on the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog
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on the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog
A phrase that highlights the anonymous nature of online correspondence. It originally appeared in a cartoon by Peter Steiner. A: "I can't say something that mean, even to a stranger." B: "Oh, sure you can! On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog."
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The caption reads: "
On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog." Since artists these days can be just about anybody if they put their mind to it (think Nikki S.
As the famous New Yorker cartoon remarked,
on the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog. Nobody in fandom knew if you were a pimply adolescent, either, if you didn't want them to.
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