# Thin Lizzy, seriously, look it up! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 18, 2005, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-seriously-look-it-up/317534 "2005-08-18T03:18:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![sleestak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@sleestak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleestak)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2005, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-seriously-look-it-up/317534/61 "2005-08-19T08:16:20Z")
> [@yellowval](#): > > Okay, now this is fun. > > Truth be told, I don’t give a fuck. What, did you win a trophy for Googling or something? Major in it in college? Personally, I don’t see one’s Google skills as something to be particularly ashamed or proud of. It’s just a search engine, fercryinoutloud! > > I might not get to read your snark … erm, I mean reply … until tomorrow. I’m going to this magical place called “outside.” Glad you don’t give a fuck. Good for you. I can understand why you wouldn’t have the time to master such a complex tool as Google with you going outside and all. It takes all of about 10 minutes to learn how to use Google well. It’s not complex. If you want to do ‘and’ searches on words, put a + in front of each word. Want to search for a quote put the words in quotes (who’d a thunk that?). For example, if you used google to search with the following: lazy dumb ass going outside It would search for all pages that had any of the words lazy, dumb, ass, going or outside on the page. The search +lazy +dumb +ass +going +outside would look for any page with all the words included on the page somewhere. The search “lazy dumb ass going outside” would search for any page with that exact phrase. And you can combine operations +lazy +dumb +ass +“going outside” would search for all pages with the words lazy, dumb and ass along with the phrase ‘going outside’. My Google-Fu is pretty good and I just explained what I use on 99% of my searches. Now, how hard was that? Not hard at all. As **Colibri** pointed out the first sticky in GQ meantions that using search engines first is a good thing. Part of fighting ignorance is teaching people how to be less ignorant. IE, find the answer themselves. When I provide an answer that I found using google I put the search string in the post so that next time the person will have an idea of how to start the search, though sometimes I forget. Slee ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2005, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-seriously-look-it-up/317534/62 "2005-08-19T12:55:04Z")
> [@VegemiteMoose](#): > > “I looked for \_\_\_\_\_\_ with Google and couldn’t find it. Any Google-Fu black belts care to help me out?” > > That way you’d get over your fear of posting in GQ and get help with search engine functioning! Win-win. Plus, personal attacks are a big no-no in GQ. It’s all good. If the self-proclaimed Google-Fu black belts didn’t seem so intent on making it clear what assholes they are in this thread, I actually might consider it. But the “I’m so much better than you” attitude that’s been thrown around in this thread has even further turned me off. I do plenty well with other search engines, and prefer using them instead. I thought it was unfair for **Squink** to make a generalization about me, i.e. If you don’t like Google, you certainly must not know how to use a search engine, and are obviously inferior to me. So I made an unfair generalization in return, i.e. Google Freaks need to get off their lazy, computer-addicted asses and go outside for a change. Don’t like it so well when the tables are turned, huh? ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2005, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-seriously-look-it-up/317534/63 "2005-08-19T14:11:25Z")
I don’t have much success with google equals anyone who does is a basement-dwelling puter freak? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2005, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-seriously-look-it-up/317534/64 "2005-08-19T14:28:29Z")
You’re missing the point entirely. Of course not. I was using that as a comparison to his assumption that because I don’t care for Google, it makes me an idiot who can’t operate a computer. It was meant to be equally absurd. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2005, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-seriously-look-it-up/317534/65 "2005-08-19T14:50:54Z")
> [@yellowval](#): > > I don’t care for Google vs > [@yellowval](#): > > I think Google fucking sucks Do you see any difference between those two statements? ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2005, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-seriously-look-it-up/317534/66 "2005-08-19T15:13:51Z")
> [@ltfire](#): > > What was REALLY funny was the fact that after he was banned, he came back as **DOPPELGANGER** , and never even tried to hide the fact that it was him, the boob. 😃 **DOPPLEGANGER** is the correct spelling, for anyone who would wish to reminisce and have a laugh. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2005, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-seriously-look-it-up/317534/67 "2005-08-19T16:51:35Z")
> [@yellowval](#): > > You’re missing the point entirely. Of course not. I was using that as a comparison to his assumption that because I don’t care for Google, it makes me an idiot who can’t operate a computer. It was meant to be equally absurd. Heh, it is good to be whooshed sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![VegemiteMoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/df788c/32.png) [@VegemiteMoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VegemiteMoose)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2005, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-seriously-look-it-up/317534/68 "2005-08-19T17:58:45Z")
> [@yellowval](#): > > If the self-proclaimed Google-Fu black belts didn’t seem so intent on making it clear what assholes they are in this thread, I actually might consider it. But the “I’m so much better than you” attitude that’s been thrown around in this thread has even further turned me off. I do plenty well with other search engines, and prefer using them instead. I thought it was unfair for **Squink** to make a generalization about me, i.e. If you don’t like Google, you certainly must not know how to use a search engine, and are obviously inferior to me. So I made an unfair generalization in return, i.e. Google Freaks need to get off their lazy, computer-addicted asses and go outside for a change. Don’t like it so well when the tables are turned, huh? What the fuck? Just because _some_ Google-defenders are assholes (IYO) does not make _all_ Google-defenders assholes. There are many, many people on the Dope (heh-heh), some of whom rarely, if ever set foot in the Pit. Go forth to GQ and find out. Because, again, even if they were wont to be an asshole - it ain’t allowed in GQ. You can use other search engines well enough, but not Google? 😕 Um, Google is a search engine… okay I don’t get this one at all. Do you just not like the layout? The colours? Please name a search engine you do like and then I’ll try a search using it and Google to see for myself what the difference is. Thanks. Myself, and I _assumed_ others here, were using “Google” to mean “search engine”. It’s the biggest and most well known and has pretty much come to mean the thing it is - like “Kleenex” replacing “facial tissue”. Here’s an idea - use Google (the actual one) to find out what the word for this phenomenon is. If it doesn’t work out for you, post for help in GQ and see what happens. Watch what happens if some of the people here show up there - I’m willing to bet that if they do post they’ll be polite and helpful. Be sure to link to it in this thread as well, so we don’t miss it. If it does work, well yea for you, you just got an orange belt in Google-Fu. ---
**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2005, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-seriously-look-it-up/317534/69 "2005-08-19T18:39:18Z")
> [@VegemiteMoose](#): > > Here’s an idea - use Google (the actual one) to find out what the word for this phenomenon is. eponymization? I want a cookie… ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2005, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-seriously-look-it-up/317534/70 "2005-08-19T19:31:03Z")
> [@askeptic](#): > > eponymization? I want a cookie… **hands askeptic a cookie** (how ya doin’, btw?) ---
**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2005, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-seriously-look-it-up/317534/71 "2005-08-19T19:45:38Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > **hands askeptic a cookie** (how ya doin’, btw?) Thanks! Doin great, one day at a time, and thanks for asking. ---
**Author:** ![robotic\_panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed8c4c/32.png) [@robotic\_panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robotic_panda)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2005, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-seriously-look-it-up/317534/72 "2005-08-20T08:17:14Z")
Proprietary eponyms. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thin-lizzy-seriously-look-it-up/317534.md?page=3)