The internet distracts many people from doing other work. “The people who invented the internet never would have got around to doing it if they’d had the internet” is a jocular line that was posted on Twitter by Matt Kirshen on April 26, 2011.
   
“The people who invented the Internet never would have gotten around to doing it if they’d had the Internet”—changing “got” to “gotten”—was posted on Twitter on April 27, 2011.
 
       
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Matt Kirshen
@mattkirshen
The people who invented the internet never would have got around to doing it if they’d had the internet.
8:04 AM - 26 Apr 2011
   
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Matt Green
@mattgreencomedy
RT too true @mattkirshen: The people who invented the internet never would have got around to doing it if they’d had the internet.
8:22 AM - 26 Apr 2011
   
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FunnyOneLiners
@Funnyoneliners
The people who invented the Internet never would have got around to doing it if they’d had the Internet.
RT @mattkirshen
1:00 PM - 27 Apr 2011
 
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Jerry Ferguson
@fertography
The people who invented the Internet never would have gotten around to doing it if they’d had the Internet
9:13 PM - 27 Apr 2011
     
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8. The people who invented the Internet never would have gotten around to doing it if they’d had the Internet.
 
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Bill Murray
@BiIIMurray
The people who invented the Internet never would have gotten around to doing it if they’d had the Internet.
7:23 PM - 7 Jul 2018