# Google is getting fucking annoying with its "art" **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 9, 2011, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-is-getting-fucking-annoying-with-its-art/581221 "2011-05-09T01:07:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2011, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-is-getting-fucking-annoying-with-its-art/581221/21 "2011-05-09T08:37:24Z")
> [@scamartistry](#): > > so don’t use google then you whiny twat. Google is fucking great. I suggest you use altavista or webcrawler insted Or even, for example, the Firefox rebranding of the default Google page: > **[Google](http://www.google.co.uk/firefox?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official)** > > Search the world's information, including webpages, images, videos and more. Google has many special features to help you find exactly what you're looking for. Or even use the searchbar in the browser. Both IE and Firefox can be configured to have Google there. Hell, I think it is the default with Firefox. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2011, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-is-getting-fucking-annoying-with-its-art/581221/22 "2011-05-09T08:47:02Z")
> [@amanset](#): > > If you’re going to be saying stuff against Roger Hargreaves then I’m afraid we may have to have a fight. Count me in. I’ll be bringing [this guy](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bVk0opxb3xI/R-JbzSwGIII/AAAAAAAAABs/0g03AKGx5EI/s320/Mr%2BStrong.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Kumquat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gary\_Kumquat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Kumquat)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2011, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-is-getting-fucking-annoying-with-its-art/581221/23 "2011-05-09T08:56:20Z")
> [@amanset](#): > > If you’re going to be saying stuff against Roger Hargreaves then I’m afraid we may have to have a fight. I’ll hold your coat. ---
**Author:** ![what\_do\_I\_type\_here](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a5b964/32.png) [@what\_do\_I\_type\_here](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/what_do_I_type_here)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2011, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-is-getting-fucking-annoying-with-its-art/581221/24 "2011-05-09T08:57:30Z")
Yeah I go to [www.google.com](http://www.google.com) instead of using a toolbar because apparently it’s 1998? ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2011, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-is-getting-fucking-annoying-with-its-art/581221/25 "2011-05-09T09:01:33Z")
Google is my homepage, but as mentioned upthread if you set up iGoogle, you can set your own layout and header images, and it loads by default and you don’t see any of the art and pictures. What gets me about this fucking puling pissfest is that the header art doesn’t even affect the search bar. It’s not like they hide the bar in the middle of the picture or anything. It’s a picture above the search bar. ---
**Author:** ![manx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@manx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manx)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2011, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-is-getting-fucking-annoying-with-its-art/581221/26 "2011-05-09T12:27:23Z")
> [@what\_do\_I\_type\_here](#): > > Yeah I go to [www.google.com](http://www.google.com) instead of using a toolbar because apparently it’s 1998? Thanks, that made me laugh like a fool. ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2011, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-is-getting-fucking-annoying-with-its-art/581221/27 "2011-05-09T13:02:05Z")
> [@what\_do\_I\_type\_here](#): > > Yeah I go to [www.google.com](http://www.google.com) instead of using a toolbar because apparently it’s 1998? > [@manx](#): > > Thanks, that made me laugh like a fool. And it was an awesome username/post combo 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2011, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-is-getting-fucking-annoying-with-its-art/581221/28 "2011-05-09T13:05:08Z")
And what’s with that FUCKING FONT they use??!!! ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2011, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-is-getting-fucking-annoying-with-its-art/581221/29 "2011-05-09T13:17:05Z")
this thread wins just for the use of the word “douchecanoe.” ---
**Author:** ![3\_20\_59\_or\_bust](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/47e85d/32.png) [@3\_20\_59\_or\_bust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3_20_59_or_bust)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2011, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-is-getting-fucking-annoying-with-its-art/581221/30 "2011-05-09T15:35:11Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Count me in. I’ll be bringing [this guy](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bVk0opxb3xI/R-JbzSwGIII/AAAAAAAAABs/0g03AKGx5EI/s320/Mr%2BStrong.jpg). No, no, no, you’ve got to get him flexing with his weight belt on. [YEAH!](http://www.weirdspace.dk/RogerHargreaves/MrStrong.htm) ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2011, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-is-getting-fucking-annoying-with-its-art/581221/31 "2011-05-09T17:15:37Z")
Google may have some faults but I love their home page. What I love about it is the large white space. Simple, frank, uncluttered. (Long ago, I picked Yahoo over Hotmail for a similar reason, but Yahoo then went the maximum-clutter route after a while, and even insisted on some complicated Javascript which kept crashing I.E. :smack: ) I don’t mind the tasteful pictures. In fact, I even stole the Javascript Google used for its “Twelve Days of Christmas” Home Page for my own picture pages. (@ Lawyers - am I OK on that copyright-wise? My own websites are all non-profit 🆒 ) ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2011, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-is-getting-fucking-annoying-with-its-art/581221/32 "2011-05-09T17:28:05Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > Google may have some faults but I love their home page. What I love about it is the large white space. Simple, frank, uncluttered. (Long ago, I picked Yahoo over Hotmail for a similar reason, but Yahoo then went the maximum-clutter route after a while, and even insisted on some complicated Javascript which kept crashing I.E. :smack: ) People who underline phrases on the internet for no reason should be sentenced to making 10 gallons of lemonade after opening a hundred envelopes. ---
