People Break Down The Most Shocking Things They've Found In The Information Google Stored About Them
August 31 | 2020
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Google is a dangerous tool. It leads to the world of the internet that can be worrisome and vicious just as much as it is plentiful and full of knowledge. Our lives are an open book and our secrets just a key stroke and google search away. Go ahead and get it over with now... type in your name and pray.
Redditor u/MBMV wanted to know who has discovered a few tidbits about themselves by doing an "innocent" internet search by asking.....
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DUH
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMzU5NjkxMS9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY1MDcyMjA2Nn0.opiuOiofAjLDmHPu3cr9HympWI2VBRWX_fyttU0Yc0I/img.gif?width=980" id="d13b7" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="e6680d465161a9172b0ddd3dcaacc88b" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="498" data-height="374" />Feeling Dumb Jim Carrey GIFGiphy<p>Lots of recordings of me asking the Google Assistant stupid questions. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/iiqg3j/people_who_downloaded_their_google_data_and_went/g38ydrq?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">zerbey</a></p><p>Google has recordings of me saying: "Ok Google, tell me a joke" ... "That was the stupidest freaking joke I've ever heard in my life." </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/iiqg3j/people_who_downloaded_their_google_data_and_went/g3agl31?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">takethesidedoor</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_36" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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And you are?
<p>That I'm a 64 year old woman.</p><p>I'm a 40 year old man. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/iiqg3j/people_who_downloaded_their_google_data_and_went/g39q6xh?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">devanchya</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/iiqg3j/people_who_downloaded_their_google_data_and_went/g39q6xh?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a>I dunno....... see I don't know you but Google is pretty reliable.</p><p>Have you tried being a 64 year old woman? </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/iiqg3j/people_who_downloaded_their_google_data_and_went/g3a2nwq?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Whomadethismess</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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The Mobile Issues
<p>Found out my wife was addicted to a mobile game and had dropped $6500 on it over the last year and a half.</p><p>That set of a string of fun conversations. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/iiqg3j/people_who_downloaded_their_google_data_and_went/g38i57i?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">ThatDamnedRedneck</a></p><p>My mom told me she was spending up to $600 a month on Facebook and mobile games. She used to be a millionaire, and she thought the oil checks would never stop coming- but they were getting smaller and smaller. </p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_3" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>Then one day, they stopped. She lives with my sister now, works at a call center, pays no rent and almost had to declare bankruptcy. She still plays mobile and fb games non-stop, as soon as she gets off work she starts drinking and chain smoking cigarettes and playing her games. My sister keeps asking her where all her money goes, I keep telling her "games," and she won't believe me. <em>shrugs.</em></p>
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<p><em>Edit for clarity:</em> she didn't spend millions of dollars on games, the games started after her money went down and they continued after she moved in with my sister and she had to get a job at a call center. A lot of her money goes to alcohol and cigarettes too (she smokes a pack a day and she smokes the expensive kind lmfao).</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/iiqg3j/people_who_downloaded_their_google_data_and_went/g38roic?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">MelissaGranger</a></p>
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Data
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMzU5NjkxMy9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYzODA4Mzk4MX0.-rWhwizztHCyZFYJePerujLzGb3Dj96FVhJo7A2x-vQ/img.gif?width=980" id="3206e" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="20e663e4092986b46017a32ee31efd0b" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="480" data-height="360" />star trek laughing GIFGiphy<p>If we're being honest, I was more horrified about looking through my own browsing data. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/iiqg3j/people_who_downloaded_their_google_data_and_went/g393oqs?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">mildewmoisturizer</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/iiqg3j/people_who_downloaded_their_google_data_and_went/g393oqs?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a>Turn off Web Search History and set your history to delete every 3 months. </p><p><span></span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/iiqg3j/people_who_downloaded_their_google_data_and_went/g3a0en6?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">thebobbrom</a></p>Balance Off....
<p>About a year ago I had a stroke. I only found out exactly when, after going through my Google history and finding that I googled "loss of balance sudden" right after that moment. </p><p>I was sitting on a bed in a bedroom one afternoon just working on my laptop and then it felt like someone was pushing my head down on the bed. For the first few minutes or even hours I tried going from room to room but would always lose my balance and collapse on a nearby bed or couch. I threw up a couple of times. </p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>I thought I could sleep it off but I couldn't, thought I was hungry but just kept throwing up what I ate. Fortunately during this I managed to text my brother and he took me to the ER. It was an ischemic stroke of the cerebellum. My balance is still wonky to this day, and I've needed to relearn how to walk. Nowadays I use a wheelchair, walkers, or canes.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/iiqg3j/people_who_downloaded_their_google_data_and_went/g39adsd?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">bluebirdgm</a></p>
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The Photobook....
