# Grow up, leander. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 19, 2008, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grow-up-leander/473451 "2008-11-19T15:00:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grow-up-leander/473451/61 "2008-11-19T22:29:33Z")
> [@True Blue Jack](#): > > One or the other of you is so buck-toothed, that he could eat a whole ear of corn through a picket fence. Shit, why didn’t you bring up the “can of pineapples” reference too? ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grow-up-leander/473451/62 "2008-11-19T23:33:19Z")
> [@RoOsh](#): > > Pfff… everyone knows Q.E.D. doesn’t Google his answers, he uses Altavista. > > So he’s not really a Google-Boy; he’s an AltaVista Avatar! I also use [Dogpile](http://www.dogpile.com/) from time to time. I don’t really want a nickname for that. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grow-up-leander/473451/63 "2008-11-19T23:40:36Z")
Geez Q.E.D., that answer clearly came from the steaming dogpile. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grow-up-leander/473451/64 "2008-11-20T04:02:50Z")
> [@rayh](#): > > I owed you that one, ladle boy Heh, it took me a while to figure out wtf you were talking about. I guess we’re even then 😉 (In any case, your GF’s thread was much more entertaining than **leander** ) ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grow-up-leander/473451/65 "2008-11-20T04:42:50Z")
> [@ntucker](#): > > What seems obvious to me is that **Q.E.D.** knows an awful lot about an awful lot of subjects off the top of his head, and when he answers, he also does a google search for the thing he’s talking about and fills in specifics (e.g. to put a number on the power output of a 747 engine). Nothing wrong or dishonest about that. I think the board would benefit from more people doing it, if for nothing else than to double check claims they’re making. Other than the fact that I only know _some_ things about a _very few_ subjects, the above is frequently how I operate around here. If I’m home and near an actual book on the topic at hand, I’ll pick that as a refresher and for cites. But otherwise google is a useful enough tool as long as you know _something_ about the topic and can therefore have a shot at filtering out the random bullshit it might throw up ( it also helps to narrow your search parameters to the proper specifics ). ---
**Author:** ![Debon\_Err](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ea924/32.png) [@Debon\_Err](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Debon_Err)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grow-up-leander/473451/66 "2008-11-20T05:03:51Z")
Can I make a reservation for an insult too, please? ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grow-up-leander/473451/67 "2008-11-20T06:50:14Z")
What’s wrong with Google Scholar? It’s pretty comprehensive AFAIK. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanTigerTamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@SuntanTigerTamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanTigerTamer)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grow-up-leander/473451/68 "2008-11-20T07:39:34Z")
You’re all bitches for letting the discussion about the design of the Enterprise on the shitty new Star Trek movie go 6 fucking pages whilst my thread about Blood Meridian, one of the greatest American novels of all time, went ignored. Pussies. Consider this thread derailed 😃 ---
**Author:** ![leander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bcef8e/32.png) [@leander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leander)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grow-up-leander/473451/69 "2008-11-20T08:54:03Z")
Wow, Google boy decided to pit me. > [@Marley23](#): > > I don’t know what that was about, but it was some childish bullshit. If other people feel like trying that kind of thing, it won’t last long. Yes, I agree it was some “childish bullshit”. Frankly, it was stupid of me to engage the little fella. I regret that. > [@askeptic](#): > > Nothing, when you say I found this with google. People do get annoyed when overuse of non attributed googling produces wrong answers due to lack of real familiarity with the subject matter. This is the crux of Google boy. He produces wrong answers over and over and over again, because he just must be the first one to answer. It’s sad and pathetic and antithetical to the purpose of this board. And yet he does it all the time without even a warning. > [@Binarydrone](#): > > I don’t know, why did no one like that kid in elementary school that was always the first to shoot his hand up with an “I know! I know the answer!”, remind the teacher that we have a quiz and smelled vaguely of milk? I know that the ego soothing answer is that everyone was envious of that kids intellect, but I am not so sure that is true. BINGO! > [@ntucker](#): > > I’d go so far as to say that’s not something **Q.E.D.** is guilty of. What seems obvious to me is that **Q.E.D.** knows an awful lot about an awful lot of subjects off the top of his head, and when he answers, he also does a google search for the thing he’s talking about and fills in specifics (e.g. to put a number on the power output of a 747 engine). Then you would be totally wrong. As most people here know (including the mods), Google boy knows very little about very little – but he tries to impress the newbies with his Google skills and often does fool a bunch of people. He’s a 40+ yr old Radio Shack technician who was fired from a volunteer position on a TV show because he’s an idiot – and so he spends his free time trolling GQ and Googling answers so he can fool people like you into thinking he “knows an awful lot about an awful lot…” Stick around, you’ll see he’s a fraud. You all are of course free to continue to pit me – but at the end of the day, if you care at all about this place and its mission statement then you will see Google boy for what he really is – a fraud and a drain on fighting ignorance. ---
