Monday, January 26, 2015

"Why did Derek Jeter die?": The wise and terrifying analysis of the Yankees, according to Google search questions

Have you ever wondered what Google knows about us, based on their algorithmic analyses of our searches? I thought I'd see what they know about the Yankees? For example, type in a simple open-ended question... and Google supplies the punch.


Why do the Yankees wear polyester? From what inquiring minds did that come? It gets a little weirder if you merely change the tense...


Hmm. People wondered why we released Soriano? Well, he stunk out the joint. That's why. Why did we retire 8 twice? Yogi and Dickey. OK, let's look into the future...


Not much there. Either way, I figured we have just invented a fun little parlor game, sort of like a Google Ouija board. And then this happened...

That's it. I'm outahere.
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3 comments:

  1. LeinsteryJanuary 26, 2015 at 5:46 PM

    "why do the yankees always win meaning"

    I've read that line 5 times and still don't have a clue what it means. Does it mean:
    "why do the yankees always win? I'm looking for the meaning of this question since all they do is lose and I have no idea why anyone would ever say that."
    Or have that many people actually typed such a grammatically retarded question? The sad thing is since the beginning of writing this I believe it's the former.

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  2. Blind RobinJanuary 26, 2015 at 7:42 PM

    Type: "why do the yankees always win meaning" in a google search you'll get the gist.

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  3. JMJanuary 27, 2015 at 9:13 AM

    Type it with quotes like Robin says and guess what the only link is? Nyuck nyuck.

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