The evolution of Internet illness deception, particularly on sites like TikTok and Instagram, is inseparable from blossoming online subcultures that valorize disability. The problem is that some take it too far, glamorizing illness and making it seem interesting and desirable.

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[–]SMCAB 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (4 children)

When I was a reddit fag, I used to read the fake illness subs. It's a group of people that should be drawn and quartered in the public square while I throw rocks at them and piss on their dismembered parts.

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When I was a reddit fag, I used to read the fake illness subs.

Those illnesses are not fake, some of the people on reddit claiming to have them are. I have one of the conditions mentioned in that article, but I can tell you this is not something someone with one of them is likely to brag about. I never bring up my illness in conversations, and actively hide the fact that I struggle with health problems. I neither want anyone treating me like an invalid nor their skepticism about my problems, which are the most common reactions. It is not a pleasant thought to think of yourself as limited, and I certainly don't want to have other people thinking this about me. Saidit is one of the few places I will bring it up because I am anonymous here, and even then rarely delve into specifics or let on how much of a struggle it is

[–]SMCAB 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I didn't mean that. Sorry, I see how I typed that. I totally understand they aren't fake.

The people who do the faking illnesses thing are severely mentally ill, and while I understand being angry at a stranger is unhealthy, if I ever ran into one of these people on a plane while they are magically better to go hiking in Colorado every weekend, I'd slap the shit out of them.

[–]grassfed 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

It's okay to have aids