There's a show on Hulu called A Teacher that made me think about the repercussions of a teacher having an illicit affair with a seventeen-year-old student.
While the controversial topic is justifiably subject to condemnation, the show delicately depicted each characters' emotional turmoil and their families in the aftermath.
While many in these types of forbidden relationships don't end well, Redditor Sadebiru was curious to hear from those familiar with the situation and asked:
"[Serious] Redditors who slept with their teachers, what was the fallout after it happened?"
Consequences
These Redditors faced immediate disciplinary consequences for their involvement in their respective intimacies, but one suffered emotional trauma for years.
The Trauma Of Being Used
"My English teacher used me as a sperm donor. She slept with me until she got pregnant and then stopped. She didn't even bother to switch schools so I wouldn't know. This was about 50 years ago and it still crosses my mind and bothers me. So the fallout on my side was being mentally messed up for about 4 years and not being able to have a normal sexual relationship for a long time."
– readit2U
Predatory Soccer Coach
"I had a very inappropriate relationship with the assistant soccer coach. His contract was not renewed the next year and I was the subject of gossip, obviously, and labeled the school sl*t by my classmates. It was a very small private school so there was literally no way to keep anything secret. It was only later on I realized he'd taken advantage of me and was, obviously, a sicko who knew I'd fall for the flattery of an older guy the rest of the girls on the team thought was cute."
Sleeping With The P.E. Teacher
"My cousin Adrian slept with the physical education teacher. It was in the mid 1980s, and it right near the end of the school year. She was immediately transferred and he lost his school reference and was suspended for the remainder of the year, which was like four weeks from memory."
"he was no angel. He was an absolute player and he said he has no ill feelings about the whole thing at all. It didn't affect his schooling any further after that and he said he absolutely seduced her, it wasn't the other way around."
Left "Morally Conflicted" About Taking Action
"It was horrible. I was groomed by my English teacher. He said all the right things and I thought I was emotionally mature enough to handle it. I was not."
"I realized when I was 19 how messed up it was and very quietly told the bishop and the Victims of Sexual Misconduct Councilor (catholic school). My worst fear was that it was going to be a big public scandal and I didn't want my family's name dragged through the mud. So he permanently lost his teaching license."
"He is now dating a woman and I want to reach out to her so bad to her to ask if she knows, but at the same time I want that chapter of my life to end. I'm very morally conflicted."
– DeezMags
Secret Liason
"I had a little intercourse with the replacement French teacher after class, first gay time for him, never did it again. He spent the rest of the year looking at everyone but me in class and dodging every occasion to interact with me, definitively out of shame. But idk if it's because he slept with a student, had gay sex or did it in the classroom we were in atm."
Perspective
"Towards the end of the 70's, I was in a boarding school, and a student in a class above mine slept with one of the kindergarten teachers. He must have been about 16, she in her twenties. Since he was in his final year, he passed out, and from what I last heard, he was doing well in life. She on the other hand was not allowed back to school."
No Fallout
Instead of suffering a fallout per se, the following Redditors reflected on their flirtatious entanglements.
Creepy But Without Incident
"There were no real ramifications."
"In high school I was in a unique study program. Because I was smart enough to do the schoolwork on my own but didn't bother attending class, they let me do all my work at home and I only had to go in once a week to take tests. This let me work more, not have to figure out how to get to school, get As, and learn more. I was being moved around a lot, so for a while I had to do this program at a different school."
"I had to meet with the teacher privately in his office for about an hour. Of course he was a creepy old man so after months of him hitting on me eventually we ended up meeting up one day to screw. I was in the program because I didn't go to school, so while I did my schoolwork I missed the next couple weeks and so he showed up at my work panicked over my lack of attendance. Since he probably got scared over that and the potential ramifications he didn't hit on me anymore afterwards and eventually I moved again and went to a different school."
– AlishaV
Heart Break
"I had a long affair with a college professor. He broke my heart, of course. After about 15 years. I don't think anyone knew except maybe a couple of my friends who never said anything. I was older than my classmates, so it wasn't so bad. Til it was, but that was years later, after I graduated."
Consenting Adults
"Nothing since I was 6 years out of high school by that point."
"We became friends a couple years after I graduated, eventually I told her I had something of a crush on her, she thought it was cute and flattering and sat on it for a while. One day she invites me out and we meet up, have a good time, we leave. Later that night she texts me when I'm work says she's got feelings too and wants to pursue it."
