Ya-who? Just Google it.

That day did come for me.

The day when ask.com didn’t roll off my dainty fingertips. The day when I stumbled upon search.com, immediately felt uncomfortable, and blew imaginary dust off of my computer screen. The day when superpages.com became less relevant. The day when I uttered “Ya- who?” and chuckled as if I had been brainwashed.

I love my Yahoo mail account. I can’t get rid of it. I hold onto it like my “Daisy Dukes” tape and my elementary school “Camp So and So” shirts. At first, I didn’t know what @gmail.com meant. I thought it was a phone or cable service email account. I was so, so wrong. They made me do it. They made me get a Gmail account. They knew what it would do to me. Oh, them!

I spit “Just Google it” like wildfire (please imagine me rapping this, pun intended). There are so many ways to say it. So many emotions to put to it. That would be a great video series. How people say “Google it.” It’s an addictive phrase. You can make people feel really stupid when they ask you a question about anything. Google it + expletive makes it really seep in with them. Try it. But, only with your close friends, or you will offend someone.

Google didn’t just transform our culture. Google jumped into us like Patrick Swayze jumped into Whoopi on Ghost. Bad analogy, but good enough for me. Google started walking around with us, becoming everyone’s best friend. Google is the most popular kid -in the world. Google’s walking around giving everybody high fives and dappin’ people up and saying “wassup” -in a million different languages. Google said bye-bye Gayle, I’m Oprah’s NEW best friend. Google said “I’m Rick James, B@#!” and we laughed like it was the first time we heard it. Google’s got on the Jordan’s that will never come out.

We recognize that Google may get rid of privacy as we know it, but we are too busy Googling to care that much. Ariel view of the Cruise’s house, anyone? Wait, that’s my house?! Heey….wait a minute…..