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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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.