# (Lie about) Your Internet Fame **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 1, 2024, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-your-internet-fame/995436 "2024-01-01T05:55:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2024, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-your-internet-fame/995436/1 "2024-01-01T05:55:46Z")
I invented Captchas! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2024, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-your-internet-fame/995436/2 "2024-01-01T07:22:31Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > I invented Captchas! - Oh, great. _You’re_ the one preventing me from replying. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2024, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-your-internet-fame/995436/3 "2024-01-01T07:29:19Z")
I’m the reason Netflix cracked down on password-sharing. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2024, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-your-internet-fame/995436/4 "2024-01-01T07:47:35Z")
I wrote the musical score for dial-up modems. You’re welcome. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2024, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-your-internet-fame/995436/5 "2024-01-01T12:12:33Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2024, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-your-internet-fame/995436/6 "2024-01-01T12:15:07Z")
I have my own private internet. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2024, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-your-internet-fame/995436/7 "2024-01-01T12:50:25Z")
I gave Al Gore his ideas to invent the internet ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2024, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-your-internet-fame/995436/8 "2024-01-01T16:11:54Z")
Elon Musk is envious of my profile. ---
**Author:** ![Civil\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@Civil\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Guy)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2024, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-your-internet-fame/995436/9 "2024-01-01T17:14:37Z")
I coded up Abraham Lincoln’s website. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2024, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-your-internet-fame/995436/10 "2024-01-01T17:18:22Z")
I thought up the term “IP Address” when trying to tell a rude joke. ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2024, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-your-internet-fame/995436/11 "2024-01-01T17:22:18Z")
I am the only poster on Usenet who has no reason to be embarrassed about their posting history. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2024, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-your-internet-fame/995436/12 "2024-01-01T17:38:06Z")
I took the first picture of food on Instagram. ---
**Author:** ![Retzbu\_Tox](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/retzbu_tox/32/11829_2.png) [@Retzbu\_Tox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Retzbu_Tox)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2024, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-your-internet-fame/995436/13 "2024-01-01T17:52:50Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2024, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-your-internet-fame/995436/14 "2024-01-01T20:07:39Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > I took the first picture of food on Instagram So you’re the one… I’m the guy in the green shirt: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/VFEZOjtrwls/maxresdefault.jpg "Dust in a Baggie - Billy Strings") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFEZOjtrwls) ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2024, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-your-internet-fame/995436/15 "2024-01-01T20:12:01Z")
I also taught the [Star Wars Kid his choreography.](https://youtu.be/HPPj6viIBmU?si=oQrKE7yB8L2O8_n_) ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2024, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-your-internet-fame/995436/16 "2024-01-01T20:19:15Z")
I invented HTML ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2024, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-your-internet-fame/995436/17 "2024-01-01T22:33:20Z")
I was the very first web user whose password as “password” ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2024, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-your-internet-fame/995436/18 "2024-01-01T22:38:19Z")
I programmed Al Gore ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2024, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-your-internet-fame/995436/19 "2024-01-01T22:42:31Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2024, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-your-internet-fame/995436/20 "2024-01-01T23:22:55Z")
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