He Always Googles About Topics Of Conversations With His Friends To Find Out More, But One Friend Got Annoyed Because It Felt Like He Didn’t Trust Her
by Heide Lazaro
Have you ever had a friend who’d comment on everything you say?
And even to the point of searching on the Internet to be sure what you’re talking about is legit?
This man admits that he has a habit of Googling topics of conversations he’s interested in and wants to know more about.
However, when he did this and shared the information he found online with his friend, she got annoyed because it looked like he didn’t believe her when she brought it up.
Read below and take a side.
AITA for Googling things after conversations with people because I’m curious?
I (25M) am a very naturally curious and inquisitive person.
I think that’s getting me into trouble, because one of my best friends (27F) is currently pretty upset with me.
Basically, it often happens that we get into conversations about interesting things she saw on the Internet or through scrolling Instagram.
This man’s friend told him something she saw on the Internet.
After these conversations, if the topic or thing we discussed was interesting to me, or I wanted to see if something she said was true, I’ll look it up to read more.
Today, she told me about something about Cards Against Humanity.
That they are offering to pay people to publicly apologize for not voting in the last US election.
And submit a plan for how they will vote Democrat in the next election.
He was doubtful about the whole thing, but still believed what his friend said.
Politics aside, I thought this sounded ethically dubious at best and illegal at worst.
I said as much to my friend who then explained in more detail that you don’t have to prove that you voted or for who.
And you just had to give them a plan of how it could be done.
I had my issues with the whole thing, but I believed what my friend told me.
She was frustrated that he was taking it too seriously.
She got fed up and wanted to drop the conversation because she was telling it to me as something she found funny.
But she was apparently frustrated that I didn’t and wanted to discuss the more serious side of it.
He searched more about it online.
Because I wanted to know more, and because I wanted to see if it was illegal, I Googled it.
A thing came up about how there was a debate between legal scholars about it.
I shared what I found, and she got annoyed saying that I didn’t trust what she said.
And that I would rather take anyone’s word for it other than hers.
In his defense, he does this kind of thing every time.
To be fair to her, I often do this kind of thing.
But I think the problem is that my motivations for it are very different than what she feels they are.
AITAH?
Let’s see what others have to say about this.
This user shares their personal opinion.
This is obnoxious, says this one.
This user does it, too.
This one had a friend like him.
Finally, short but straight to the point.
News flash: Nobody likes a know-it-all.
This might not be a huge deal, but nobody wants an obnoxious friend.
If you thought that was an interesting story, check this one out about a man who created a points system for his inheritance, and a family friend ends up getting almost all of it.
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