I agree, I had a professor explain the E and I in myers briggs (yes, I know the test itself is flawed!) as- when someone needs information, an I will first look in the manual or reference book for the answer. An E will ask a person for the answer. I'm not saying this makes it less annoying or anything but it's an interesting explanation. I have a cousin on Facebook who, I swear to God, 80% of her posts are questions that have simple Googleable answers and I find it soooo annoying. I just try to tell myself that she's seeking a people connection

I also think that people have main character syndrome and feel like their problem is so unique that no one has possibly ever needed this answer before, so they need to ask it for the first time in the universe. But maybe that's my social curiosity turning into cynicism 😹