Weirdest Google searches (for writing)?
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write_awayI recently watched the documentary Terms and Conditions May Apply, which was about the lack of privacy online. One segment was about an apparent ability to track down what individuals have searched for on Google. The film crew tracked down one guy whose Google search results included things like "how to kill my wife", "cheating wife" and "decapitation"... seems fishy, right? Surprise, the guy was actually a writer for a crime drama, and did the searches for work.
So my question is, do you ever google really weird things for writing research? Anything that might seem suspicious to an outsider?
I can say I've googled a lot of injuries - knife and sword injuries, mainly, as well as effects of poisons. I think I even once googled home-made bombs, or historical explosives, or something like that, and even remember getting really paranoid that the FBI was going to get suspicious.
So my question is, do you ever google really weird things for writing research? Anything that might seem suspicious to an outsider?
I can say I've googled a lot of injuries - knife and sword injuries, mainly, as well as effects of poisons. I think I even once googled home-made bombs, or historical explosives, or something like that, and even remember getting really paranoid that the FBI was going to get suspicious.
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Date: 2014-10-26 04:46 pm (UTC)And, while I've never done it in my own writing, I've also researched bombs, especially when a show or book makes me go, "how does that go in a bomb?" The oddest one was probably toothpaste.
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Date: 2014-10-28 10:16 am (UTC)I've also looked up weird things just out of personal interest. When I get a thought in my head, I feel the need to resolve it asap, so immediately Wikipedia it. brb, off to look up how one can use toothpaste in a bomb, haha.