**Author:** ![brazil84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@brazil84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brazil84)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grow-up-leander/473451/70 "2008-11-20T09:28:45Z")
> [@leander](#): > > This is the crux of Google boy. He produces wrong answers over and over and over again, because he just must be the first one to answer. It’s sad and pathetic and antithetical to the purpose of this board. And yet he does it all the time without even a warning. Would you mind linking to an example or two? I agree that if he really does that, he deserves some scorn. ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grow-up-leander/473451/71 "2008-11-20T09:46:21Z")
> [@brazil84](#): > > Would you mind linking to an example or two? I agree that if he really does that, he deserves some scorn. [Here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=381619), in a GQ thread on what a “damascene conversion” was: I’ll admit to googling to confirm the Bible verses I quoted, but that’s not the same as not having a clue about the correct answer but posting the first result off a search engine anyway. ---
**Author:** ![brazil84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@brazil84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brazil84)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grow-up-leander/473451/72 "2008-11-20T13:31:33Z")
> [@Scissorjack](#): > > [Here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=381619), in a GQ thread on what a “damascene conversion” was: I’ll admit to googling to confirm the Bible verses I quoted, but that’s not the same as not having a clue about the correct answer but posting the first result off a search engine anyway. I agree that what he did there was a bit tacky, but in his defense, he did include the phrase “from what I can tell,” which pretty much discloses that he is basing his answer on an internet search and not personal knowledge. Are there any situations where he actually pretended to have that sort of personal knowledge but was wrong? ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grow-up-leander/473451/73 "2008-11-20T14:58:03Z")
> [@Scissorjack](#): > > [Here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=381619), in a GQ thread on what a “damascene conversion” was: I’ll admit to googling to confirm the Bible verses I quoted, but that’s not the same as not having a clue about the correct answer but posting the first result off a search engine anyway. Two years ago? One example from two YEARS ago? You’re going to have to do better than that if you want to support **leander** ’s assertion that I produce “…wrong answers over and over and over again, because \* just must be the first one to answer.” I mean, really. ---
**Author:** ![Borborygmi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/borborygmi/32/217_2.png) [@Borborygmi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Borborygmi)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grow-up-leander/473451/74 "2008-11-20T15:05:01Z")
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**Author:** ![SuntanTigerTamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@SuntanTigerTamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanTigerTamer)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grow-up-leander/473451/75 "2008-11-20T15:14:03Z")
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**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grow-up-leander/473451/76 "2008-11-20T16:08:46Z")
> [@Borborygmi](#): > > **Leander** lies within the heart of Central Texas and at the edge of the Texas Hill Country. … The City of **Leander** has a variety of housing to offer as well, … It is also home to the [Leanderthal Lady.](http://www.9key.com/markers/marker_detail.asp?atlas_number=5491009260) ---
**Author:** ![WF\_Tomba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d9b06d/32.png) [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grow-up-leander/473451/77 "2008-11-20T16:49:02Z")
If a poster is wrong, just say he’s wrong. Does anybody really care about QED’s “reputation”? I know I don’t. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grow-up-leander/473451/78 "2008-11-20T17:14:04Z")
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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grow-up-leander/473451/79 "2008-11-20T17:36:52Z")
> [@WF\_Tomba](#): > > If a poster is wrong, just say he’s wrong. Does anybody really care about QED’s “reputation”? I know I don’t. Me either! ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grow-up-leander/473451/80 "2008-11-20T17:37:38Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Yeah, I may have forgotten to mention that part. > > Not _ **I** _ suggesting, mind you—simply something I’ve heard here and there. A coarse mischaracterization, I’m sure, borne of professional envy. Well, that’s how I read it, but \*\*askeptic \*\*seemed so sure of his Big Word Prowess that I had to ask for an explanation. Maybe he’ll pop in with an _apol·o·gy_ ( \ə-ˈpä-lə-jē). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grow-up-leander/473451.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grow-up-leander/473451.md?page=5)