I am a very curious person. I’m constantly asking questions—usually the kind people tilt their heads at and say, “Wait, are you serious?” (Spoiler: yes, I am.)
That’s why I love Google. I never have to explain myself. Google doesn’t roll its eyes or ask if I’m joking—it just hands me an answer.
Kids today don’t know how good they have it. When I was growing up, there was no Google. If you had a question, you went to the library, dusted off the card catalog, and tried to decode the Dewey Decimal System. Or, if you were lucky, you grabbed an encyclopedia.
When we had school projects, we went to my grandparents’ house because they owned a complete set of encyclopedias. My grandfather was so proud of them, and he loved that we actually used them. At the time, they felt like a treasure chest of knowledge.
But let’s be real—young me is extremely jealous of kids today. They ask a question, and boom—Google has the answer in seconds. No dust, no volumes labeled “A–C,” no paper cuts. Part of me thinks kids should be banned from Google and forced to do research the old-fashioned way. (Kidding. Mostly.)
The truth is, I wonder how many kids today even know what the Dewey Decimal System is. Do schools still teach how to dig through sources without the internet? And could an encyclopedia really answer the weird stuff? Like, “Do dogs cry?”
And how accurate would it be anyway? Books get outdated, but Google stays current. Just last week, I asked, “How many American cemeteries are there outside the U.S.?” (In case you’re curious, the answer is 26.) Can you imagine finding that in a book? It would probably be decades out of date.
Some of my questions make sense—I visited the Normandy American Cemetery a few months ago, so the cemetery question checks out. But other questions? Pure randomness. Like, why did I need to know at 2 a.m. whether the consistency of earwax is genetic? Or why bugs insist on flying up your nose? (Okay, that one’s self-explanatory.) But then there’s, “Why don’t I have toenails on my little toes?” Interesting? Sure. Necessary? Absolutely not.
Looking back at my Google history, I sometimes wonder what my brain was thinking. But honestly, I wouldn’t change it. My brain has an unquenchable thirst for weird knowledge, and thankfully—for now—Google has all the answers.
⭐ If your brain also holds meetings at 2 A.M., pull up a chair.
Back in the day, we had to raid the library or an encyclopedia to answer our midnight mysteries — now it’s just one Google rabbit hole away.
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