Oh yeah downvote such comments by all means. Refuse to answer the question. I'm behind these options.
Or gently remind them to google it. I wouldn't bother myself, but that's reasonable too.
Saying "it's literally the first result" like icey did seems more than a gentle reminder. It's the start of the slippery slope. Distracting - I don't even remember what we were talking about anymore.
Generalizing from the action to the actor like gnaritas did, criticizing somebody as rude, lazy and refusing to think for themselves because they thoughtlessly introduced some chaff -- now we're deep in over-reaction territory, breaking eggs with sledgehammers, generating more chaff than the original poster.
I'm not in any way defending the question itself. The best response to a minor infraction (including levity perhaps) is to just ignore it.
Or gently remind them to google it. I wouldn't bother myself, but that's reasonable too.
Saying "it's literally the first result" like icey did seems more than a gentle reminder. It's the start of the slippery slope. Distracting - I don't even remember what we were talking about anymore.
Generalizing from the action to the actor like gnaritas did, criticizing somebody as rude, lazy and refusing to think for themselves because they thoughtlessly introduced some chaff -- now we're deep in over-reaction territory, breaking eggs with sledgehammers, generating more chaff than the original poster.
I'm not in any way defending the question itself. The best response to a minor infraction (including levity perhaps) is to just ignore it.