<p>Old naked pics of ex. I thought I deleted it, but Google stored in cloud. Weird.</p><p><strong><em>Edit:</em></strong> stop asking about the photos, it is not funny. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/iiqg3j/people_who_downloaded_their_google_data_and_went/g38qffi?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Henrique_1994</a></p><div data-conversation-spotlight style="min-height:90px"></div>
<p>That's because google backs up your mobile photos. On an android open up "google photos" and it will show all the images you've ever taken with your google account across all the android phones you've owned. Really it should be an opt in, not an opt out but theres merit for it being automatic like this. Photos can be precious to you so its good they get backed up.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/iiqg3j/people_who_downloaded_their_google_data_and_went/g3a5zss?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Vinylloverfrom4311</a></p>
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"Hey Google"
<p>The fact that they saved every link you visited if you use Chrome or Google. That's kind of screwed up. And hearing recordings of the google assistant, when you didn't even say "Hey Google." Oh, and a full track record of your location in coordinates with timestamps. </p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_9" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>So they just save everywhere you have ever been as long as you don't turn it of in settings. I think it's the settings under the Maps History tab? I just turned of all of the privacy related stuff.</p><p>Same thing goes for YouTube btw, turning off video and search history seems to stop them from tracking your video history.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/iiqg3j/people_who_downloaded_their_google_data_and_went/g38dqwe?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">bwstunnenberg</a></p>
Directed.....
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<p>Too long didn't read terms of service.</p><p>It's a plugin for browsers and tells you tldrs of terms of service. Like how FB and Instagram and such don't delete your posts, they just keep it and hide it from you and whoever looks at your account.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/iiqg3j/people_who_downloaded_their_google_data_and_went/g38u1c4?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">A_Smile_Is_A_Smile</a></p>
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The Unplanned....
<p>It's mostly zipped files and i can't understand it but,</p><p>They appear to track my location several times per minute with the exact GPS coordinates. I think i turned location history off not sure if they still do.</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_12" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>They also for some reason had the movie "unplanned" listed with words like <em>gross, distasteful, unsettling,</em> which were an indication of my feelings about this movie. No other movies or TV shows where listed in this manner. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/iiqg3j/people_who_downloaded_their_google_data_and_went/g38f2dr?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Kaylani711911</a></p>
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Interesting Convo
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMzU5NjkyMi9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYyODgyNjkyNH0.04SZt0_TwhLYVCJC6x1U6XA_S_xUWXgwS7qfLJKiPbg/img.gif?width=980" id="93fbf" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="81d0a9912a7907ee746018d825e2865c" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="350" data-height="197" />Cant Speak Nathan Fillion GIFGiphy<p>Recordings of whole conversations where it thought I said ok Google and then kept recording for a half hour. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/iiqg3j/people_who_downloaded_their_google_data_and_went/g39583u?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Vroomped</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_14" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>Classic mistake. I also sometimes think that someone said my name and then listen intently making notes on everything said for the next 30 minuets. Could happen to anyone really.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/iiqg3j/people_who_downloaded_their_google_data_and_went/g3a37qc?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">L-JvG</a></p>
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But all the other sordid details being lobbed at us on the daily need to be vetted before they are spread. Otherwise we're just talking smack... no matter how entertaining it is or solid it sounds.
Redditor u/argues_with_quote wanted to know what "knowledge" that was really nonsense others have tried to sell to us all by asking.... What is the most hilariously inaccurate 'fact' someone has told you?<div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_1"></div>
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To Red Robin....
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Crystals....
<p>Water is a crystal, not a liquid.</p><p>It was some guy posting a shower thought. I got into a long argument with him and it kept getting more and more ridiculous because he was genuinely convinced. I've never.. ever seen anything like it. It still haunts me to this day, because it's so preposterous it MUST be a troll move, yet everything suggests he was serious. I will never know...</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>Here if you're interested.... </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Showerthoughts/comments/e3h5jf/water_is_a_liquid_crystal_so_we_are_all_crystal/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share" target="_blank">https://www.reddit.com/r/Showerthoughts/comments/e3h5jf/water_is_a_liquid_crystal_so_we_are_all_crystal/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share</a> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/grpqzd/what_is_the_most_hilariously_inaccurate_fact/fs0jdx4?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">ahmadove</a></p>
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The X Factor.
<ol><li>Neighbor told me he attended an international medical conference for work and he learned that women were "catching diabetes in their feet because of the sandals that they wear in the summer"</li><li>Little sister's friend said that a contestant on a singing show like X Factor came second after the finale because the contestant who won stole his phone and turned it off so he wouldn't get his votes when people texted in. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/grpqzd/what_is_the_most_hilariously_inaccurate_fact/fs0nl3p?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">TeeRanbato</a> </li></ol><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_4" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Sing out....
<p>The band name "KISS" is an acronym for "Knights In Satan's Service."</p><p>"AC/DC" = "Anti-Christian Devil Children"</p><p>"Slayer" = "Satan Laughs As You Eternally Rot"</p><p>...all told to us without irony by a Sunday school teacher, circa 1987. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/grpqzd/what_is_the_most_hilariously_inaccurate_fact/fs0p91d?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Keefer1970</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_5" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Fractions.
