• Tar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.works
    25·
    16 hours ago

    I have a great rule to promote self reliance. I’ll gladly help you, but if the answer is in the first 20 results on Google, it costs you 50 euro.

    I only had one relative get angry, asking how he was supposed to know if it was. I told him to check, and he angrily said “well then I might as well do it myself”.

    Exactly.

    • rustydrd@sh.itjust.works
      21·
      15 hours ago

      Those first 20 results in 2025:

      • 1-4: AI slop
      • 5: Reddit thread (no comments)
      • 6: Reddit thread (comment including the solution has been deleted)
      • 7-9: AI slop
      • 10: Microsoft support forum (two pages of generic advice from support workers located in India who get paid a starvation wage)
      • 11-12: stack exchange (both with poorly written questions followed by angry comments)
      • 13: quora (nonsense mixed with stuff that somehow actually makes things worse???)
      • 14: Wikipedia
      • 15-17: AI slop
      • 18: Reddit thread (only one comment “nvm figured it out”)
      • 19: Arch Linux forum (links to Arch Wiki)
      • 20: the actual solut… no wait, it’s also AI slop
      • lividweasel@lemmy.world
        13·
        14 hours ago

        18: Reddit thread (only one comment “nvm figured it out”)

        “Who were you, DenverCoder9? What did you see?!”

      • Tar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.works
        4·
        14 hours ago

        You vastly overestimate the level of these questions. Think “how do I send photos on Whatsapp”.

        Most of the stuff is accurately answered by the shitty AI most of the time.

    • Phunter@lemmy.zip
      7·
      15 hours ago

      20??? I’m pretty sure if you scroll down past 5 results you’re already in the top 1% of users doing so.