I Am Extremely

Years ago, Google helpfully added a “search suggestions” box that recommends possible search terms as you start typing your query.  Type “Tina” and it recommends “Tina Fey.”  This is even integrated into Firefox now, so you can get the same suggestions when typing in the browser’s own search box.

This is old news, of course.  What’s new (at least to me) is the particular suggestions you get if you start to enter “I am extremely”

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I am Extremely... Scared?

The first few make sense (at least for the Internet)

i am extremely tired      9,070,000 results
i am extremely depressed  4,730,000 results
i am extremely lonely       291,000 results
i am extremely jealous      324,000 results
i am extremely shy        3,650,000 results

It’s the last one that’s surprising:

i am extremely terrified of chinese people   303,000 results

That’s surprisingly specific… and surprisingly popular.

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