>Yeah, I know this violates the policies, but sheesh
Polite meta-commentary doesn't violate policy, the rules only apply to jerks.
To answer the question, people wouldn't be complaining on HN about Google Search multiple times per day if they could still find what they were searching for on Google. Search has been a revolutionary world changing product for two decades, and now it's completely stopped working for complex queries. Something is up with Google. Something big is up with Google.
Yeah, I know this violates the policies, but sheesh…