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I think that (misleading) meme was started by the television show "South Park". In it they routinely poke fun at Al Gore, having his character go around saying

by Alupis 10y ago

I think that (misleading) meme was started by the television show "South Park". In it they routinely poke fun at Al Gore, having his character go around saying "I invented the internet!" among other things.

burkaman 10y ago
No, South Park just picked up an existing joke. He said he "took the initiative in creating the internet" in an interview, Wired picked it up, some Republicans saw it and released some (honestly pretty gentle) press releases making fun of him, and then it went mainstream. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2013/11/04/a-cautionary-tale-for-politicians-al-gore-and-the-invention-of-the-internet/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2013/11/...
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psyc 10y ago
It was started by Al Gore: https://youtu.be/BnFJ8cHAlco?t=46s https://youtu.be/BnFJ8cHAlco?t=46s