**Author:** ![Bambro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/df705f/32.png) [@Bambro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambro)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2011, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-is-getting-fucking-annoying-with-its-art/581221/33 "2011-05-09T17:44:18Z")
If this guy and his books were so popular, I’m surprised that as a 37 y/o man I’d never heard of him or the books. Not that I read a lot of children’s literature these days, but I’m honestly surprised I never came across the books as a child. Now I’m wondering what I missed out on. (not to mention my 16 y/o son who I’m sure has never heard of them either) ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2011, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-is-getting-fucking-annoying-with-its-art/581221/34 "2011-05-09T17:54:35Z")
> [@3\_20\_59\_or\_bust](#): > > No, no, no, you’ve got to get him flexing with his weight belt on. > > [YEAH!](http://www.weirdspace.dk/RogerHargreaves/MrStrong.htm) You know, browsing these I realize my parents only got me the nastier ones - Mr. Mean, Mr. No, Mr. Rude, Mr. Grumpy… I wonder if they were trying to tell me something. ---
**Author:** ![multimediac17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/839c29/32.png) [@multimediac17](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/multimediac17)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2011, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-is-getting-fucking-annoying-with-its-art/581221/35 "2011-05-09T18:16:07Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > This is one of the worst pits of all time. Surely eligible for the Lame Pitting Hall Of Fame\*, but the use of “fuckdeposit”, “sandy-cunted” and “douchecanoe” were the catalyst for a swift turnaround. \*This should exist. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2011, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-is-getting-fucking-annoying-with-its-art/581221/36 "2011-05-09T20:52:31Z")
> [@Bambro](#): > > If this guy and his books were so popular, I’m surprised that as a 37 y/o man I’d never heard of him or the books. Not that I read a lot of children’s literature these days, but I’m honestly surprised I never came across the books as a child. > > Now I’m wondering what I missed out on. (not to mention my 16 y/o son who I’m sure has never heard of them either) Children’s literature, I’ve found, doesn’t always travel that well. Few Americans, for instance, have heard of Tove Jansson, while E.B. White never really crossed the Atlantic. Hargreaves was British, and while his books are hugely popular in Europe, they haven’t made much of an impact in the U.S. ---
**Author:** ![C3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/c3/32/3108_2.png) [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2011, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-is-getting-fucking-annoying-with-its-art/581221/37 "2011-05-09T21:26:07Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Children’s literature, I’ve found, doesn’t always travel that well. Few Americans, for instance, have heard of Tove Jansson, while E.B. White never really crossed the Atlantic. Hargreaves was British, and while his books are hugely popular in Europe, they haven’t made much of an impact in the U.S. Really? I remember them from when I was a kid (U.S.) and they are merchandised EVERYWHERE now. The Container Store has a whole line of those little bruise packs that go in the refrigerator that are Hargreaves characters. There are t-shirts for kids, greeting cards, plushies, and there was a television show that my kids have watched. ---
**Author:** ![Lucky\_13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucky_13/32/13209_2.png) [@Lucky\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky_13)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2011, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-is-getting-fucking-annoying-with-its-art/581221/38 "2011-05-10T05:37:52Z")
I remember finding Little Miss Neat and other Little Miss books at my local branch library in the 80s. More recently, there was a “Mr. Men and Little Miss” show on Nick Jr. a couple of years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2011, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-is-getting-fucking-annoying-with-its-art/581221/39 "2011-05-10T08:59:33Z")
It certainly has lost some of its specialness now that they seem to do it every other day or so. (Yes, hyperbole) When it was a few times a year I enjoyed it more. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2011, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-is-getting-fucking-annoying-with-its-art/581221/40 "2011-05-10T11:42:31Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Hargreaves was British, and while his books are hugely popular in Europe, they haven’t made much of an impact in the U.S. I disagree. They were pretty big in my little American world in the very late 1980s-very early 1990s. Anyway, I have [google.com](http://google.com) as my homepage because it’s been that way for a while now and I don’t change things that don’t matter, and also because I enjoy the doodles and like seeing them when they come up. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-is-getting-fucking-annoying-with-its-art/581221.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-is-getting-fucking-annoying-with-its-art/581221.md?page=3)