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It used to be a hallmark of geek culture, dispensing information. Having the most up-to-the-minute info about releases, or being on top of the rumor mill is one thing, but explanation was once a respected occupation of your time. Now, its become a second-class geek status.

Once, long ago in the halls of a high school or the collegiate-choked grounds of a campus were where you would find geeks patiently explaining details of complex scientific methodologies, math inundated with referential equations and the ins and outs of How To Fix Your Computer- but we have grown weary. Now that tech support has become an occupation we get paid for, no one seems to relish taking the time to educate their fellow man.

From “frustrations” tees at thinkgeek “no, I will not fix your computer” and “I read you’re e-mail”, the status has changed from “the smartest guy in the room” to “geek monkey”.

The trend of the crowd to recognize an avenue for exploitation has resulted in your average geek becoming overworked. He has coped by creating user-friendly tools for use by the massses in ascertaining their own information, rather than asking a question every time they had a thought.

Geeks however have become so used to getting their own info, and then pointing people towards Google or Wikipedia when they got a question more than a few times, they believe by now the public should have also learned this skill.

What do geeks do when faced with repetitive tasks? Create a tool that automates the process.

Hence sites like Let Me Google That For You- geeks have responded in a familiar way.

The growing trend, being irritated at questions with easily obtained answers, stems from the familiar Internet hate machine known as 4chan. One of the oldest and largest anonymous posting sites in the world, people are generally subjected to the rudest, most vile comments this side of xBox live- so it’s no wonder the trend started as a meme. This has become a legitimate tool over the months of use however- and it is now acceptable to send a link to your mother or a coworker, as long as they have at least some sense of humor.

Either way, the message is clear- geeks are tired of being your own personal search engine.