Life and Other Humiliations

Audrey Ohley

Audrey Ohley
Location
Los Angeles, California, USA
Birthday
December 31
Company
Copyright 2010, all rights reserved.
Bio
Despite having been blessed with both average looks and a larger than normal head, Audrey Ohley has only risen to a low level of success despite expending almost no effort to do so.

Audrey Ohley's Links

Audio Podcast Link
MARCH 10, 2010 10:41AM

Earth to Google, I Do Know What Planet I Live On, Thank You!

Rate: 8 Flag

Why Does Google Maps Give Me Directions to Earth?

a everything sucks

You know how when you are looking for directions somewhere and you are using Google Maps, and you type in the whole friggin' address –  I mean the whole thing, the whole stupid effing thing, “4356 Monte Vista Blvd, Albuquerque, NM, 85706, USA” and Google Maps is supposed to take you there,  bring it up nice and quick, and then, while you are looking at it, if you want to get a little bit further out so you can see the cross streets,  you  just click on the arrow thingy, and then it backs you out of the view just a little bit? Just a little bit so you can see the whole town or whatever? Yeah, that's the ticket.

Well, when I do that, when I click on the little arrow thingy, I must click on it the wrong way,  or click in the wrong place, or click on the super secret IT person's little joke area, because it doesn't just zoom out a little bit, it zooms all the way out, all the way out to Earth, to a view of the whole friggin' Earth

And there, in the middle of Earth, is a little red arrow,  marked "A," as if to say,  "Here you are dummy, here's what you're a looking for.  Is this zoomed out enough for you? Are you happy now?  Does this help you, you hopeless,  illiterate moron?"

 No,  F-U Google!  That does not help! I just typed in the bleedin' address, didn't I?  I already know it's Earth!  Did you think I was looking for Albuquerque on some other planet!  "Gee I wonder if Monte Vista Boulevard is on Neptune?"

 What kind of low grade, space-traveling, head-slappin'  Martian imbecile is this feature for anyway?  “Oh, yeah! That’s where I want to go! Earth! Right on in there somewhere—that’s where I’m headed! Good old Earth!”

Why the hell is this feature even there? Who needs this? Who doesn’t know that the address they are looking for is on Earth? Who on Earth doesn't already know that New Mexico is on Planet Earth? Even the most ignorant of lumbering ignoramuses who couldn't tell New Mexico from a boil on their voluminous behind probably at least knows that the place is not on Venus!

Maybe they think I am some clumsy, useless,  astronaut who got voted off  "Survivor:  Space Shuttle"  for playing with the floating urine bags too much,  and there I am, tumbling around in zero G  on my iPhone, hoping  my oxygen doesn't  run out while I try to figure out the way back to that alternate landing site at Edwards Air Force Base I read about somewhere.

 If this feature is absolutely necessary, maybe they should make you click a button first to activate it, the "Google Duh!"  button.  It will also inform you of other things that retrograde Cro-Magnum survivors might not know, like "To get there, you may need to walk upright -- no, one your feet!" and "Although you may think you can climb a tree and jump off and fly, like you saw that squirrel do, if you do it, you'll die."

Does Google know something we don't about the existence of life on other planets?  Is Google really on a Death Star? Are they just getting us ready for Google Universe?  Or are they just trying to drive the good people of Earth insane?

Well, you know what Google? You wouldn't know Uranus from a hole in the ground, and that's a fact you can chew on all the way to the bank!

Author tags:

uranus, space, planets, andy rooney

Your tags:

TIP:

Enter the amount, and click "Tip" to submit!
Recipient's email address:
Personal message (optional):

Your email address:

Comments

Type your comment below:
Awesome rant! Definitely rated for making me shoot hot coffee out my nose! btw, don't try that at home. ROFLMAO!
Are you sure about New Mexico?

Funny stuff. I wish you'd write more often.
Oh Audrey, this is just so funny! People in the next cubicle here at work are wondering what the heck I'm giggling about! (It's Thursday morning here in Oz.) It reminded me so much of my own experience with Google Maps! Definitely rated.
Thank you all -- nothing makes me happier then to hear "about" the sounds of laughter!
Well okay, New Mexico is on Earth, but I'm none too sure about Alaska. =o)

Hilarous post!
Rated.
"Who on Earth doesn't already know that New Mexico is on Planet Earth?"
Ha! Ha! Perhaps a misplaced Martian? ;o)
Rated.
I'm afraid New Mexico was probably a bad example...it is kinda out there, and the aliens already know how to get there...at least to Roswell anyway! Thanks for commenting!
Too funny, you and that urine bag make a fine mental image. Oddly enough, I look at GoogleEarth every day because Big Girl is on a boat in the Pacific ocean and being charted by G-E satellites on the voyage, so I LIKE that pix of the earth and the little "X" that tells me 'where on Earth is Big Girl?' She's not in Kansas anymore, that's for sure. Well rated for ass kickin humor. Hmm ... comment's not working here ... should I press 10 more times and goof up this nice lady's comment blog? I dunno, gee, ::punchpunchpunch::