when i was 8 (2004) i was on a bunch of tamagotchi forums, and sometimes posted blog threads about virtual pets i was "raising". i had a rare toy from the 90s that i was posting one such thread about. at some point, the "pet" in my toy had died due to my own negligence, but i didnt want to admit that in my thread, so I just restarted the toy and raised it to the same life stage, and in my post i lied and said that i had paused it for a few days to explain the timeline gap. anyway, some other nerd on the board was like "holy heck, you can pause them!? tell me how!", which compelled me to realize that actually, you COULD NOT pause this particular toy. I completely freaked out and had my very first panic attack that day, wondering how I was going to talk myself out of this. In the end I decided to be honest and admit i had lied (I have a heart of gold). I was humiliated that I had sullied my reputation so carelessly