Worst thing in your search history?

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  1. Wreybies

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    I have tons of searches for terms related to fatal injuries. Translating these terms from Spanish to English is not always as straightforward as one would think, so it helps to get a visual idea of what a term refers to in order to pick the most precise of (often) several possible translations.
     
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    Conspiracy
     
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    I had a book that told you how to make a crude nuke, how to steal a car,
    and even how to hack a vending machine, that I bought at Barnes and Noble. So it is not
    like you do most of the things it entailed due to them being illegal, but it was perfectly
    legal for the guy to write about those things and sell it. Though it is possible to find
    tutorials on youtube as to how to do all the things the guy wrote about. But murder was
    not on that list of things he did write about.
     
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    surrealscenes Senior Member

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    Nothing. I am almost always on proxy, I use browsers that don't keep records, all history, cookies, etc are stripped out as my browsers close and then I go through a short routine after closing to remove what is left.

    I watch a lot of true crime stuff and laugh when I think about what would happen if cops wanted my search history from ISP (computers are encrypted and kept powered off when not in use), internet is disconnected 95% of the time, etc.
     
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    I've never had a cop try to get information off of any computer I had. Last time I was arrested they didn't even try to get into my unlocked Android phone.
     
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    They will go to your ISP first and you won't know unless they tell you somehow. They will grab your computer if they think there is a conspiracy afoot or if they want to try to tie things together. ISP records some things, your computer records all things. (If you ever write an anonymous letter threatening someone on your computer or device, make sure to purge the auto correct data, that's where they get you if you deleted all other traces.

    That you know of. Once arrested they have your device and don't need to tell you that they sucked all the data out of it and it only takes a minute or less. I live in silicon valley and almost every cop car has that technology. It has become just another way to catalog people.

    I was recently reading a new novel where IOT is dominant and cops are overwhelmed by the amount of data received after a crime that they mostly just do old police work of talking to people and what not and most of that data is a waste.
     
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    Except at the time I didn't have an ISP, and that would preclude them from collecting any data you accumulated on public servers or even just good old fashioned offline applications.

    I know they didn't because my dealer would have definitely been busted if they had and I would have had different charges.
     
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    "Why would one testicle be twice the size of the other?"

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    Someone on another board I'm on had the sig line:

    "Is it normal for one testicle to be larger than the other two?"
     
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    Haha, that's money!

    ETA: unrelated note, but one of the line cooks at work whacked himself in the nuts with a fridge door last night and went straight down like in a Bugs Bunny cartoon. Happened right in front of me... Fucking hilarious. Perfect pratfall.
     
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    Give him a sauce pan to prevent further incident. :D
     
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    From the Wikipedia you cited, if I'm browsing for ways to, say, build a car bomb and the routes that Kim Jong Un usually takes to the office, there's no conspiracy unless I involve another person. One person can't be a conspiracy, no matter how sketchy their browsing history is.
     
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    Oh, man, y'all should have been there. There's a kitchen line between us, so I can only see everyone from the waist up anyway, and poor "Joey" opens the door, hits himself, eyes fly open, and then jackknives right out of my field of view. One second Joey's standing there and the next second he's off-camera. Meanwhile, the rest of the line is dying and saying thinks like, "How'd that feel, Joey?" and "That steak isn't going to grill itself, Joey." and "Don't forget to wash your hands, Joey." etc, etc, etc....

    And then one of the food runners, "Janie," who can't be older than seventeen and didn't see what happened says, "Hey, where's Joey?" To which somebody else says, "Joey is collecting himself, Janie. Gonna be another minute on that rib-eye."

    Joey, to his credit is laughing with the rest of us for the most part. Then he finally straightens up and says, "We need taller cooler doors, chef."

    Chef nods and says, "Heard."

    ETA: Oh, and his hat fell off somewhere in the process, so when he stood up he had part the hair from his eyes. Just the way he folded over like that had me in stitches. It was like a trapdoor opened beneath his feet.
     
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    I think Homer just outed himself.

    Restaurant industry: Check
    "That's money" about something non-monetary: Check
    Sufficient data points to support my half-assed theory: no check

    Go with throttle up.

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    Iain Aschendale Lying, dog-faced pony Marine Supporter Contributor

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    And I've just created a new worst thing in my search history, I realize....
     
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    True, but they can still put you in jail if they suspect you of it and then apologize when the evidence doesn't go their way.
     
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    Hentai before I was even eighteen.
    Medieval torture devices.
    Serial killers.:meh:

    I was one fascinated teen. Those are just the ones that I remember.
     
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    Shenanigator Has the Vocabulary of a Well-Educated Sailor. Contributor

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    Arm position and facial expression from self-potrait avatar: check and check.
     
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    big soft moose An Admoostrator Admin Staff Supporter Contributor Community Volunteer

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    nah a conspiracy requires two or more people and an unlawful intent - looking at a website for research purposes doesnt qualify.
     
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    Link the Writer Flipping Out For A Good Story. Contributor

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    My thought process now for my writing:
    “Wait, if this character is gonna be shot through the back with a crossbow bolt...”
    “What’s the science behind the shot? How is it gonna affect the person? Will they survive in some way?”
    “Oh god, am I gonna go to jail now for looking up how someone dies from getting shot by a crossbow?”

    :p
     
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    Dragon Turtle Deadlier Jerry

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    I got so paranoid about looking up the fastest way to kill someone with a knife that I didn't Google it directly. Instead I searched the archives of the LJ community Little Details until I found what I needed. This is actually really embarrassing now that I admit it. ANYWAY.

    That piece of information, by the way, is the gift that keeps on giving. Not a book goes by that I don't have a character killing someone with a knife. Uh. Not sure why that appears in everything I write.
     
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    I just had to do some research on how to buy a human. Apparently that and drugs are where Bitcoin gets most of it's value from.
     
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    Dragon Turtle Deadlier Jerry

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    I'm afraid to ask....
     
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    That's a reasonable fear.
     
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