"We go on a couple more dates, see a movie (The Watch for those wondering), make out in her car afterwards like a couple horny teenagers. We do the deed that night, good times."
"Anyway, the age gap was something she couldn't get over, I was 25 and she was 48, different places in our lives with different goals. We still chat though."
The Chinese Teacher
"She was my Chinese teacher at a Confucius Institute, and is almost 10 years older than me, but I always had a minor crush on her."
"When her contract was about to expire and had to leave my country, we went out to dinner. She was leaving for one last trip before returning to China, so this would be the last time I would see her. I decided to take a shot and told her about my crush. We slept together that night."
"There wasn't really a fallout. We are still in contact, but don't really talk about that night."
One And Done
"Gay dude here. It wasn't my teacher, but just a professor at my school. He contacted me via an app. I was feeling desperate, so I invited him over. Did the deed. He messaged a few days later, asking for another session, but I politely declined. Same thing happened a few days later. He took the hint, and I never heard from him again."
Good Memory
The following academic flings were either highly erotic or wound up being blissful.
"Too Riskey To Continue"
"A few people found out and gave me sh*t about it, but really not a big deal for me personally. It was obviously more difficult for her. Rumours got back to other teachers who were not cool with it and she had some awkward conversations to navigate with the headteacher. She admitted we saw each other outside of school but denied anything sexual, which they did not seem to believe. She was told never to be alone with me and had restrictions placed on her ability to act as a chaperone on school trips etc."
"It didn't last as it was obvious it was too risky to continue but there was no bad feeling between us."
The French Teacher
"I slept with my French teacher about 5 years after leaving school, she was just as as I'd always imagined."
"Afternoon Office Nookie"
"It was in college, we slept together before we knew I was in her class. It was one of those lecture only classes with like 200 students in it so it wasn't a big deal."
"No fallout beyond some late afternoon office hook up now and then."
"She would text me pictures of what she was wearing under her outfit that day. I miss being young."
"The Best Thing That Ever Happened"
"I started dating the grad student that was teaching one of my undergrad classes, although because I took time off before going to uni and he started early I was actually older than him."
"The uni had rules against the sort of thing, of course. We weren't found out until the spring quarter, at which time we were told to cease and desist, but by the time this happened we were engaged."
"The administration were happy for us (and we were all friends there, the department was like one big family), so instead they told us that for the rest of the year my exams and juries would have to be handled by another professor and that our class sessions would be recorded to be sure there was no funny business or nepotism."
"20 years on, we're still married - it was the best thing that ever happened to either of us!"
In rare cases, some students have glorified their dalliances with teachers and bragged about their conquests among their peers.
Some – as those participating in this thread – expressed the absence of fallout or lack of emotional trauma.
People Break Down What They Learned From Their First Relationship
Reddit user Frero_s asked: 'What did you learn from your first relationship?'
Every love story, good or bad, has a lesson embedded in it.
And just like life in general, love always comes full circle.
We all end up back at the beginning.
My first relationship left enough scars for my therapist to send her her kids to college.
There is always a takeaway.
Too often, we ignore them.
If you haven't already, go back and dig a little deeper.
Redditor Frero_s wanted to discuss all the lessons they learned from the people they dated in the beginning, so they asked:
"What did you learn from your first relationship?"
My first love taught me to watch out for love.
Next to Godliness
snow white cleaning GIFGiphy"Compatibility with household cleanliness and organization habits is far more important than you think. Relationships where one partner cares a lot more about the household than the other will result in both parties resenting each other."
EdgyGoose
Firsts
“'When someone shows you who they are, believe them, the first time.' -Maya Angelou, several years after I learned that lesson the hard way, but I could never phrase it better."
"Going hand in hand with that, you can’t fix someone else, especially someone who’s given up on themselves. You can only put that kind of energy and effort into yourself and expect to see returns. That one took me a couple or three ill-advised relationships, truthfully."
Some_Specialist_5052
The One
"You're going to get your heart broken sometimes. That my friends is life."
MrDadBod
"I prefer to think that most relationships will end, but that doesn’t make them failures. You can learn things and grow as a person in many relationships, even ones that end poorly."
