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[–] mindbleach 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Hadn't considered that search engines would ruin themselves to feed Engagemagog, but in hindsight it's hardly surprising.

That'd also explain when you show up on a front page or focus on a search bar, evanescent outline of a thought trying to take form through your fingertips, and the stupid goddamn website goes Football scores?! Celebrity babies?! Dearborn Michigan?! Large Hadron Collider?! Houseboats?!?!

[–] brbposting 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Hey, eerbody else is searching The Kardashians* today so maybe you should too!

*to be replaced with non-aged cultural reference

[–] mindbleach 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Those last three were real examples when I checked Google just now. They're not relevant to anything or anywhere in my life. I don't even get it. I can't imagine how they're some hot new thing, today specifically. If they were just trying to shotgun people's hyperfixations, there'd be more about transportation infrastructure and gacha games.

[–] brbposting 2 points 5 months ago

Interesting, the first two of the final three terms are in the news right now:

Houseboat is somewhat surprising. They have made some San Francisco Bay news in the past week: