(Lie about) Your Internet Fame

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I invented Captchas!

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Oh, great. You’re the one preventing me from replying.

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I’m the reason Netflix cracked down on password-sharing.

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I wrote the musical score for dial-up modems.

You’re welcome.

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I made the world’s first ever parity bit out of plasticine in 1964 when i was 3.
It is now in a museum in Blackpool, England.

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I have my own private internet.

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I gave Al Gore his ideas to invent the internet

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Elon Musk is envious of my profile.

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I coded up Abraham Lincoln’s website.

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I thought up the term “IP Address” when trying to tell a rude joke.

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I am the only poster on Usenet who has no reason to be embarrassed about their posting history.

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I took the first picture of food on Instagram.

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Before the internet, I wrote the protocols for postalnet, which utilized punchcards sent by mail. This replaced my ancestor Ugg’s even earlier system in which you wrote instructions on rocks and threw them at people.

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So you’re the one…

I’m the guy in the green shirt:

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I also taught the Star Wars Kid his choreography.

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I invented HTML

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I was the very first web user whose password as “password”

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I programmed Al Gore

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I invented the first nut shot.

Well, not actually the first nut shot, but the first one posted to the Internet. It was in 1969, and all the guys at ARPANET stood up and applauded. All except the guy who got hit; he couldn’t stand up for quite a while.

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You’ve all heard of me.