"You can make mistakes by staying in them too long, ending them too soon, treating your partner badly, or allowing yourself to be treated badly, but calling them failures is such a limited perspective. Most people that find 'the one' probably would have 'failed' in that relationship if they had no prior relationships to learn from."
whomeverwiz
Not Enough
"It's not enough to love someone; the way that love is expressed matters a lot. For a great relationship, you have to love your partner in the way they need to be loved."
NoodleWeird
"And this takes practice too! Patience at the beginning of a relationship is important. Don't just assume you know each other from the inside out in the beginning, and take time to understand where each person is coming from."
ChimkenFinger
"That's the principle of the Five Love Languages. Do and say the things of the love language your partner most connects to."
LucidWebMarketing
Let it Go
let it go GIFGiphy"That some people aren’t meant for you. Don’t wait for them to be somebody they aren’t and don’t try to change them to fit what you want them to be."
Elegant-Vehicle7314
The only change we can focus on is our own.
As a couple, it's about changing together.
Otherwise move on.
Lies
Three Little Pigs Wow GIF by LaffGiphy"Sometimes the words 'I love you' don’t actually mean much when the person saying them doesn’t believe in those words anymore."
GodofWar1234
Perfect
"Well, I didn't have my first relationship until I was 30 which ended up in marriage and eventually divorce. The biggest lesson I took from it was that waiting for that 'perfect' person was a complete waste of time. I had a very difficult time dating when I was younger. I put too much pressure on each date for it to be something special."
"The marriage taught me that I could actually be desirable and gave me confidence going forward. The divorce, on the other hand, made me a much more guarded and uncaring person. Turns out the uncaring part made it easier to go on dates (less anxiety) but harder for them to mean anything later on."
Boromn
Thank you, Katie...
"Make your own decisions about what you want out of life your instead of those that line up with what she wants out of her life."
"Almost followed a girl to Portland, OR, and took a job I didn't really want because I wanted to make 'us' work. So happy she cared enough about me to end things and tell me to find my own path. A wife, a successful military career, and a bunch of kids later, I'm eternally grateful things turned out the way they did. Thank you, Katie."
thethrillamanila
Want better for YOU!
"To never chase or beg anyone to stay."
DarlinggD
"My first gf broke up with me over text right after she had left my place, walked her home even though we were both upset at each other. She refused to talk about it in person and then got mad at me for not fighting to keep her. I think I dodged a bullet because I don't think any relationship will work if one party refuses to communicate, uses breaking up to try to manipulate, or breaks up over text. All 3 in this case."
LumberWand
Under Pressure
Fuck You Season 4 GIF by FriendsGiphy"Someone can be a really good friend, doesn’t mean they’ll be a good partner. Also not to give in to pressure from your partner on things you believe in."
Rebel_0518
See your worth
"Apparently I get too attached which is odd to me cause I’m just trying to care and I suppose it comes off in a weird way. I’m not gonna stop 'cause I know someone will see my worth and appreciate every second of it when they find me."
Odd_Imagination_6617
"Please don’t ever stop caring. There are enough emotionally detached people in the world; so much so that they’ll have you feeling like you’re the oddball."
Queasy_Thought_6532
Big lessons here.
Relationships take way more than love.
Learn it young.
Being able to work and make enough money to pay bills and get groceries is harder and more important than ever, but finding a good quality job where someone feels appreciated is being to feel as rare as, well, seeing a unicorn.
Ironically, it's the workplaces you'd want to avoid that are the exact ones who are seeking a unicorn themselves.
Redditor Zdvj asked:
"What are some job-posting red flags that scream 'Stay away'?"
"We're Looking For a Unicorn."
"Any use of the word 'Rockstar.'"
- Jsmith0730
"Or 'Ninja.'"
- Pumpkinspicepolice
"Also, 'Guru.'"
- nocolon
"Don't forget 'Wizard.'"
- ilikewc3
A Can-Do Attitude
"I’m finding a 'can-do attitude' to be problematic recently."
- chamomilky
The False Interview
"I agreed to a Zoom interview, showed up looking professional, and noticed eight other guys attending as well."
"The guy who called me said, 'Okay, guys, the presentation starts in 10 minutes; take notes because there will be questions at the end.'"
"I noped right out then and there."
- jimes00
"This happened to me once. They advertised for sales agents for home appliances."
"When I got there, it was a warehouse full of people who all thought they had a job interview, but it was a demonstration for one of those water companies. It was incredibly awkward."
- ishouldbefolding
"Anytime you enter a Zoom job interview,' and someone starts off with, 'Hello, everyone,' just disconnect immediately, because they are wasting your time."
