# Munchausen by Internet **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 22, 2012, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/munchausen-by-internet/641802 "2012-11-22T03:42:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/munchausen-by-internet/641802/1 "2012-11-22T03:42:54Z")
Aka, crazy people pretending to be sick when they aren’t. This is a well-written feature piece on the phenomenon, and I thought it might be of particular interest here. [The Lying Disease.](http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/the-lying-disease/Content?oid=15337239) ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/munchausen-by-internet/641802/2 "2012-11-22T03:59:52Z")
'mkay, that was incredibly disturbing. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/munchausen-by-internet/641802/3 "2012-11-22T04:02:26Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > 'mkay, that was incredibly disturbing. So you’re saying that people who do this are not okay? ---
**Author:** ![lavenderviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cdc98d/32.png) [@lavenderviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lavenderviolet)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/munchausen-by-internet/641802/4 "2012-11-22T04:03:55Z")
Yeah, I’ve been reading [The Warrior Eli Hoax Blog](http://warriorelihoax.wordpress.com/). It’s amazing just HOW MANY people love to lie about things like cancer for attention. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/munchausen-by-internet/641802/5 "2012-11-22T04:08:01Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > So you’re saying that people who do this are not okay? Exactly, couldn’t have said it better. ---
**Author:** ![midnight-dreary](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@midnight-dreary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/midnight-dreary)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/munchausen-by-internet/641802/6 "2012-11-22T04:11:10Z")
On a site I frequent, we had a person who faked their death \* multiple \* times. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/munchausen-by-internet/641802/7 "2012-11-22T04:26:26Z")
Fascinating. Absolutely fascinating. ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/munchausen-by-internet/641802/8 "2012-11-22T05:07:07Z")
Thanks for posting. Very interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/munchausen-by-internet/641802/9 "2012-11-22T05:16:24Z")
A HA!! I know one of the people in that story IRL. The “handsome Sheriff” Officer Chris Swanson, of the Genesee County Sheriff’s office. He’s been a fellow gym-buddy of mine for the past several years. Too funny. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![AboutAsWeirdAsYouCanGet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@AboutAsWeirdAsYouCanGet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AboutAsWeirdAsYouCanGet)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/munchausen-by-internet/641802/10 "2012-11-22T09:52:47Z")
On a deaf site I frequent, we get a lot of strange fakers… ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/munchausen-by-internet/641802/11 "2012-11-22T17:25:11Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > > [@Maserschmidt](#): > > > > 'mkay, that was incredibly disturbing. > > So you’re saying that people who do this are not okay? No, he’s saying that people who do this are 'mkay. ---
**Author:** ![Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glory)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/munchausen-by-internet/641802/12 "2012-11-22T18:01:44Z")
Fascinating story, thanks! ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/munchausen-by-internet/641802/13 "2012-11-22T18:06:04Z")
When I first started posting here there was a woman who was spinning lies about her dying baby. She supposedly was posting from the hospital bed as baby took her last breath. Riiiight. ---
**Author:** ![Toucanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Toucanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toucanna)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/munchausen-by-internet/641802/14 "2012-11-22T18:39:52Z")
@ **MsWhatsit** : Thanks for the link. I thought I knew about “Munchausen syndrome by Internet”, but that article provided a lot more info. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/munchausen-by-internet/641802/15 "2012-11-22T18:59:09Z")
I scanned through it. People are weird. ---
**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/munchausen-by-internet/641802/16 "2012-11-22T19:59:40Z")
I’m dead right now. What? ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/munchausen-by-internet/641802/17 "2012-11-22T20:04:59Z")
> [@picker](#): > > I’m dead right now. No, you’re only _mostly_ dead. If you were all dead, there’s only one thing we could do… ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/munchausen-by-internet/641802/18 "2012-11-22T20:10:29Z")
I’m ashamed to admit but I suffer from Munchausen syndrome. I feign having Munchausen syndrome in order to elicit sympathy from people on the internet. ---
**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/munchausen-by-internet/641802/19 "2012-11-22T20:24:31Z")
The first Munchausen by Proxy case I heard of was [Kaycee Nicole](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaycee_Nicole) - it’s the kind of shit you’d expect to b on Unsolved Mysteries or something! So creepy. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Doom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Dr\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Doom)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/munchausen-by-internet/641802/20 "2012-11-22T20:33:11Z")
Topless Tuesdays on Tumblr, eh? Ignorance fought! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/munchausen-by-internet/641802.md?page=2)