-07-01T21:51:15Z")
ARRRGGH! Beat me to it! ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2025, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demanding-cites-for-things-that-would-take-you-2-second-to-look-up-is-lazy/1020281/166 "2025-07-02T04:51:41Z")
Having lived outside of the States for a majority of my life, and most of that without access to American TV, I assume that I’m not going to get most cultural references. I pretty much skip Cafe Society and Game Room because of that. Likewise, the vast majority of the people here would not be able to related to my life. I saw that thread in question, and skipped it because I had no idea who the guy is, so I would have no idea how someone like that talks. However, I knew what TPing is because it was a thing when I was in high school 45+ years ago. I don’t get the complaint about no knowing what TPing a house is. If you’ve never heard of TPing, then you can’t meaningfully participate. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2025, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demanding-cites-for-things-that-would-take-you-2-second-to-look-up-is-lazy/1020281/167 "2025-07-02T06:05:46Z")
> [@TokyoBayer](#): > > I pretty much skip Cafe Society and Game Room because of that. Half of Game Room is video games, many from Japan. Just saying, 😉 ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2025, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demanding-cites-for-things-that-would-take-you-2-second-to-look-up-is-lazy/1020281/168 "2025-07-02T06:12:15Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Half of Game Room is video games, many from Japan. Just saying, Have at!! 🤣 As a dinosaur who doesn’t play video games or watch much anime, you can quickly find millions of people who have greater knowledge of these things than me. The only knowledge I have is from students who play / watch. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2025, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demanding-cites-for-things-that-would-take-you-2-second-to-look-up-is-lazy/1020281/169 "2025-07-02T14:36:10Z")
Heh. My husband provides therapy for kids and adolescents so he frequently encounters things the kids are doing these days. The other day one of his clients mentioned Chappel Roan and she was like, “you probably never heard of her.” He’s like, “Are you going to the Pink Pony Club?” And started doing the hand signals H-O-T-T-O-G-O" and she just lost it. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2025, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demanding-cites-for-things-that-would-take-you-2-second-to-look-up-is-lazy/1020281/170 "2025-07-02T14:47:03Z")
I knew all the moves to [Pen Pineapple Apple Pen](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ct6BUPvE2sM), as well. ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2025, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demanding-cites-for-things-that-would-take-you-2-second-to-look-up-is-lazy/1020281/171 "2025-07-02T14:55:10Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > I were hanging out with my real-world peer group I would _absolutely_ take for granted that someone I was talking to not only knew who Boomhuaer was, but also Skeletor, Grimlock, Punky Brewster, and Mister Belvedere. Generation X, and I have (had) no idea who Grimlock is and I’ve never seen an episode of Punky Brewster. I only know about Skeletor because of the boy I used to babysit was a big fan. Now that I’ve looked up Grimlock, I wonder why you didn’t mention Optimus Prime, who’s the bigger name. > [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > In contrast, _King of the Hill_ ran for 259 episodes on one of the big four broadcast networks, ending only 16 years ago. Big four networks in the US. When it started, I was still living in the US, and never watched it. A few years later I moved to Switzerland and lost all access to mainstream US television and ended up watching repeats of BBC shows. To watch the final seasons of Friends, we had to buy DVDs, same as other series that we had started watching in the US. The first time I saw an episode of Dr. House was on an international flight, so it was probably years after it first aired in 2004. With streaming, it’s much easier for me to see the same shows as my friends in the US. But there’s also so many shows to watch, and there’s other things to do. I see the name Boomhauer, I don’t click. I have no idea who they are. Even with the name of the show, I still don’t click, but now I know it’s part of a show that I have never seen. > [@LSLGuy](#): > > After almost 22 years here, and over 56K posts, I’ve finally gotten myself pitted. Tempted, but not worth it. I suspect your reaction would be close to Bre’r Rabbit’s reaction after being thrown in the briar patch. > [@Johanna](#): > > Do you recognize that? If not, congratulations, you’re under 60 (or over 70). Or don’t remember lyrics from a mid-show cartoon from more than 40 years ago. For obscure references, I bring you [J.P. Patches](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._P._Patches), which is about the time I learned about Banana Splits, Great Space Coaster and Gary Gnu (G-nu), with a sidedish of Starblazers. Oddly enough, I used to talk about [Star Blazers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Blazers) and [La Linea](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Linea_(TV_series)) with my Italian coworker. The first show is translated from Japanese, so it is neither American or Italian. The second one is Italian, but the language is also nonsensical in Italian. Shared culture sometimes transcends borders. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2025, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demanding-cites-for-things-that-would-take-you-2-second-to-look-up-is-lazy/1020281/172 "2025-07-02T15:30:19Z")