<p>This is a story that is too long to type in full but I once got into a disagreement with some random dude at an A&W because he thought that 1/4 (one quarter) was more than 1/3 (one third). His reasoning was that since 1/4 has a four and 1/3 has a three, and 4 is one unit higher than 3 then 1/4 is more than 1/3. </p><p>The worst part was that in order to prove him wrong I asked the cashier girl which weighed more, she didn't know. Then I asked the next person in line, that idiot said 1/4. Do you have any idea how infuriating it is to have a complete idiot think that he's smarter than you because everyone in the room is just as dumb as he is? <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/grpqzd/what_is_the_most_hilariously_inaccurate_fact/fs12bn2?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">ToxicMasculinity1981</a><span></span></p>
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The Confused.
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Lung Work.
<p>"smoking weed strengthens your lungs" no, no it does not. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/grpqzd/what_is_the_most_hilariously_inaccurate_fact/fs0hgk8?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">ibbity</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/grpqzd/what_is_the_most_hilariously_inaccurate_fact/fs0hgk8?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank"></a><span></span>Yeah, I can get on board with the 'weed smoke isn't as bad as cig smoke.'</p><p>But like... combusted plant matter coating your lungs is still combusted plant matter coating your lungs. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/grpqzd/what_is_the_most_hilariously_inaccurate_fact/fs0j8l2?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">argues_with_quotes</a><span style="background-color: initial;"></span></p><div data-conversation-spotlight style="min-height:90px"></div>
The West Cold....
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No Gatorade!
<p>That you can live off drinking sea water because Gatorade has sodium in it.</p><p>I was telling this dude about a guy who was stranded out at sea for awhile and survived by drinking rainwater and shark blood or some crap, and dude was like "why didn't he drink the sea water? Gatorade has sodium in it and it's fine. It's a myth that you can't drink sea water. Probably so they can keep charging people for drinking water." <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/grpqzd/what_is_the_most_hilariously_inaccurate_fact/fs0j6ov?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Tickle86</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_9" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Palms Up!
<p>That masturbating will give you hairy palms. I had a teacher in high school tell us this and the number of guys and girls who checked their hands immediately was hilarious. I had to really slam on the brain filter to keep from doing it myself but you better believe I examined my hands thoroughly in the bathroom after class. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/grpqzd/what_is_the_most_hilariously_inaccurate_fact/fs0fzcx?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">DaFahQsay</a><span></span></p>Just Breathe...
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMzM0NjMzNy9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYzMDUzNTUzOX0._LYW8Q6SQqKMyX9ff1p9P62tOs7JIyoOSjAlC8JFV70/img.gif?width=980" id="4989c" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="134e19bcb0d334885d478c48752c5d89" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="480" data-height="480" />Giphy<p>It's possible to breathe underwater.</p><p>She then tried to demonstrate and snorted a bunch of lake water up her nose. She was 14 at the time. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/grpqzd/what_is_the_most_hilariously_inaccurate_fact/fs0jxr8?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">psych_edelic_survey</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_10" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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they were damn bears.....
<p>A woman at a party I was attending over a decade ago insisted that the largest member of the rodent family is the... polar bear.</p><p>I looked at her in absolute disbelief and replied that they weren't rodents, they were damn bears.</p><p>She had a PhD, too... smh. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/grpqzd/what_is_the_most_hilariously_inaccurate_fact/fs0ur26?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">pm1966</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_11" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>This almost feels like one of those crazy facts that you think theres no way is true but kind of is by a technicality. Like I could say palm trees are grass. They aren't actually grass, but they are monocots like grass and are more closely related to grasses than woody trees, so if you skip a couple steps you could try to pass it as a "fun fact." <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/grpqzd/what_is_the_most_hilariously_inaccurate_fact/fs1lagv?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank"> iamgladtohearit</a></p>
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No Shake for You!
<p>I was talking to a guy at the bar and he was telling me how soap is unnecessary for washing your hands. All you need is a combination of hot water and cold water. Not warm. But use both cold and hot.</p><p>I did not shake his hand. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/grpqzd/what_is_the_most_hilariously_inaccurate_fact/fs0olwb?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">atlantis_airlines</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_13" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>This is quite scientifically sound. When you alternate between the temperatures rapidly, the dad microbe begins shouting about 'the thermostat' and 'he's not made of petri dishes you know" and all the young bacteria roll their eyes so hard they die. Like, Galileo discovered it, or something. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/grpqzd/what_is_the_most_hilariously_inaccurate_fact/fs2fxm3?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">my_4_cents</a></p>
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SMDH!!
<p>My roommate tried to convince me that there are Chimpanzee-people in the jungle because isolated tribes are getting it on with the monkeys. I tried to explain how species reproduce and quickly realized he thinks you can be with a horse and get a centaur. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/grpqzd/what_is_the_most_hilariously_inaccurate_fact/fs0cao0?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">aBucketofChestnuts</a><span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_15" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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S'mored.
