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Roboramma · 23rd February 2021, 03:00 AM

Originally Posted by Sideroxylon

Yes, then complete song lyrics, band members, cast members, list - say all movies of 1984, famous physicists etc all without learning Google and seeing someone else’s advertising.

ETA: thinking more about it, I can also see short instruction lists for problems I am searching. So many times you need not leave the Google world.

Weird. While it's true that there are some situations where I don't have to click on any link, they're pretty rare. Maybe I'm not using google as much as you guys are though.

23rd February 2021, 03:00 AM	#210
Roboramma Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Shanghai Posts: 14,459	Originally Posted by Sideroxylon Yes, then complete song lyrics, band members, cast members, list - say all movies of 1984, famous physicists etc all without learning Google and seeing someone else’s advertising. ETA: thinking more about it, I can also see short instruction lists for problems I am searching. So many times you need not leave the Google world. Weird. While it's true that there are some situations where I don't have to click on any link, they're pretty rare. Maybe I'm not using google as much as you guys are though.
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