在谷歌成立18年后，它对我们日常生活的影响是如此强大，以至于人们很容易忘记谷歌成立前的生活是什么样子，或者我们是如何第一次偶然发现它的(或者更可能的是，脸植入其中，就像我们在20世纪90年代末/21世纪初的互联网幼儿一样。）

这就是为什么杰西·克莱恩为《飞蛾》写的故事既有迷人的怀旧，又对谷歌有着惊人的先见之明——这个东西，这个“他妈的疯狂搜索引擎”，最终几乎改变了我们在网上创造和消费东西的方方面面。克莱恩，对于那些不知道的人来说，现在是艾米舒默内部的首席作家和执行制片人；但在2003年，当她最初讲述自己的故事飞蛾，她是一个有抱负的漫画使用一个残酷的分手为素材。最近，随着克莱恩新书的出版，《飞蛾》再次上演了这一幕。

在故事的第一部分，克莱恩讲述了她交往六年的男朋友是如何让她搬出去的，并且几乎立刻就开始和她的一个同事上床。克莱恩的自我厌恶表现在寻找这个女人的某些东西，任何东西，来帮助她对自己感觉更好。

这时一个朋友推荐谷歌。

Now, I was a nerd, but I was not a geek. So I didn’t know what Google was. I didn’t know! And I’m sure — right —you all know what it is? If there’s one or two people here… I’ll explain it. Google is the most powerful thing ever invented on the planet. [Laughter] It is this ****ing insane search engine that allows you to be crazy, and stalk someone from the comfort of your own ****ing home. Right? It is a more important invention than fire or the wheel, as far as I am concerned… I am going to Google the crap out of this girl…

So I Google her, and I didn’t understand the power of Google, so I didn’t expect anything to happen. But in three seconds, this link comes up, and it takes me to this article…

克莱恩掉进了谷歌兔子洞，每晚都在前男友的新女友身上挖土，直到有一天她突然想到，也许这个女孩也对她着迷。

I don’t know why it never occurred to me to Google myself. I think I thought there was a rule against it or something. Or that the computer would implode. Like the self-absorption wouldn’t be handled. But I'm like, "I'm going to do it." So I Googled myself. And to my shock and amazement, there’s shit there. On the computer, about me, and I didn’t put it there…

So it made me feel better, and I realized that was the only antidote to feeling shitty feelings I had when I Googled her was to Google myself. And here’s the thing about Googling yourself: it’s as dirty as it sounds. You know what I mean? It is — it just is masturbating. You have this urge to do it, but you don’t want anyone to know you’re doing it. And the thing is, just like masturbating, people deny it, but everyone does it.

所以你有了它。谷歌实际上是一个全能的，他妈的疯狂的搜索引擎，这（可能）是一个比火或轮子更重要的发明，谷歌自己仍然觉得有点脏。杰西克莱恩是个聪明的女人。如果你还不完全相信这一点，那就想想她当年是怎么描述Craigslist的吧：一个“嬉皮士式的公告栏，上面写着人们租住公寓，互相送自行车和狗屎。”仍然是真的，对吧？

而且，虽然克莱恩最终可能不会从不断的谷歌搜索中得到太多的满足，但至少，她得到了整集的最后一个麦克风下降：在她飞蛾故事的结尾，伊桑·霍克以我只能想象的真实特洛伊·代尔的方式走上麦克风，并询问克莱恩的电子邮件地址。