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Being Egged.
<p>Goats lay eggs. A several minute argument followed, and I did not convince him he was wrong. I work in meat processing. Not that that's necessary to know that goats don't lay eggs, but it just made the argument all the more ridiculous. I'd literally seen goats born live countless times, and yet he argued.</p><p><strong><em>Edit:</em></strong> I also worked at a caviar bar for a while, and many times had to hear from people who were horrified we were eating dolphin eggs. Beluga. I've heard that "mahi mahi is dolphin" more times than I can count. And from people who've eaten it even. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/grpqzd/what_is_the_most_hilariously_inaccurate_fact/fs0im3u?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">onioning</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_17" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Oh Boys....
<p>An ex boyfriend once insisted that women can hold in their periods like we can hold our urine. He did not believe me, a woman, when I told him that was absolutely not the case. What. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/grpqzd/what_is_the_most_hilariously_inaccurate_fact/fs0wc0j?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">b0n3rjamz</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_18" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>I've had a similar conversation, although luckily I was able to convince him other wise. I told him that when you have a cut on your arm, it just bleeds and you can't control it. So you put a bandage on it. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/grpqzd/what_is_the_most_hilariously_inaccurate_fact/fs2clae?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank"> purpleplatapi</a></p>
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Perfect Potassium.
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"Sally had told her so"
<p>Not me but my mum. She was walking with a group of friends on a popular trail in the UK. She has quite an outspoken friend, let's call her Sally. The group saw a number of Chinese tourists taking pictures of the sheep along the trail. One of the group asked;</p><p>"I wonder why they are all taking pictures of sheep all the time."</p><p>To which Sally replies;</p><p>"It's because they don't have sheep in China!"</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_21" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>The group all believed Sally, and thought it was an amazing fact. My mum decided to regurgitate the fact one dinner time saying that "Sally had told her so."</p><p>I called bull and Googled it there and then.</p><p>Turns out China has the largest population of sheep in the entire world.</p><p>My mum has never lived that down. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/grpqzd/what_is_the_most_hilariously_inaccurate_fact/fs0ok7f?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Alarmed_Brick</a></p>
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Hey Jude.
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Doctors Share Their Patients' Worst Cases Of 'So, I Googled My Symptoms...'
November 26 | 2019
Staying healthy can be a daunting task. None of us wants bad news but we have to keep checking in with the body to make sure it's still functioning. Trying to figure out the best way to stay alive can be anxiety inducing. Not every headache and joint pain is cancer but.... sometimes it's something worse. Try to err on the side of caution, see a doctor, WebMD may be right once in a blue moon but it's not what you should rely on.
Redditor u/Oof_Padoof wanted to hear about all the best reasons why none of us should self diagnose through the world wide web and just get to the doctor by asking... Doctors of Reddit, what is your worst case of "I googled my symptoms?"
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27....
<p>Had a patient come in and tell us she is having vision issues that are new. Ok lets have a look........ oh, looks like you placed a contact over a contact...... 27 times. <span></span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/e0yk4j/doctors_of_reddit_what_is_your_worst_case_of_i/f8ncotk?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Darkdemonmachete</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_36" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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That was a horrible experience.
<img lazy-loadable="true" src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMjEzNTQwNi9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY3MzczMzk0NH0.ZqhkPGepzXIeZghlf5NHmEHWEmrdYRRj3CPaHMoS8dk/img.gif?width=980" id="1ad23" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="832c82c93ac3000ceeae61e951e822cd" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" />Giphy<p>I had a UTI, because I had the symptoms and Googled it. Day of doctor appointment, it was just a regular check up. But I asked for a UTI test since I explained how I was feeling. Convo went like this:</p><p>"could it be possible to request a UTI testing? I've been feeling the symptoms of burning when I pee and some discomfort-"</p><p>"how do you feel now? Any pain?"</p><p>"well no not at the -"</p><p>"well if you did have a UTI the symptoms wouldn't go away you are fine"</p><p>2 or so days later I get a full blown kidney infection from a, who would have guessed, a UTI. sent out a complaint, forget that doctor. I always ask for a test if I am suspicious of anything and I have them document it if they say no from now on. That was a horrible experience. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/e0yk4j/doctors_of_reddit_what_is_your_worst_case_of_i/f8km4dl?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">chile-con-limon</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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This confuses the heck out of me.
<p>This confuses the heck out of me. When I go to a doctor they specifically ask if I've done research about whatever, like they expect it. Awkward position cause if I have researched I feel like an idiot using Dr Google and having medical student syndrome, if I haven't researched I get the distinct impression nice disappointed the doc. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/e0yk4j/doctors_of_reddit_what_is_your_worst_case_of_i/f8jzvac?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">FluroJacket</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_3" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Back Issues...
