Comments on: miserable failure

miserable failure

ignu — Fri, 05 Dec 2003 08:26:08 -0800

A Google Search for "miserable failure" yields some hilarious results.

By: monju_bosatsu

monju_bosatsu — Fri, 05 Dec 2003 08:28:11 -0800

Yet another google bomb.

By: thirteen

thirteen — Fri, 05 Dec 2003 08:29:09 -0800

It is funnier if you type "miserable failure", and then select the "I'm feeling lucky" button.

By: grimley

grimley — Fri, 05 Dec 2003 08:30:44 -0800

that was so two days ago. /sarcasm but great nonetheless. I am a real fan of this online "detournement."

By: thirteen

thirteen — Fri, 05 Dec 2003 08:32:26 -0800

Carter pops up as "Worst President Ever". It isa game all can play.

By: orange swan

orange swan — Fri, 05 Dec 2003 08:33:42 -0800

This is so cheap shot - but damn funny nonetheless. Whatever may happen next election, at least we have a Internet consensus.

By: thirteen

thirteen — Fri, 05 Dec 2003 08:36:05 -0800

Carter pops up as "Worst President Ever". It isa game all can play. I should have read more carefully. That search finds Bush as well.

By: soyjoy

soyjoy — Fri, 05 Dec 2003 08:57:01 -0800

Eh. It was two days ago two days ago.

By: GiantRobot

GiantRobot — Fri, 05 Dec 2003 08:58:24 -0800

So it's four days ago?

By: MrLint

MrLint — Fri, 05 Dec 2003 09:03:05 -0800

I dont know, i think you have to go back to the 19th century to find the worst president pre king george bush

By: ignu

ignu — Fri, 05 Dec 2003 09:04:58 -0800

i heard about it yesterday but searched and it was never posted! also, i'm pretty sure it happens because of http://www.amiserablefailure.com

By: limitedpie

limitedpie — Fri, 05 Dec 2003 09:23:13 -0800

I actually posted this on the front page of metafilter a few days ago... but *sigh* my method was to obscure (ie the "new overlords" link.)

By: laz-e-boy

laz-e-boy — Fri, 05 Dec 2003 09:24:16 -0800

A Metafilter Search for "miserable failure" yields some hilarious results.

By: Fezboy!

Fezboy! — Fri, 05 Dec 2003 09:24:27 -0800

I must admit—I chuckled
On the other hand I am a bit uneasy with the frequency with which Google is now being gamed. I fear that continued futzing will eventually degrade the utility of the single best information retrieval system on the net.
Then again, it is funny
etc

By: rushmc

rushmc — Fri, 05 Dec 2003 09:34:08 -0800

Then again, it is funny It's funny because it's true.

By: thebabelfish

thebabelfish — Fri, 05 Dec 2003 09:34:34 -0800

limitedpie: I first saw it via your "new overlords" link; it works better obscurely.

By: trharlan

trharlan — Fri, 05 Dec 2003 09:48:18 -0800

Does anyone else play Simpsons Pinball? I love it when Homer says "Stupid Failure!".

By: ericost

ericost — Fri, 05 Dec 2003 09:54:39 -0800

GR8 POST! What else can I search for on this "Google"?

By: nath

nath — Fri, 05 Dec 2003 12:27:21 -0800

I dont know, i think you have to go back to the 19th century to find the worst president pre king george bush I dunno, Warren Harding was pretty terrible.

By: SimStupid

SimStupid — Fri, 05 Dec 2003 12:48:00 -0800

I hear Hoover sucked too.

By: thirteen

thirteen — Fri, 05 Dec 2003 13:05:12 -0800

Everybody hates some president or another. My burden is that I hate two of the most popular.

By: grimley

grimley — Fri, 05 Dec 2003 13:12:16 -0800

ericost... try pancakes.

By: planetkyoto

planetkyoto — Fri, 05 Dec 2003 13:31:26 -0800

Back in March, I got zero returns for Googling George Bush is very intelligent. Now it looks like I'm number one, and I didn't have to Google Bomb it.

By: rushmc

rushmc — Fri, 05 Dec 2003 13:50:24 -0800

Well, SURE, if you pick a phrase that no normal human being is ever likely to utter....

By: stbalbach

stbalbach — Fri, 05 Dec 2003 14:37:48 -0800

limitedpie broke the news on MeFi a few days in a FPP but it was obscure so I added a comment, but for whatever reason, it didn't hit "mainstream" until today, my email also got a few people saying to check it out.