People Also Search For… (Part I)
I just noticed that if you search for someone Google recognizes, it tells you who else similar searchers are also searching for. Most of my initial attempts to find something post-worthy in this feature were predictable and boring. And then:
And then, even better:
You are invited to try and beat that, but I don’t think you can.
Note: for purposes of making the image fit, I photoshopped some boring entries out of the first row. Goodbye, Johnny Grubb, Marty Castillo, and Barbaro Garbey.
Jeremy Blachman is the author of Anonymous Lawyer, a satirical novel that should make people who didn't go to law school feel good about their life choices. Read more at McSweeney's or elsewhere. He likes e-mail.
This makes me happy, but it also makes me sad because I’ve already lost a game I just learned how to play.
“I’ve already lost a game I just learned how to play” is also, if I’m not mistaken, how Sophocles described the feeling of being alive.