<p>Not a doctor, but my friend once said a guy came with a backache and wanted to get operated coz he thought he had kidney failure. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/e0yk4j/doctors_of_reddit_what_is_your_worst_case_of_i/f8jnqnh?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">The_RageHound</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_4" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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The Leg Feels...
<p>Ever since we studied multiple sclerosis in Neuro, I'm convinced I have it, despite my only symptom being parestesis (funny feelz) in my legs at night. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/e0yk4j/doctors_of_reddit_what_is_your_worst_case_of_i/f8k5n97?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank"> Interferonno2fan</a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Interferonno2fan/" target="_blank"></a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_5" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Deja Vu...
<img lazy-loadable="true" src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMjEzNTQwNS9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY1NTk3NzQxNn0.it_ainC15apEQq5MmsYivL4rlSarJJgWoffE8FCnYkU/img.gif?width=980" id="34781" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="43b4c4fc85f61af7c78c7b6b6515c599" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" />Giphy<p>Not a doctor, but throughout my childhood and teen years I had these weird episodes where I would suddenly have really bad Deja Vu and get very nauseous. For the next few hours afterward I would feel like I was in a fog and my memory would be shit. Eventually I googled my symptoms and learned they might be minor epileptic seizures.</p><p>I went to a doctor and he laughed it off and told me it was probably just having panic attacks related to the normal emotions of being a teenager. I was so sure he was wrong that I opted to go get an EEG - turns out I have a mild form of epilepsy and google was totally right. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/e0yk4j/doctors_of_reddit_what_is_your_worst_case_of_i/f8m9weg?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">mambo_number_69</a></p>You seem Heavier...
<p>Not a doctor, but the brother of the patient... and "worst" being on the money. My older sister diagnosed herself as having symptoms of systematic heart failure. Her new primary doctor agreed and gave her some basic guidelines of what to do, and had her visit her cardiologist. The cardiologist pooh-poohed her, saying there was probably nothing to worry about and scheduled a test in a few days just to be on the safe side. </p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>One of the things her primary had her looking out for was sudden weight gain, and when she woke up two days later suddenly 6 pounds heavier, we went straight to the emergency room, who ran tests, including an echocardiogram. Her injection fraction was 12, and they immediately sent her to the biggest hospital in the area, where they ended up saving her life from congestive heart failure. She had had at least two silent heart attacks due to the amount of damage they found. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/e0yk4j/doctors_of_reddit_what_is_your_worst_case_of_i/f8mg15z?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">lostjaggi</a></p>
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Easy Fix.
<p>Not a doctor but I was having horrible debilitating headaches for awhile, googled my symptoms and they ranged from stress to brain cancer. Ended up being sinusitis.<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/e0yk4j/doctors_of_reddit_what_is_your_worst_case_of_i/f8k1h5d?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank"> hangryguy</a><span></span></p><div data-conversation-spotlight style="min-height:90px"></div>
Not the Nipple...
<p>I had an insect bite basically next to my nipple. It was itching like crazy, and my usual bite cream said not to be used on nipples, so I decided to Google what else I could do to relieve it. Found out that apparently no one else has ever had an insect bite on their nipple, but that what looks like an insect bite on or right next to your nipple is almost certainly inflammatory breast cancer. Phoned up my GP (we used to be neighbors so I kind of knew him) and was in a right state because I thought I had this incredibly aggressive form of breast cancer. He listened to me for a minute, asked a couple of questions and then said, "It's an insect bite. Come back to me if it's still there in three weeks. Oh, and try deodorant on it."</p><p>The deodorant calmed it right down, and it had gone by about five days afterwards. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/e0yk4j/doctors_of_reddit_what_is_your_worst_case_of_i/f8m5rhp?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">The_Sown_Rose</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_8" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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dUDE....
<img lazy-loadable="true" src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMjEzNTQwMy9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYyNzM5NDg1Nn0.ElHYQjsX7suME8bN_2spcJ8UDxWRRXt2XAgAHfajPWs/img.gif?width=980" id="09f9d" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="eb0422596495f550b415c93c09f8fd74" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" />Giphy<p>Not really related to this topic, but I am a medical student.. and recently got stye in my eye. Stye is usually self- diagnosable but I called up my cousin who is a doctor just to confirm... Anyways, when I was telling this incident to one of my friends, he started scolding me saying as a medical professional, I should set the example of going to the doctor and getting proper medicines and treatment and all I could say was, "dude, I'm becoming a doc, I know how doctors are" Doctors especially when they know you're a medical student tend to over diagnose or pretend as if we have "medical student syndrome". But anyways, got the meds and my eye's healing 😁. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/e0yk4j/doctors_of_reddit_what_is_your_worst_case_of_i/f8k9gk2?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">jamiejohn21</a><span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_9" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Serious answer:
<img lazy-loadable="true" src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMjEwNDA3NS9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYyNzM2NjU0NX0.q2aa7Cck6_k2zlG_I4BXAweMuS8lILzT-zvZf5wWZZg/img.gif?width=980" id="98c50" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="61c532d224b5541beb09e2cb136dcd5e" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" />Giphy<p>I try to ask my patients if they have googled their symptoms. It gives me a lot of information about what they are worried about. I then try to stay humble about their findings, and try to not be a jerk about that. Trust is not built by telling people they are stupid. However, it is hard to keep a straight face when a 50-year old male walks in and says "I think I have caught the Down's syndrome", or when a young women thought she had testicular cancer. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/e0yk4j/doctors_of_reddit_what_is_your_worst_case_of_i/f8kos4u?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Santy924</a></p>Oh Jack. Is that you?
