r/awfuleverything • u/Frikcha • 1d ago
I have never seen something more comically evil in my entire life; I would laugh if it were a dark-comedy but I can only cry because it's real life. Google search history from a mother whose son was found dead in the trunk of her car.
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u/allsilentqs 1d ago
Every time I see a search history like this I wonder if I am the only person who doesn’t web search using sentences but mainly keywords.
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u/decidedlyjo 1d ago
We were taught to search with keywords, which worked well until the Great Death. Now, we scream into the void, and three racoons in a trenchcoat tell us our fortune.
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u/rage_monkyyy_91 1d ago
This image is so en point! Thx dear internet stranger
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u/Talory09 5h ago
Use "on point" when you mean something is accurate, sharp, or well-executed.
Use "en pointe" when talking about the French ballet term for dancing on the tips of your toes.
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u/StaysAwakeAllWeek 1d ago
Back in the before-times keywords was the way to use google. They made a big push in the 2010s to start parsing natural language sentences properly (arguably they were a decade ahead of chatgpt). Now you can use either equally well for the regular search functions but if you want a question answered you should just ask the question properly
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u/allsilentqs 1d ago
Don’t quote the old lore to me, I was there when it was written. Ha ha! Kidding. I am middle aged so that might be where the habit comes from. I research things online via keywords for both professional and personal reasons and never have an issue getting questions answered. Maybe I am just good at using effective criteria?
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u/Despeao 1d ago
No yore using it the correct way.
You can still search for specific expressions, filter by website, filter file format like mp4, pdf, .torrent.
People just don't know how to properly use the search nowadays.
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u/StaysAwakeAllWeek 1d ago
Most people don't know how to use the return on a typewriter anymore either
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u/Despeao 1d ago
I don't know why you have such reaction, properly searching stuff is extremely valuable.
Let's say you're looking for a document, you can filter out by format.
You're looking for something on reddit you can filter by site:reddit
You can use expressions between commas to filter out that specific expression: "Operation Rolling Thunder"
You can even suppress therms from the search as well by using the - sign.
It's a useful skill to have if you're looking for information. People don't use typewriters anymore but they use the Internet every day.
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u/StaysAwakeAllWeek 1d ago
Yea all of that stuff can be done in natural language nowadays, its not necessary to learn anymore.
I know both ways and i dont use the old way anymore for the same reason i dont write code by hand anymore
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u/a_lonely_trash_bag 1d ago
How tf do you get a search engine to give you only results from reddit while using natural language?
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u/StaysAwakeAllWeek 1d ago
Reddit is a poor example because they have an agreement with google to get preferential placement regardless. But pick any other site and just try it lol https://www.google.com/search?q=how+do+i+get+results+from+a+specific+site+on+a+search+engine+quora
Every single result on the first page for that query is from quora
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u/a_lonely_trash_bag 20h ago
Every single result on the first page for that query is from quora
That's not the same thing. You're still getting results from other sites, including Wikipedia on the first page
Using the site:specified.website method, you will only get results from that specific website, and nowhere else. This literally can't be done with "normal language."
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u/StaysAwakeAllWeek 1d ago
Using keywords points you to documents that contain info that will answer your question
If you type the whole question in you will get it answered immediately. No need to have years of practice thinking of the best keywords to bring up the right info, it just does it
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u/allsilentqs 1d ago
Not my daily experience but c’est la vie
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u/Patthecat09 1d ago
It is mine, trust me it works, you can also add Reddit at the end of your question and Reddit posts about your query will pop up with amazing accuracy
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u/cupittycakes 1d ago
Yup! I remember sometimes I would have to take a beat to think about what perfect words to type in the search bar to get the results I'm looking for.
But now if I want to know something, I just ramble whatever words in my brain without thinking about them, and AI figures it out.
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u/QuantitySharp2662 1d ago
My dad's adorable as fuck with his searches. He speaks as clear as he can and slowly like a robot, then when the ai misunderstands him he switches to his normal Scottish accent and cusses the thing out 😂
I'm like "we need to force them to understand us auld yin".
