Social craze: #WhyDidIGoogle hashtag leaves the social media world laughing

Since the whole GBBO charade, I had feared that Twitter was going to be full of baked Alaska jokes this week.

Since the whole GBBO charade, I had feared that Twitter was going to be full of baked Alaska jokes this week. But while ‘The Great British Bake Off’ was on, tweeters were instead obsessed with the hashtag #WhyDidIGoogle.

It was created by Chris Hardwick, the presenter of Comedy Central’s @midnight and more known to Kettle readers by the upstart of the hashtag #RuinAChildrensBook, for the 16th anniversary of Google founding. He tweeted:

We hope #WhyDidIGoogle gave @Rich_Fulcher the answers he needed for a fullfilling life: http://t.co/VIJSS5cvOm | pic.twitter.com/xwGDI9ibHf
— @midnight (@midnight) September 4, 2014

So that caused everyone to admit the embarrassing questions that they had searched on Google. The #WhyDidIGoogle hashtag was trending not only in the UK and the US, but across to Greece and Italy.

Here are some of the funniest tweets Kettle found:

#WhyDidIGoogle To find a support group for man who keep “accidentally” getting their chocolate in other people’s peanut butter. @midnight
— Kevin Home A Gnome (@BigManOut) September 4, 2014

“@RobertKYoung: #whydidigoogle If Orange Is the new Black, then why aren’t there more Orange people in jail?” Diedd lmfaoooo
— Ayeh Klait (@KlaitFizzy) September 4, 2014

#WhyDidIGoogle about Google? It’s called meta-Googling. It’s a thing. Or will be. I’m doing it before it gets cool.
— Punmaster P (@PunmasterP) September 4, 2014

#whydidigoogle Kristen Stewart’s acting camp prices and dates @midnight
— CJ (@TheCJ89) September 4, 2014

Are babies just monkeys without all the hair? @midnight #whydidigoogle
— Kevin F. Boyle (@KevinBoyleLV) September 4, 2014

#WhyDidIGoogle “How do you spell refridgirater”? @midnight
— The Human Wet Wipe (@Chyld) September 4, 2014

#WhyDidIGoogle how to fly? It made me miserable- us penguins should keep our feet firmly on the ground pic.twitter.com/qtjrvGNpGO
— Pingu Nootington (@nootzoot) September 4, 2014

#WhyDidIGoogle @midnight pic.twitter.com/FJZ6rZgoBv
— BlameLoki (@LokiBA42) September 4, 2014

#WhyDidIGoogle “The Disney Channel Presents Breaking Bad”? @midnight @BreakingBad_AMC pic.twitter.com/bSzmAT6jGv
— Diane N. Sevenay (@Diane_7A) September 4, 2014

It is just like that awkward moment when you get spotted by your parents for Googling something rude…

#WhyDidIGoogle “naked pictures of Danny Devito” and only pictures of cinnamon buns showed up @midnight pic.twitter.com/qi4EopmMXj
— Matt O’Brien (@matt_obrien) September 4, 2014