first, if you hate google its because you dont know how to use it. And you may say that you know how to use it, you actually use it quite often and that i dont know what im talking about, but google is very useful, and a lot of people dont know how to use it. I can't explain right now how to properly use google, in which i can actually find pretty much everything, because it is a rather intensive process for me to undergo at this point in time.

and also, i agree that just telling someone to google it is lame, stupid, annoying.

i also agree that a post being repeated millions of time is also lame, stupid, annoying.

but here it is plain and simple. Everyones done it at some point in time, for some reason or another, you've done it. Also, pretty much everyone had been ignored, or told to google it, very few dont have to worry about that happening to them. the real time it gets tiring is when you have rather current threads about the same topic, i would say older than 2 months on a board such as CC.com is considered and old thread, so some people want the newest information they can get, at the same time, you can use google for more than just searching the CC.com forums for your answer so it is possibly one of the best resources.

google-ing for threads is how a person found a 4 year old thread, so fear not, for all is not lost. funny the irony in that, i would atleast hope they didnt actually hit the next page button enough times to go back 4 years.