- Effingehh
Signs of a High Turnover Rate
"'Urgently hiring multiple candidates.'"
- smurfsundermybed
"AKA: the entire last crew got p**sed and quit."
- miraculous-
To Be Determined
"'Salary to be discussed.'"
"Every single interview I've gone for that didn't disclose the salary upfront was severely underpaid."
- Mobile_Prune_3207
"When I was younger and recruiters reached out to me without a salary chat, I just took the interviews being naïve."
"Now I’ve learned the call doesn’t go any further until I know the salary band."
- toronto_programmer
Competitive for Whom?
"'Competitive wages.'"
- ACaffeinatedWandress
"Competitive pay means your pay will be competing against your bills."
- Random_Guy_47
A Fast-Paced Environment
"Fast-paced environment. That usually means absolute chaos with no one in charge."
- Spellflinger2019
"Translation: 'It’s so f**king busy and stressful that multiple people recently quit.'"
- md22mdrx
Team Player Culture
"'Work hard, play hard,' meaning, 'We’re all alcoholics.'"
- PaintedLady5519
"And even if they aren't alcoholics, they still schedule a lot of evening and weekend get-togethers that are unofficially mandatory."
- notthesedays
"And if you don't show up, you are 'not a team player.'"
- OldMork
Flexible Schedules
"And even if they aren't, they schedule a lot of evening and weekend get-togethers that are unofficially mandatory."
- missypierce
Degree and Pay Disagreement
"'Bachelor's degree required; starting pay $12.50 per hour.'"
- DeathSpiral321
A Variety of Factors
"A job listing written in all caps."
"A litany of technologies listed."
"'No job hoppers!'"
"If they ever suggest that you should care 'more about the work than compensation,' no, you shouldn't."
"'Some weekends' means, 'every weekend.'"
- template009
Start-Up Culture
"'Start-up culture,' means, 'a disorganized hot mess of egos."
- LeSmeg47
A Bubbly Personality
"Must have a bubbly personality."
"F**k off."
- silentwhim
"I wonder if this is code for, 'We want to hire an attractive young woman.'"
- beka13
"That's EXACTLY what that means."
- VivaLaCon88
"We're Family."
"'We are a family' companies expect you to be fine with getting underpaid and doing endless overtime because hey, they order food once in a while for the team, which is soo cool..."
- Zitson5150
From the Other Side of the Desk
"My job partially includes job placement. I went on a tour today with one of the higher-ups, and she used the word 'nightmare' several times to describe some things. Then she was complaining that they can’t get anyone to hire on or stay hired on, and that they had eight candidates file and get screened, and that day of, only two showed up."
"I wanted to ask so badly what they were paying, but I knew I wouldn’t be able to control my reaction, so I refrained."
"Then she complained later that people 'didn’t want to work, wanted to take days off during the middle of the week, and didn’t want to work over 40 hours.'"
"I was getting nauseous. I don’t want want to deal with that s**t, either, especially for half of my pay that I get now. Not to mention dealing with deadlines and back-breaking work."
"On top of that, they were b***hing about it from a nice office position. You don’t have to work in the factory with no climate control, lifting heavy s**t, or dealing with all the other countless bulls**t. You get to sit in a nice office and gossip with the other office people while making three times what those line workers get."
"I don’t know if I have the heart to place people in these positions."
- Jay-G
While we all need to make money and have a job in order to make that happen, we all deserve to have standards for our workplaces, just like the standards for how we are treated in our other relationships.
Though some of these characteristics have been on job listings for a long time, some of these tactics and phrases are pretty new and something to look out for, for those who haven't been job hunting for a while.
Flirtation can be a very confusing sport.
On you one hand, you want to get the attention of someone you're keen on getting to know better romantically.
On the other hand, you don't want to come off as a stalker and creepy.
Sometimes, your friendliness can also be interpreted as a come-on.
Subtlety is key, but then you don't want to send mixed messages either.
What's the right balance when it comes to sending the right signal to someone–whether it's being friendly or if you're on the prowl to find love?
The truth is, there's no handbook on how to successfully get someone's attention without them knowing your true intentions.
Curious to explore this from one gender's perspective, Redditor Bright-Dig-6665 asked:
"Guys, how do we know if you are flirting or just being friendly?"
So far, things are not off to a great start.
Getting Nowhere
"If it makes you feel better we have no clue either."
