# Munchausen by internet

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/munchausen-by-internet/642188>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 26, 2012, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/munchausen-by-internet/642188 "2012-11-26T19:39:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2012, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/munchausen-by-internet/642188/1 "2012-11-26T19:39:22Z")

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Good (lengthy) article [here](http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/the-lying-disease/Content?oid=15337239) about everyone’s favorite brand of Internet nutbar.

In short: real-life breast cancer patient interacts with several people online who are later discovered to be fakers.

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**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2012, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/munchausen-by-internet/642188/2 "2012-11-26T19:58:18Z")

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[Previous thread.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=673154)

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**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2012, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/munchausen-by-internet/642188/3 "2012-11-26T20:06:08Z")

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> [@Inner\_Stickler](#):
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> [Previous thread.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=673154)

Thanks. I hadn’t seen the article before so I didn’t think to look for a previous thread about it.