Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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an eleven-year internet identity hoax, complete with 71 Facebook profiles, 11 fake children (one with cancer), one faked marriage, and, naturally, one faked death
And given how old she is now, wouldn't she have been, like, thirteen or something when the whole thing began?
Does being a med student mean she has easy access to speed or meth? I honestly can't imagine any other way she would have time for all of this!
And given how old she is now, wouldn't she have been, like, thirteen or something when the whole thing began?
Well, I only read the first couple posts on that site, but it basically said she was 13 or 14 when it got started with the first profile of the guy...and that you can tell from the bands he listed as favorites that it was really ghost-written by a 13 year old girl. Essentially. Snark away!
it basically said she was 13 or 14 when it got started
I don't know that many 13-year-olds who would have the patience or dedication to do that. I guess the point is that not many well-adjusted 13-year-olds would.
Yeah, apparently it's not quite 11 years, but 8--she started in 2004, when she was 14 or so.
I'm always fascinated by this sort of thing, because it's not just a fake person, it's entire faked families: husbands/wives, children, college degrees, photos, blah blah blah, and they always have MORE DRAMA than anyone else. I mean, seriously: look at that business with all the kids.
Taken all in one lump, it's easy to say they should have spotted a fake, but it was clearly incremental over time, and distributed over a bunch of different social networking sites. Hell, Gus pulled a fast one on us that way--he built up the stories slowly, over a couple of years. And even so, a few people suspected him of being not entirely truthful.
Well, people do have unusual stories.
Exactly.
And we certainly do have some unusual stories among ourselves here.
Wow. That's entirely phenomenal.
Imagine being one of the parents of the kids whose pictures were stolen to make up her family album? Especially the sick child? That must feel awful.
And even so, a few people suspected him of being not entirely truthful.
But I don't recall anyone saying anything until after he "died." I think it's a terribly difficult thing to confront someone about unless you're *absolutely* sure you're right, or you don't care about the fallout from being wrong.