– Axeman1721
"So I'm confused, you're confused."
– OP
Just Having A Good Time
"Sometimes I'll just be interacting with girls and i find out later they took it as flirting. Like, I'm just making jokes and having a good time. I'm not trying to put out interest or anything."
– Funkeysismychildhood
Blockbuster Date
"The only time I've successfully 'picked up' a woman at work was entirely by accident."
"Back in the old days the only way to watch Battlestar Galactica was to rent it from a physical location, and they had a limit on how many DVDs you could rent at once. So I would go there every other day to rent the next episodes and binge them ASAP."
"The woman that worked there assumed I was just making an excuse to see her and gave me her number. She was definitely cute and we dated for a couple months, but I genuinely was just going in for battlestar Galactica and was too sleep-deprived and hyper-focused on the next episodes to even notice she was there until she started chatting me up."
– TheDrunkenMisandrist
Blunt Truth
"Man... I told a guy that I found him attractive the other day."
"Still no response, so I guess just saying it straight up doesn't work either 🙃"
– DecadeOfLurking
These gentlemen had no desire to get together with the ladies mentioned, yet, signals were misinterpreted.
Nervous Energy
"This happens quite a lot."
"When you are 'focused' on a woman, you often get nervous, you blush, you can't find the right words … while when you are not interested, you are funnier, more relaxed – therefore also more desirable by most potential partners."
– koi88
The Very First Time
"Lost my virginity in a similar 'by accident' fashion. First month of college, and I was staying after lectures at campus and studying with her. It was fun, and she was helpful. We sometimes had a beer or went for a walk round the campus for a break, but my only thought was that we had a good time and were productive. Next thing I know, we are kissing and going to her place. After the fact, some friends in class were saying that it was obvious that I was staying longer at campus just for her, but I honestly just wanted to get ahead at studies."
– Tommer53
Going Nowhere Fast
"I remember I had a girl who was just a supremely good friend one time. I loved talking to her because at the time she was one of the only girls I’d ever met who seemed to just genuinely enjoy my sense of humor. I could say whatever dumb thing that popped into my head and she would just die laughing. Never thought anything of it until about a year into the friendship she asked me if I was flirting with her. I told her I didn’t think so, but it completely changed the way I looked at our interactions together from that point on. After that I moved to a different part of the country but we kept talking like normal. Only now instead of a fun friendly banter it became an agonizingly slow build up of sexual tension.."
"To answer your question we have no f'king clue what we’re doing 99% of the time."
– sempercardinal57
Finally, some vague insight.
It's A Thin Line
"We're confused before, during and after it's happening too. I try and be friendly and polite with everyone and occasionally they will be attractive."
"I think it's only flirting if the woman starts it. Cause otherwise, for me at least it's far too thin a line between flirting and being a creep to a woman who's just having a conversation with a dude."
"Also, I personally suck at receiving signals so unless the flirting is comically animated I won't know what's going on."
– Elementium
Depends On Dating Status
"If we have a gf, it's probably not flirting. If we don't have a gf, it's probably flirting."
"Or in my case with my mates, we'll say the most sexual sh*t to each other as a joke with no sexual tension."
"So it's like asking, what flavour is a neutron star. Good luck."
– CrustyJuggIerz
All About Context
"I would say that the line between 'flirting' and not flirting is very blurred. Like there is context where youre definetly not flirting and context where youre definetly flirting. But there is also context where you arent really flirting but actually you kinda are."
"Like when you talk to the cute cashier, but you only talk about how you wanna pay in cash, but you make a small joke about it to make her smile. Thats kinda flirting, but is it really flirting? Lmao"
– notAgainFFS01
Be An Observer
"Compare how they act when they are around someone of opposite sex."
"I’m way more smiley and energetic when I’m chatting with someone I’m interested in."
– AtomicBlastCandy
I teed off a number of girls back in college, before I was out of the closet.
They mistook my friendliness for flirting.
I guess when you have amorous feelings for someone, you see what they want to see in the hopes of manifesting mutual admiration.
When that doesn't happen, resentment sets in.
It was very confusing when I was still figuring out my sexuality and having some of my closest female friends giving me the cold shoulder or losing touch with me altogether, all because I didn't respond in a way they were hoping.
My point is, I still have no clue how anyone can tell if I'm flirting or being friendly when I'm around them. No wonder I've become an introvert after so much social confusion post-college.
