# Things You Should NEVER Google **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 19, 2016, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-should-never-google/760323 "2016-07-19T14:51:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2016, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-should-never-google/760323/41 "2016-07-20T03:40:02Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > There’s also a story that a Roman nobleman maintained a lamprey pool into which he would throw slaves as a punishment: [Vedius Pollio - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vedius_Pollio) The intro suggests that they were [Moray eels](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muraena), though, and searching around it looks like one of those terms that are of ambiguous origin. ---
**Author:** ![coremelt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@coremelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coremelt)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2016, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-should-never-google/760323/42 "2016-07-20T04:13:22Z")
Degloving ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2016, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-should-never-google/760323/43 "2016-07-20T04:20:16Z")
debriding videos ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2016, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-should-never-google/760323/44 "2016-07-20T04:39:20Z")
“sebaceous cyst images” Just saying. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2016, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-should-never-google/760323/45 "2016-07-20T05:28:27Z")
Here’s one image search that really frightened me. I decided to do an image search for Sharon Tate, considering she was a sexy, attractive woman. I had forgotten to think of another aspect of her life. I am surprised that Google allowed crime scene photos to be part of that search. :mad: I clicked it off immediately. :mad: Just as a warning - _don’t_ do that image search. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2016, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-should-never-google/760323/46 "2016-07-20T05:53:13Z")
Congenital syphilis. Just don’t. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2016, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-should-never-google/760323/47 "2016-07-20T12:39:06Z")
> [@Grumman](#): > > “Nice terrorist attack” > > “No, officer, I meant the terrorist attack _in_ Nice.” Nice terrorists promptly send a communiqué taking responsibility and follow a standard color code for bomb wires, just to give you a sporting chance. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2016, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-should-never-google/760323/48 "2016-07-20T14:08:28Z")
A few years ago, I took courses in 3D animation and modeling. In one class, we drew names of monsters out of a hat to construct models of. The instructor told us to google images for references. I drew the Basilisk, which is a combination of a snake and a hen. When I googled “hen,” I got all sorts of pictures of tentacle porn. I wondered out loud how that could happen. A classmate told me the search engine auto-completed to “hentai,” which means tentacle porn. Apparently it’s really popular. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2016, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-should-never-google/760323/49 "2016-07-20T14:11:14Z")
[Sheldon]How to excite 12-year-old girls[/sheldon] ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2016, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-should-never-google/760323/50 "2016-07-20T15:38:16Z")
> [@standingwave](#): > > “sebaceous cyst images” > > Just saying. And we don’t even want to consider the YouTube offerings. Trust me on that one. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2016, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-should-never-google/760323/51 "2016-07-20T15:47:23Z")
Okay admit it: how many of you googled some of these things? ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2016, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-should-never-google/760323/52 "2016-07-20T15:50:25Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Okay admit it: how many of you googled some of these things? I did a “what is” Google search, definitely not any image searches ---
**Author:** ![lew\_cody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e274bd/32.png) [@lew\_cody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lew_cody)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2016, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-should-never-google/760323/53 "2016-07-20T16:43:30Z")
“Iron fence beheading” or variants thereof. I encountered the photos on Snopes, and I strongly recommend not Googling at work or during lunch. I have a strong stomach, but I can probably live without searching “brain avulsion” or “avulsion” ever again. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2016, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-should-never-google/760323/54 "2016-07-20T16:50:14Z")
Do medical students get eased into the grotesque injuries and diseases gradually, or do instructors like to horrify them at the very beginning? ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2016, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-should-never-google/760323/56 "2016-07-20T17:44:25Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Okay admit it: how many of you googled some of these things? No way, uh-uh. I have also not seen goatse, lemon party or tub girl. Thanks, **buddha\_david** , for the descriptions. I really don’t ever want to see any of that (well, maybe meat spin just for laughs)but once they were mentioned I just \*had \*to know what they are. I pretty much stay away from graphic images, which is surprising considering my love for all things horror. I think the grossest images I’ve seen were on Find a Grave and most of you would probably consider them tame but they were pretty disturbing (including the Black Dahlia murder pictures). ---
**Author:** ![JcWoman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jcwoman/32/2889_2.png) [@JcWoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JcWoman)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2016, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-should-never-google/760323/57 "2016-07-20T19:17:56Z")
If you’re doing breed research prior to adopting a dog (which is a smart idea), never do a google image search for Galgo unless you have a strong stomach. Not quite as bad, but still worrisome is image searching for greyhound. I was kind of shocked the time I googled my last name to see if I (or really, who) would come up. The page was full of people injured by a particular species of animal that shares my last name! Google images is full of horrible stuff, no matter how innocent the search! ---
**Author:** ![spamforbrains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@spamforbrains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spamforbrains)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2016, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-should-never-google/760323/58 "2016-07-20T20:09:04Z")
I strongly recommend not doing research on your elderly mom’s computer about medical topics such as syphilis or icky prostate conditions (job related, her computer was handy, I forgot to block the cookies or delete the browsing history). The ads and links that kept popping up for days afterwards were disturbing even to me. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2016, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-should-never-google/760323/59 "2016-07-20T20:38:04Z")
The one time I googled “goatse”, I did not get the original photograph, but a page full of rather comical tributes. My favorite was a picture of Keanu Reeves with a perturbed expression on his face, and the caption, “If Goatse’s ring was a wedding ring . . . does that mean his wife took the picture?” ---
**Author:** ![Mallard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Mallard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mallard)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2016, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-should-never-google/760323/60 "2016-07-20T21:19:55Z")
I can only guess what would happen if you googled things like “murder techniques” or “how to get rid of a body” or things like that and have some calamity befall your significant other. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2016, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-should-never-google/760323/61 "2016-07-20T21:35:25Z")
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