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Back in the<\/span> 2010s, a website called Let Me Google That For You<\/a> gained a notable amount of popularity for serving a single purpose: snark.<\/p>\n The site lets you generate a custom link that you can send somebody who asks you a question. When they click the link, it plays an animation of the process of typing a question into Google. The idea is to show the person asking the question how easy it would have been for them to just look up the answer themselves.<\/p>\n It’s an insult, basically. It’s funny and rude.<\/p>\n Now, there’s nothing wrong with a little rudeness in the right context. If an openly hostile person is wasting your time on social media by asking easily researched questions, I think you should go ahead and enjoy a little passive aggression (as a treat).<\/p>\n In more personal contexts, though, using Let Me Google That For You states clearly that you don’t respect the person you gave the link to, and that their question is a waste of your time. If someone from your workplace or your personal life is asking you a question, it’s because they want your specific input<\/em>, so it’s better to just give the answer\u2014ideally with context only you can provide\u2014than it is to send a link to a Google search results page.<\/p>\n Now, this being 2025, the people behind Let Me Google That For You<\/em> also offer Let Me ChatGPT That For You<\/em><\/a>, which works exactly the way you think it does. And its existence points to something new: how rude it is to, in response to a question, respond with AI output\u2014especially in a more professional context.<\/p>\n Telling someone to Google something can be funny and satisfying, but it’s not helpful<\/em>. I’d put copy-pasting or screenshotting a conversation with ChatGPT<\/a>, Claude<\/a>, or any other AI agent<\/a> in the same category: not helpful and kind of rude.<\/p>\nWasting Time<\/h2>\n