Sideswipe: There s no need to gush over Xmas
16 Dec, 2020 10:11 PM
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The Vampire test There is a test to determine whether someone is toxic or nourishing in your relationship with them, writes Austin Kleon. Here is the test: You have spent some time with this person, either you have a drink or go for dinner or you go to a ball game. It doesn t matter very much but at the end of that time you observe whether you are more energised or less energised. Whether you are tired or whether you are exhilarated. If you are more tired then you have been poisoned. If you have more energy you have been nourished. The test is almost infallible and I suggest that you use it for the rest of your life. What s really funny is that the test came out in 2014, way before the
Joe Biden,
U.S. Election Results), and then, ending the year, talks of a coronavirus vaccine started rising.
Now, these are just a few keywords that were trending, but Google has also provided top 10 lists of a handful of search categories, two of which, general searches and news, were dominated by
coronavirus.
Ryan Newman was top searched athlete,
Parasite was top searched movie,
Among Us was top searched game,
Tiger King was top searched TV show, and
Joe Biden was top searched person.
Following the pandemic, there were also related entries like Zoom, unemployment, masks, and stimulus checks
And these are besides all of the other significant events of the year that apparently didn’t make it into any list, like the Australian wildfires, Hong Kong protests, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s announcement that they are stepping down, murder hornets, and many more.
The Most Googled Terms In 2020, Visualized
Dec 15, 2020 @14:05 PM
In a year fraught with turmoil, people flocked to the internet s most popular search engine to research the coronavirus pandemic (and to look up symptoms). They searched for information about stimulus checks and unemployment. In addition, politics took center stage in people s web browsers, with many users seeking information on the US presidential election.
Roshaan Khan scoured through Google s Year in Search report and compiled the top-searched terms from 2020 into a nifty infographic.