Alright, let me tell you about this thing that happened the other day. I was digging around, trying to find some specific details about something back from my time spent around Colorado. It wasn’t anything major, just trying to track down a name or a place, you know how it is, trying to piece together some old memories.
So, I fired up the computer and started searching. I typed in ‘Colorado’ and this other name, ‘Mac Allister’. I figured that’d be specific enough to narrow things down. I had this name stuck in my head linked to a particular spot or maybe a local story I heard years ago out there.
Well, that didn’t quite go as planned.
Instead of old maps or local history bits, my screen just filled up with football stuff. Player profiles, game highlights, news articles. All about this guy, Alexis Mac Allister. Apparently, he’s a big deal in soccer, plays for some fancy team.
At first, I was just confused. I double-checked my spelling. Nope, spelled it right. Tried a few variations, added terms like ‘history’ or ‘location’. Still, mostly football. It was wall-to-wall Mac Allister, the soccer player.
Getting a bit frustrated
I spent a good twenty minutes scrolling, clicking, trying different search combinations. It felt like wrestling with the search engine. Why was this football player hijacking my search about Colorado? It was like the internet decided this one famous guy named Mac Allister was the only Mac Allister that mattered, especially if the word ‘Colorado’ was nearby for some reason I couldn’t figure out.
- Checked if he ever played for a Colorado team. Didn’t seem like it.
- Looked if he had some famous connection to the state. Couldn’t find one.
- Wondered if ‘Mac Allister’ was maybe a really common name in a specific Colorado town I forgot.
It was just bizarre. Made me think about how information gets prioritized, you know? Famous people, trending topics, they just drown everything else out sometimes. It’s like the digital world flattens everything, makes it hard to find those little niche things from the past or from a specific place.
In the end, I kind of gave up on that specific search term. I had to backtrack and think differently about what I was actually trying to remember from Colorado. Tried recalling other related names or places instead of ‘Mac Allister’. It was a detour, for sure. Still haven’t quite pinned down that original memory I was chasing, but hey, I learned a lot about a football player I didn’t know existed. So, that’s something, I guess. Just wasn’t what I set out to do.
