# (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:** 2
**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 2, 2024, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-your-internet-fame/995436/21 "2024-01-02T05:02:38Z")
> [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > I was the very first web user whose password as “password” You magnificent son of a bitch. > [@knoodler](#): > > I programmed Al Gore I can’t tell with this font … Is that AL Gore or ai Gore. ‘Cause artificial intelligence Gore sounds awesome. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2024, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-your-internet-fame/995436/22 "2024-01-02T15:30:28Z")
Both. 🤖 ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2024, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-your-internet-fame/995436/23 "2024-01-02T15:32:25Z")
I am the Admin. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2024, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-your-internet-fame/995436/24 "2024-01-02T16:03:38Z")
Archimedes Plutonium thinks **my** scientific theories are a bit “out there”. ---
**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 2, 2024, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-your-internet-fame/995436/25 "2024-01-02T23:01:58Z")
[I write the XKCD comic.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/2656) ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2024, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-your-internet-fame/995436/26 "2024-01-02T23:04:32Z")
That was excellent! > [@Jackmannii](#): > > I am the Admin. I’m the Admin. Official Sock ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-your-internet-fame/995436/27 "2024-01-03T00:59:54Z")
I invented pixels. And Megabytes, those too. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-your-internet-fame/995436/28 "2024-01-03T02:46:36Z")
The internet murdered my dad. It was in all the papers. ---
**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 3, 2024, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-your-internet-fame/995436/29 "2024-01-03T02:50:10Z")
My original version of the internet had no sexual content. It disappeared in one day. ---
**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 3, 2024, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-your-internet-fame/995436/30 "2024-01-03T03:04:29Z")
> [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > I was the very first web user whose password as “password” - You inspired me to invent hacking. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-your-internet-fame/995436/31 "2024-01-03T03:13:23Z")
I was the one who made grumpy cat grumpy. His meme value was much lower when he was just ‘cat’. ---
**Author:** ![Kimble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kimble/32/19185_2.png) [@Kimble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimble)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-your-internet-fame/995436/32 "2024-01-03T03:43:44Z")
About 30 years ago, a friend of my parents thought it’d be nice to inform people of an upcoming green card lottery, so I wrote a script to post that on some Usenet groups for them. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-your-internet-fame/995436/33 "2024-01-03T04:03:01Z")
I poisoned The WELL. ---
**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 3, 2024, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-your-internet-fame/995436/34 "2024-01-03T04:26:31Z")
> [@Sam\_Stone](#): > > The internet murdered my dad. It was in all the papers. I read all about it on, well, Reddit. Condolences. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-your-internet-fame/995436/35 "2024-01-03T09:46:38Z")
I am the Internet Oracle. ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-your-internet-fame/995436/36 "2024-01-03T10:45:58Z")
My “Horses Playing Bag Pipes” upload is the #1 video on YouTube. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-your-internet-fame/995436/37 "2024-01-03T12:01:18Z")
The internet once bit my sister. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-your-internet-fame/995436/38 "2024-01-03T19:14:01Z")
I AM the internet. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2024, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-your-internet-fame/995436/39 "2024-01-04T11:01:51Z")
You can’t be the internet. I _own_ the internet. [![](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61lLX1+t5ZL._SX500_.jpg) ](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61lLX1+t5ZL._SX500_.jpg) It’s wireless. ---
**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 4, 2024, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-your-internet-fame/995436/40 "2024-01-04T12:24:56Z")
I invented the backwards smiley. (-: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-your-internet-fame/995436.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lie-about-your-internet-fame/995436.md?page=3)