> [@Die\_Capacitrix](#): > > Tempted, but not worth it. I suspect your reaction would be close to Bre’r Rabbit’s reaction after being thrown in the briar patch. Sorta like the trope of the uptight librarian with the hair in a bun and the cat-eye glasses. Until she pulls off the glasses and shakes out her bun and suddenly va-va-va-voom! But the jerk-guy version? Yeah, that might be what happens. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![MW\_Degen\_Gamblr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ec9cab/32.png) [@MW\_Degen\_Gamblr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MW_Degen_Gamblr)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2025, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demanding-cites-for-things-that-would-take-you-2-second-to-look-up-is-lazy/1020281/173 "2025-07-02T15:52:19Z")
Didn’t think a non-King of the Hill fan would be interested in my post… ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2025, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demanding-cites-for-things-that-would-take-you-2-second-to-look-up-is-lazy/1020281/174 "2025-07-02T16:56:54Z")
> [@Die\_Capacitrix](#): > > Now that I’ve looked up Grimlock, I wonder why you didn’t mention Optimus Prime, who’s the bigger name. Grimlock is cooler. You’re comparing a semi truck to a tyrannosaurus rex. Personally, my favorite Dinobot was Slug, the triceratops. I had that figure as a kid and I’m so sad I don’t anymore. Ooh, holy crap, there is a of Slug as a plush toy (in dinosaur form). Dammit, now I want that. [![](https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/shopping?q=tbn:ANd9GcRAG7LHFuqEoKnApV6c6n8x3CJOfJcAc1Zs1m9PXMlMDKlAhG3_MJTUOaDUbS6Sz_WPG_0EQSreSi2tulO19O9jTqHCRCqc8flNuZ2FP3y43Dqe9OAWnw7QEA) ](https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/shopping?q=tbn:ANd9GcRAG7LHFuqEoKnApV6c6n8x3CJOfJcAc1Zs1m9PXMlMDKlAhG3_MJTUOaDUbS6Sz_WPG_0EQSreSi2tulO19O9jTqHCRCqc8flNuZ2FP3y43Dqe9OAWnw7QEA) ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2025, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demanding-cites-for-things-that-would-take-you-2-second-to-look-up-is-lazy/1020281/175 "2025-07-02T17:21:08Z")
I just wanted to mention that it is the most SDMB thing ever that this Pit thread has over 5 times the posts of the spawning thread. 'Tis a silly place. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2025, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demanding-cites-for-things-that-would-take-you-2-second-to-look-up-is-lazy/1020281/176 "2025-07-02T17:23:28Z")
> [@ParallelLines](#): > > I just wanted to mention that it is the most SDMB thing ever that this Pit thread has over 5 times the posts of the spawning thread. Being the Pit, where drift is allowed with few exceptions, threads tend to grow like an untended garden that is never pruned. ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2025, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demanding-cites-for-things-that-would-take-you-2-second-to-look-up-is-lazy/1020281/177 "2025-07-02T17:31:41Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > You’re comparing a semi truck to a tyrannosaurus rex. At the time, I liked Optimus Prime. Or at least, the kid I babysat did, and had a model of Optimus Prime. Maybe he had Grimlock as well, but Grimlock didn’t leave any impression. > [@Atamasama](#): > > Ooh, holy crap, there is a of Slug as a plush toy (in dinosaur form). Dammit, now I want that. Slug’s adorable. Not that expensive, either. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2025, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demanding-cites-for-things-that-would-take-you-2-second-to-look-up-is-lazy/1020281/178 "2025-07-02T18:17:09Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > threads tend to grow like an untended garden that is never pruned. Or never weeded. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2025, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demanding-cites-for-things-that-would-take-you-2-second-to-look-up-is-lazy/1020281/179 "2025-07-02T18:18:55Z")
The Pit: what the rest of the internet is, and the rest of the SDMB would be, if all the Mods went on strike and stayed on strike. Which is not to say the Pit mods don’t do great work here. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2025, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demanding-cites-for-things-that-would-take-you-2-second-to-look-up-is-lazy/1020281/180 "2025-07-02T19:18:34Z")
> [@Die\_Capacitrix](#): > > Slug’s adorable. Not that expensive, either. Speaking of expensive > **[Flagship Grimlock Auto-converting Robot (Collector's Edition)](https://us.robosen.com/products/flagship-grimlock?variant=44325957697749&country=US¤cy=USD&utm_medium=product_sync&utm_source=google&utm_content=sag_organic&utm_campaign=sag_organic&gQT=1)** > > Robosen Grimlock, the world’s first dual-form auto-transforming robot, features voice control and authentic Hasbro design—an unparalleled collector’s gem! Grab it today! At a more sane price point, three or four years ago my local surplus food store got several pallets full of “blind box” packages of five Hershey Kisses and a roughly 1 inch Transformer. I looked them up and they originally retailed for $3.99 each, but the surplus store was selling them five for $1.00. I bought a few dollars worth every time I went until they ran out ($1.00 for 25 Hershey’s kisses isn’t bad, ignoring the toy.) For the five figures in the set, out of all the dozens of Transformers to choose from, they picked Optimus Prime, Megatron, Bumblebee, Starscream, and Grimlock. Which should say something about the character/figure’s popularity. (I still have a cookie tin full of them. [![](https://i.imgur.com/HoDcbYN.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/HoDcbYN.jpeg) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demanding-cites-for-things-that-would-take-you-2-second-to-look-up-is-lazy/1020281.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demanding-cites-for-things-that-would-take-you-2-second-to-look-up-is-lazy/1020281.md?page=10)