Re:DeGoogle My Life
by fwn on Wednesday August 05, 2020 @04:26AM
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I realized that most of my searches are completely trivial. (Calculations, common sites, etc.) I switched from Google to DDG and told myself to just Google whenever a result isn't optimal. For me it's best of both worlds; Google searches are probably around 10%.
> There's a very old saying 'Don't look a gift horse in the mouth', which basically means if something is free, there WILL be a catch.
Just a small nit-pick: I think the phrase is more about a lack of appreciation than the idea that every gift is necessarily flawed.
> Do not unappreciatively question a gift or handout too closely. [...] Related terms beggars can't be choosers
> There's a very old saying 'Don't look a gift horse in the mouth', which basically means if something is free, there WILL be a catch.
Just a small nit-pick: I think the phrase is more about a lack of appreciation than the idea that every gift is necessarily flawed.
> Do not unappreciatively question a gift or handout too closely. [...] Related terms beggars can't be choosers
Src.: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/don%27t_look_a_gift_horse_in_...