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The Funniest Google Autocompletes Out There

by Camille Bautista

April 25, 2014

Newsflash: the Internet can be one weird place. It's where people can remain relatively anonymous, and thank God for that — because netizens are known for being a little too revealing online. Those deep, dark questions you have are actually being stored to fuel Google's Autocomplete feature, where an algorithm helps to predict search terms for future Googlers.

Most of the time, people are simply searching for the answers to life's tough questions — whether they're profound, embarrassing, or just plain bizarre. Sometimes, however, they are being major douchebags.

One recent study found that Internet users have "taught stereotypes to search engines," sparking debate over sexist and racist autocomplete suggestions such as, "why do gay people talk like girls" or "why do white people have thin lips."

But sometimes, our questions are harmless. After all, who doesn't want to know if men have periods? Good thing we have Google — aka our modern 8-Ball — to provide us with all the answers. Here are 17 of the funniest and most revealing Google autocomplete suggestions out there. Your results may vary slightly (Google likes to tailor your suggestions to your past embarrassments) but if you use a blank browser, this should be what you get.

Either way, clearly, humans be crazy.