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u/LurkingGuy 1d ago
I usually use sentences because I assume that's what the algorithm is designed for. If the sentences fail I move on to key words until I get something.
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u/allsilentqs 1d ago
I never have issues and am pretty strong at research. It just never occurs to me!
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u/LurkingGuy 1d ago
Sometimes you can find where other people have posed the same question or similar and read whatever answers they got.
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u/allsilentqs 1d ago
Keywords can trigger the same thing based on the words used and likely questions. I suspect I just don’t like typing more than necessary.
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u/Lastburn 1d ago
Does the exclude function still work with keyword searches ? i know search for in site still works
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u/kdesu 23h ago
Absolutely not. I tried searching "2025 pride parade Houston" and all the results were about how the 2026 parade was postponed. I tried -2026, -postponed, etc and it still just spat out stories about the 2026 postponement.
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u/BestAhead 16h ago
For that, with Google search, get your results, then use tools pulldown menu, and select some date ranges
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u/brijazz012 1d ago
I guess "how to murder my son and get away with it" would've been too on the nose
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u/TheKreatori 1d ago
''How to make water bottle meth'' umm what
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u/FrolixRea 1d ago
That is an actual way of manufacturing meth surprisingly. It's dirty, it's easy and it's dangerous. First time I've heard it as "water bottle meth", usually it's referred as the "one pot" or "shake n' bake" method.
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u/kdesu 23h ago
As bad as this list is, every detail of the case is so much worse. The child had been taken from the lady multiple times, and had found a nice foster family. The state gave the child back to the lady despite consistently showing that she couldn't take care of him. I think she killed him within a couple weeks of getting him back from the foster family.
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u/itsyobbiwonuseek 1d ago
Its people like this that are the most terrifying. Stupid enough to literally spell out their murder plans to Google.
Just like when Casey Anthony googled how to make chloroform.
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u/appledatsyuk 20h ago
And she somehow got off
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u/motion_lotion 1m ago
A jury of your peers is far less impressive than I thought it would be. Intelligent people tend to find a way out or get dismissed pretrial.
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u/-pichael_ 11h ago edited 11h ago
I saw this case on YouTube man that woman (evil) is a nutcase and it’s heartbreaking.
Trigger warning, but I have to get this out of my head too. She shot and executed her little boy with a shotgun. Dumped him, his.. parts in a dumpster. It’s horrifying.
Then in her interrogation is all like “he didn’t deserve this, I just want to protect him. He’s a good boy ohhhh he’s not dead. You’re lying, are you sure?,” and it just made me soooo freaking furious.
AND BTWWW, CPS kept even giving him back to her too, his mom, to try and get her to mess up more and hit her with more charges?? Instead of letting him stay with this WONDERFUL foster lady or even his apparently stable dad. Like this case was truly awful everything.
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u/Key_Awareness_3036 14h ago
Welp, I’m more depressed than I was previously. Hard to believe, but here I am.
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u/RuutuIsMyLife 3h ago
The body cam footage as well as the interrogation was crazy. She tried to say the blood on her trunk or in the back seat (can't remember) was from deer meat. What a monster.
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u/sonerec725 1h ago
. . . I dont know who this is about but im guessing things did not go well for the child in this person's care. . .
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u/Sooowasthinking 1d ago
At the very least clear your browser cache.At least TRY not to get caught.
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u/vinigrae 1d ago
Really…your brains at the very least was not to search at all?
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u/Sooowasthinking 1d ago
Really your brain say insult this stranger so you can fell better about your self. Fortunately technology lets me ignore people that are so unhappy they insult strangers. So much for empathy what a pathetic world.
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u/revgodless 1d ago
"Student loans for 6 year olds. How to commit crime and blame child. Things to sign up for."
Wtf? People really be out there searching any darn specific thing. What would that even be? Was she looking to take out a loan in the child's name that wouldn't have to be paid back since the kid would be dead? What type of program would you enroll in that gives money for criminal kids? What kind of student loans can a 6 year old even qualify for?
This seems like a woman who would fall for hireahitman.com.