Inspired by this post, I thought I'd see what else Google knows about our collective psyche, based on its suggested searches. Result? Google knows you're scared of Chinese people.
At first I thought it was a one-off, but then I found this, dating back to February 2009.
Ironic, really, as the Chinese are afraid of Google.
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Lonely beyonce lyrics? What the heck is a lonely beyonce?
Hilarious.
"I Like..."
"...turtles"
"...to fork myself"
I wonder if enough of us do a Google search for
"exoplanets tapdancing"
will that appear as a Google suggestion?
Where does ...
Miley Cyrus live?
There are apparently a lot of cyberstalkers out there.
I believe the original entry of that appeared as an article on Christwire (and if you're familiar with their work, you know you're in for a good time).
"is it..."
Lawks. People must be asking these questions.
More specifically: "is it legal..."
"...to own a monkey in the uk"
I've always wondered that!
Hilarious.
"I Like..."
"...turtles"
"...to fork myself"
I wonder if enough of us do a Google search for
"exoplanets tapdancing"
will that appear as a Google suggestion?
hehe
For me [located in Denmark]the first gogle search suggestion is:
"I'm afraid of americans" [31 300 000 hits] :-)
Mind you, it IS apparently a reference to some Bowie lyrics, but still...
Hi Frank,
I know it's off topic. Wondered what you made of this;
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/7036451/Non-stick-chemical…
Tom.
I'm worried... if I put in 'is it' into google I get
1)is it christmas
2)is it wrong to sleep with your sister
3)is it better to be mixed race
4)is it wrong to sleep with your cousin
seriously, how many people are googling is it wrong to sleep with your sister? (10.4M results apparently...)
"dont be evil" google
Thats because of the google incident, how China was going to ban google search and google products (android) in the country. This is how Google responds, by being tasteless.
i think it's groundless !