# Umkay; revisited.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umkay-revisited/820843>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 5, 2018, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umkay-revisited/820843 "2018-09-05T23:37:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Malden\_Capell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malden_capell/32/5274_2.png) [@Malden\_Capell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malden_Capell)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2018, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umkay-revisited/820843/21 "2018-09-06T10:55:15Z")

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973 posts? Ugh, no thanks. Anyone got the highlights?  
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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2018, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umkay-revisited/820843/22 "2018-09-06T11:13:53Z")

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**ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTE:**

i do not often do this but instead of being hilarious, it’s really sad.

This is a manifestation of someone with real problems – so much so that they went to different sites and posed as someone with injuries and disabilities to gain attention and sympathy. We weren’t the only ones; she pulled this schtick on a lot of people on different sites, including a “Mommy” site where, IIRC, she posed as a woman with a high risk first time pregnancy.

It’s like the online version of “Munchausen syndrome.” And while IANAD it was definitely sick, but not in the way the OP had intended.

Not something we want to publicize except to say “don’t do that! Go get real help!”

Jenny  
your humble TubaDiva  
Administrator

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