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“The greatest research skill you can have is being a nosy bitch who wants to find out”, sometimes shortened to “Be a nosy bitch who wants to find out” or just “Be a nosy bitch”, is a quote from a lecture given by YouTuber Strange Æons. The image has been used and circulated to highlight the benefits of curiosity.

Origin

On July 29, 2025, Canadian YouTuber Strange Æons uploaded a video titled “Dashcon Is Resurrected: The Entire Story Of Dashcon 2”, in which she details the process behind DashCon 2 (held on July 5, 2025) and describes her experience there, including when she gave a lecture about internet archeology.^[1] At one point during this lecture, she displayed a PowerPoint slide with the text (at 29:18 in the left video). The video gained 300,000 views in the coming months. She additionally uploaded the full panel to Patreon (right).

I believe that the greatest research skill you can have is being a nosy bitch who wants to find out. I believe this, okay? As long as you go into something not needing to prove a particular point, not just wanting to meet a deadline to crank out something satisfactory, if you are in it for the good honest sport of fucking around and finding out, the I believe in you. Because that is what motivates me 90 % of the time.

On July 8, 2025, Tumblr user existentialqueer uploaded a photo taken at DashCon 2, depicting STRANGE ÆONS and the aforementioned PowerPoint slide above her.^[2] The post gained 100,000 notes in the coming months.

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On September 15, 2025, Strange Æons uploaded a video titled “A Picture Of Me Became A Meme And Things Got Weird” in which she reflects on the meme.^[3] The video gained 250,000 views in the coming months.

She also posted the photo on her Instagram.^[4]

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