On here, no, but in real life, yes, I get asked dozens of questions a day people could easily answer themselves if they just Googled. There's a reason programmers start getting annoyed with people being lazy; they're making you do their thinking for them and you get sick of it.
> I think most people are like that. Why be snarky about it?
Because one gets tired of doing other people's thinking for them when they're capable of doing it themselves.
> and I still occasionally ask a question without thinking to google it.
That's the problem, that happens to me constantly by people who just don't think; it's rude; your process should start with Google before bugging someone else who's just going to Google anyway.
Nobody was even asking you specifically. Is it really easier to call people names than to just move on to read other stuff?
..bugging someone else who's just going to Google anyway
No, people are often asking if someone knows the answer off the top of their head.
Anyways, this thread has outlived its usefulness. Over and out.
I didn't call anyone names, please don't put words in my mouth. I described their behavior as being lazy, that is not name calling.
> Anyways, this thread has outlived its usefulness. Over and out.
Ditto.
For instance, if you were standing next to someone, and you asked them a question, it would not be the social norm to say "google it" even if you knew the answer.
Either that, or the internet just gives the idiots that would say "google it" if you spoke to them in person and they knew the answer, a platform for themselves, when in real life they'd have no friends/get ignored/get punched in the face.
Or gently remind them to google it. I wouldn't bother myself, but that's reasonable too.
Saying "it's literally the first result" like icey did seems more than a gentle reminder. It's the start of the slippery slope. Distracting - I don't even remember what we were talking about anymore.
Generalizing from the action to the actor like gnaritas did, criticizing somebody as rude, lazy and refusing to think for themselves because they thoughtlessly introduced some chaff -- now we're deep in over-reaction territory, breaking eggs with sledgehammers, generating more chaff than the original poster.
I'm not in any way defending the question itself. The best response to a minor infraction (including levity perhaps) is to just ignore it.
It's not like people are personally asking icey or you dozens of questions a day. The questioner has shown no evidence of laziness. Let us all exercise a little restraint.