You know that saying, “There’s no such thing as a stupid question.”?
I agree with that, but one of my pet peeves is LAZY questions, or worse, people who have no questions.
We passed the Age of Enlightenment a long time ago, but why isn’t this the age of Self Expansion? For the first time in human existence, we have access to the knowledge of all of mankind. All it takes is a Google search!
Part of me is a naturally curious person, but I’ve conciously trained myself to be more so.
If I see something in the news or in my life that I don’t quite understand, I look it up. Everything is there — history, science, politics, song lyrics, meanings (I recently looked up “tongue-in-cheek”after a moment of panic that I’d been using the phrase incorrectly my whole life).
I’m never going to be the smartest person in the room, but I’m always open to improving myself.
What about you?
I’ve been known as the Google Queen for many years. LOL! Like you, I get irritated with lazy questions. There is a wealth of information out there on the internet and while I realize some of it isn’t accurate, a lot of it is. I wish more folks would dive in!
DB McNicol, author
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