I agree that many people could use a search engine to find their answers. Some are just lazy, but many others don't know how to do an efficient search. I know that many of the searches I've attempted over the years have netted me a bunch of red herrings but no good results.
There are, also, the posts where someone needs a layman's explaination. Often, a google search will get them only highly technical responses that don't do them any good.
We yeddites aren't trying to impress anyone that we know-it-all; we are just here to assist someone that needs a little help.