The Lying Disease

[Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!]

Buck posted this on another site a few days ago...
It is sadly fascinating and I wanted to share it. It's about people who fake illnesses (such as cancer) online.

But Valerie didn't confront Beth with suspicions that she was faking her sickness. Instead, to preserve her own health and sanity, she abruptly stopped answering Beth's e-mails, texts, and phone calls. "Her lying was so alien as a concept, the idea of outing her horrified me," she says. "Part of me thought, 'There's something horribly wrong with her, and if she is being abused, I don't want to make life harder on her.'"
In response, Valerie says Beth went "totally ape****."

http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/the-lying-disease/Content?oid=15337239

 

[Point of Order]

Could that story be any longer?

 

[Captain Obvious]

Articles in alternative weeklies aren't known for their brevity.