<p>I had a grade school kid tell me he had a brain tumor. Turns out he put a dried bean in his ear and forgot about it. </p><p><strong><em>Edit:</em></strong> Okay, wow. Well, to answer a few questions, the kid was 9 or 10, so no stupider than your average 9 or 10 year old. He didn't really have a reason why, but they'd been using beans for some counting thing in math at school. I don't know what kind of bean it was- small and red. It came out with tweezers. This was years ago and he has probably forgotten all about it, unless his mom reminds him periodically (I would.) <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/e0yk4j/doctors_of_reddit_what_is_your_worst_case_of_i/f8ljtgx?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank"> jcb42x</a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/jcb42x/" target="_blank"></a><span style="background-color: initial;"></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_10" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Surprise!!
<p>Paramedic student here. Last week we had a call for an imminent delivery. Pt started having abdominal pain that would last a little bit and stop. And about 2-3 min later would start again. She googled her symptoms and everything she found was saying she was in labor. She called her husband and he told her to call 911. We walked in as the baby was crowning. She had no idea she was pregnant. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/e0yk4j/doctors_of_reddit_what_is_your_worst_case_of_i/f8lfn20?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">jesus-christ-of-ems</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_11" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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"Do you even know what gestational means?"
<p>Not a doctor, but I had a coworker come into the office with this one. He was having nausea, fatigue, frequent urination and decided to WebMD that crap. We're chatting in the office one day and he says something like "Yeah, I've been feeling like poop lately, and it sounds like gestational diabetes but I can't find any cases of men getting it." I just slowly lowered my head into my hand and asked him "Do you even know what gestational means?" He did not. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/e0yk4j/doctors_of_reddit_what_is_your_worst_case_of_i/f8lz80l?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank"> dalgeek</a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/e0yk4j/doctors_of_reddit_what_is_your_worst_case_of_i/f8lz80l?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x">dalgeek</a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/dalgeek/" target="_blank"></a><span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_12" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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The Crackle...
<img lazy-loadable="true" src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMjEwNDA4Ni9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYzMjQyODg4NH0.TGOK7s_AYmcnIOKHsr0dtMHVrvTK12ndRhJzd-Whp10/img.gif?width=980" id="6faa3" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="22bb882970678e2e07bd0fbe2e0ec333" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" />Giphy<p>Not a doctor but when my fiance said he was having chest pains and when he breathed, it crackled, I googled and all of the symptoms lead to serious illnesses such a collapsed lung. Thought nothing of it, diagnosed it ourselves as an allergy and didn't go to a doctor till later in the day. It was in fact a fully deflated collapsed lung. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/e0yk4j/doctors_of_reddit_what_is_your_worst_case_of_i/f8kr1ez?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">charli1409</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_13" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Feel the Crave....
<p>Not a doctor but worked at a hospital for a while. One of our doctors came back to the nurses station laughing because someone was fully convinced they were diabetic because they were "craving" water and webmd said that makes them diabetic. Turns out they are just human and require it to live. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/e0yk4j/doctors_of_reddit_what_is_your_worst_case_of_i/f8lbbua?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank"> kiesertomasi</a><span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_14" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Impressive.
<p>Actually am a doctor, but this story is from medical school:</p><p>I had a patient who correctly diagnosed herself with mastitis, although she was very worried that she had inflammatory carcinoma of the breasts. To be fair, they can look similar.</p><p>Another time, I had a patient correctly diagnose a lump in her breast as a fibroadenoma. I was very impressed. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/e0yk4j/doctors_of_reddit_what_is_your_worst_case_of_i/" target="_blank">Reddit</a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/e0yk4j/doctors_of_reddit_what_is_your_worst_case_of_i/"></a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_15" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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So Many Groin Issues...
<p>This is in the occupational health field and we had a young gentleman come in who was pretty sure he had a groin hernia according to his Google search. He said he'd been lifting produce crates and experienced sharp, overwhelming pain in his groin. The doctor came back out after seeing him and was clearly fighting laughter by the time he got to the desk. Turns out the kid had Chlamydia which had caused things to become swollen and just happened to get symptomatic while he was at work. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/e0yk4j/doctors_of_reddit_what_is_your_worst_case_of_i/f8m3pr9?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">OmnoraMayday</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_16" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Don't Leave.
<p>In 2013 i was feeling awful. Shaking, puking/dry heaving, shaking, excruciating and debilitating pain. Went to the ER had blood work done that I never knew what it said and the doctor told me it was a gallbladder attack, gave me pain meds and sent me home. Three days later I was even worse. Couldn't eat, couldn't sleep, the only relief I felt was when I was in scalding hot bath.</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_17" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>I finally went back to the ER and they did more blood work and told me my gallbladder was septic and my pancreatic enzymes were 6500 and rising (they should have only been 100-150) and I was dying. I was admitted and when they did my gallbladder removal, my gallbladder was solid black and had 80 stones and a tar like substance from sepsis. Come to find out the first time I went to the ER my enzymes were 2000, I should never have been allowed to leave the hospital. <span></span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/e0yk4j/doctors_of_reddit_what_is_your_worst_case_of_i/f8mbhpw?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">AngelFears1676</a></p>
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Brain Matters.....
<img lazy-loadable="true" src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMjEwNDA5MC9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYyMzI0MzU2OX0.K2fU5DoHZuNuoSgivlqJKZc9vb66P94We9NLGQiH-UA/img.gif?width=980" id="77241" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="063fd737eb4e9b6e99ef89fab1012437" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" />Giphy<p>Not a doctor but I deal with migraines. I would not be surprised if someone experienced a migraine for the first time, googled their symptoms while they still had the clarity to do so, and went to the ER thinking they are having a stroke. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/e0yk4j/doctors_of_reddit_what_is_your_worst_case_of_i/f8knh0n?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank"> spaghatta111</a><span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_19" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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In the days before Safesearch, every google search was kind of a gamble.
But these days, we still have a little surprise here and there to deal with. Sometimes your search for "tornadoes" shows up breasts. Nobody is really sure why, but, it does.
And those times are always the worst times to do it--when someone is standing over your shoulder, usually.
<p>u/Saraieth asked:</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/djcg1r/what_is_an_innocent_sounding_google_search_that/" target="_blank">What is an innocent sounding Google search that returns not so innocent results?</a></p><p>Here were some of those answers.</p>
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That's No Wand
<p>Halloween is coming, needed an accessory for little girls 'good witch' costume. Did an image search for a magic wand. Seems most of them have to be plugged in.</p><p><span></span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/djcg1r/what_is_an_innocent_sounding_google_search_that/f44ut3f/" target="_blank">StarGehzer</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_36" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Not A Poster
<p>Back in high school I googled "motivational poster." This was in the school library, so safe search was preset to strict and everything.</p><p>3rd image was straight up porn. I think google's gotten smarter about it now, but 10 years ago that kind of ish would slip through all the time.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/djcg1r/what_is_an_innocent_sounding_google_search_that/f4491vx/" target="_blank">Sharptoe1</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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A New Kind Of Coding
<p>If you're in the mindset of trying to format mathematical expressions in an image using open source software, latex gimp.</p><p>And std list when you're trying to find documentation on the C++ standard library list data structure</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/djcg1r/what_is_an_innocent_sounding_google_search_that/f44c2f4/" target="_blank">waterhoes</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_3" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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And I OOP
<p>Black holes. In 9th grade we learned about space in science class and we each had to do a presentation on certain space related topics. Our teacher specifically told the student that was researching black holes to be careful what he clicked on when he went online.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/djcg1r/what_is_an_innocent_sounding_google_search_that/f44fepc/" target="_blank">Meganthefallen</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_4" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Walked Right Into This
<p>One time in my science class a long time ago, we were studying minerals and the teacher said to google cleavage. it did not return mineral cleavage.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/djcg1r/what_is_an_innocent_sounding_google_search_that/f44fmds/" target="_blank">GravityInspector</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_5" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Woody The Woodpecker
<p>Oh man. Once I went looking for these awesome toys I had as a kid on Google. Big mistake.</p><p>When we were good in class, we could earn a reward of a toy from this little bag of cheap plastic toys my teacher had. Well, at some point she found these really cool little plastic woodpeckers that could slip over the end of your pencil and as you wrote, they would bounce on a tiny spring, as if they were pecking the wood of the pencil. Really neat.</p><p>So I remembered one day and I went to Google to see if I could find them and searched under their name, "pencil peckers."</p><p>Big mistake.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/djcg1r/what_is_an_innocent_sounding_google_search_that/f44ky3l/" target="_blank">geeltulpen</a></p>Double Meanings
<p>My mom once stated that cheetahs and cougars were the same animal.</p><p>I searched pictures of cheetahs with no problem.</p><p>We had to have a talk after searching for cougars.</p><p><span></span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/djcg1r/what_is_an_innocent_sounding_google_search_that/f44uv2g/" target="_blank">BDT81</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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The Wrong Denotation
<p>At one point in my life, my favorite song was Evil Angel by Breaking Benjamin. I had it stuck in my head, and couldn't remember how it went. So I googled it.</p><p>The kind of songs I used to listen to, being the emo little jerk that I was, were usually really ridiculous titles that you didn't have to put in the name of the artist with, or even specify that you wanted lyrics, and that's what I got used to. Just searching the song title.</p><p>It has since been changed, but do you know what the first thing that came up was when I searched 'Evil Angel'?</p><p>A link to a hardcore porn website called Evil Angel.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/djcg1r/what_is_an_innocent_sounding_google_search_that/f449e1b/" target="_blank">HidingWhoIAm5683</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_7" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Google is releasing 53 new gender-fluid emoji as part of a beta release for their Pixel smartphones this week.
<p><strong>Speaking in an exclusive interview with <em><a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/90343461/google-releases-gender-fluid-emoji" target="_blank">Fast Company</a></em>, Android emoji director Jennifer Daniel said the move is part of an effort to make the symbols more inclusive:</strong><br></p><blockquote><em>"We're not calling this the non-binary character, the third gender, or an asexual emoji — and not gender neutral. Gender neutral is what you call pants. But you can create something that feels more inclusive."</em></blockquote><p><br></p>
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</p><div id="15faa" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="PRT9251557501948"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1126170144504520705" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">Google releases 53 gender fluid emoji
Sujet super intéressant (et je les trouve assez réussis)… https://t.co/g1fDgIQ1ws</div> — Marc Pédeau (@Marc Pédeau)<a href="https://twitter.com/marcpedeau/statuses/1126170144504520705">1557334860.0</a></blockquote></div>
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<p><br></p><p>Daniel sits on the Unicode consortium, the organization that sets core emoji standards like gender that designers at tech companies use to create their own emoji. </p><p>Last year, she noted that there were 64 emoji that were never meant to signify gender per Unicode's standards.<br></p><p><strong>And that's where things got complicated, as <em>Fast Company </em>points out: </strong></p><blockquote><em>"Yet Apple, Microsoft, Samsung, and, yes, Google, have often assigned genders with their designs for these emoji. It's why every construction worker across major operating systems is, by default, is a man. Unicode's standards dictated a construction 'person,' but tech companies decided to design them as construction men (and add women as a secondary option)."</em></blockquote><p>That practice reinforces stereotypes, so Google decided to address the problem. Some emojis, like the merperson emoji, now have genderless mid-length hair. </p><p>The vampire emoji now sports an androgynous chain instead of a bowtie, while its female iteration dons a choker necklace.</p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-twitter_embed">
</p><div id="b2c97" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="CE6O4F1557501948"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1126429281557544961" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">Google is adding 53 gender-fluid emoji to Android Q https://t.co/V5fb7u7ZH4</div> — Shahid Ansari (@Shahid Ansari)<a href="https://twitter.com/shahid05ansari/statuses/1126429281557544961">1557396643.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p></p><p><strong>Daniel admits that there is "no singular way of getting it right" but says the challenge was not one that could be avoided:</strong></p><blockquote><em>"Gender is complicated. It is an impossible task to communicate gender in a single image. It's a construct. It lives dynamically on a spectrum. I personally don't believe there is one visual design solution at all, but I do believe to avoid it is the wrong approach here."</em></blockquote><blockquote><em>"We can't avoid race, gender, any other number of things in culture and class. You have to stare it in the face in order to understand it. That's what we're trying to do–to [find] the signifiers that make something feel either male or female, or both male and female."</em></blockquote><p><strong>The project has already received praise.</strong></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-twitter_embed">
</p><div id="1614f" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="RRD6E31557501948"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1126317357973028864" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">In which @jenniferdaniel demonstrates why she is the very best kind of human!
Gender neutral emoji on principle.. i… https://t.co/Tw5sJMuZ4i</div> — Tea Uglow ❄️ (@Tea Uglow ❄️)<a href="https://twitter.com/teaelleu/statuses/1126317357973028864">1557369958.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="637e0" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="9RZ7TX1557501948"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1125932635753209861" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">Kudos to @jenniferdaniel of Google for driving release of gender neutral emoji to reflect genderless words like… https://t.co/HHeq5NJisc</div> — Emojination (@Emojination)<a href="https://twitter.com/emojination/statuses/1125932635753209861">1557278233.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="90b7c" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="ORIYSD1557501948"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1126535133090258946" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">I support this 100% but these emoji are literally all just me. https://t.co/Ch7nRtwdkP</div> — Alex Mocaby (@Alex Mocaby)<a href="https://twitter.com/thrillhouse2342/statuses/1126535133090258946">1557421880.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="9b76c" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="H3KF9X1557501949"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1126235962001039360" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">Ths is incredibly cool
https://t.co/BSArRSiX5x</div> — 𝑳𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 (@𝑳𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈)<a href="https://twitter.com/lightningxce/statuses/1126235962001039360">1557350552.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p></p><p>The new emoji will roll out to all Android Q phones planned for later in 2019. </p><p>Because Google collaborates with Apple and other tech companies when developing emojis, other companies will likely release their own versions of these emojis in the future.</p>
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