It's hard not to get worn out and dispirited by the seemingly unending conspiracy people continue to promote.
It should be noted that even the people who roll their eyes at those who believe these conspiracies might actually believe a conspiracy theory of their own.
More often than not, these aren't the sort of theories that could bring harm to others, though they still might not share their belief in these theories with others.
Even their closest friends.
"What is the craziest conspiracy theory that you secretly believe in?"
Or The Singers Just Wanted To Travel?
"Ireland began deliberately entering bad songs into the Eurovision Song Contest in the 90s."
"After winning it consecutively for a few years it began getting too expensive to host so they sabotaged their chances of winning it."- Houlilala
They Weren't That Cute...
"Build-A-Bear came out with a bunch of new toys that were all the same shade of yellow right after their Minion launch severely underperformed."
"They had stockpiled yellow fabric in anticipation of the Minion toys selling well and getting a big production run and had to find a way to use it all."- everlasting1der
Be Careful What You Ask...
"I believe r/AskReddit is actually a data farming operation that is being used to feed AI algorithms in order to produce more effective propaganda, social control mechanisms, etc… but what do I know…" - Sackerson-502
Search Engine Instagram GIF by GiflyticsGiphyBut Where Do The Beans Go?
"This is dumb, but my mother believes that the coffee grinder machines at the gas station are fake..as in they make a lot of noise just to make you think what your getting is fresh coffee."
"When it's 'grinding' the beans, you never see the beans move."
"We called the gas station and the employee said he doesn't know how the coffee makers work since a 3rd party refills them up or changes the flavors."
"I've called her crazy but slowly i'm getting sucked into it, simply because it's fun."- james_castrello2
Which Would Be More Embarassing?
"Paul Pierce sh*t his pants during the 2008 NBA Finals."
"He sat on the floor apparently injured until he was taken off the court in a wheelchair and returned minutes later completely fine."
"Sitting on the floor and leaving in a wheelchair stopped anybody from seeing his dookie stains."- pierremanslappy
paul pierce GIFGiphyNot Exactly Helping Anyone...
"Micro plastics are making people dumber."- blackbeautybyseven
When They Could Broaden Their Client Lists...
"That the weight loss industry sets people up to fail, because if their products worked they wouldn't have return customers."- Funky_chicken89
What's Important, He's Out There...
"It’s not the cameras: Bigfoot is blurry."- QuillDidNothingWrong
Bigfoot Sasquatch GIF by MOODMANGiphyThe World May Never Know...
"North Korea had an underground nuclear testing site collapse."
"Kim Jong Un then went to China."
"North Korea declared in their state news paper that they have perfected the nuke, and will no longer do any more tests."
"My theory is that Kim Jong Un went to China to ask for help fixing their nuclear disaster."
"Xi told him to deal with it himself and to stop playing with nukes."
"Kim came back to N.Korea like a beaten dog."- Initial-Finger-1235
What Lurks Beneath Midtown
"Occultist architect Ivo Shandor outfitted most of the buildings in downtown Manhattan with a specific alloy which, when activated under the right conditions, would summon Gozer the Gozerian."- Rogue_Wallet
A Connection To Brag About?
"This is dumb lmao, there is a man who lived and worked as a teacher where I'm from in NC."
"His name was Peter Stuart Ney."
"It was during the early 1800s, there's a local legend that lives on that this man was in fact one of Napoleon's right hand men, and fought alongside him even."
"It's been disproven apparently by the French government over the years, it's just funny how this guy was supposedly executed in 1815, just to show up over in NC as a teacher with the same surname and military expertise just 1 year later."
"They say he was a skilled fencer, and he had precise military knowledge even though he was just a teacher for the local school system."
"On his deathbed he supposedly confessed to being one Marshal Michel Ney, the 'Bravest of the Brave', according to Napoleon."
"Wild story but part of me just fully f*cking believes it's crazy enough to be true."
"Records indicated he had shown up in Charleston SC in 1816, just a year after this Michel Ney was executed in France."
"Idk, it's just a crazy story."- actuallyjayft
pizza emoji GIFGiphy...Aside From The Fact That Fairy Tales Are Public Domain...
"Disney only do remakes to retain copyright on the stories."- AndPlagueFlowers
Likely True For Some Of Them...
"All those crazy Boomers have lead poisoning."- octavialovesart
Bodes Well For Online Dating Too...
"The Empty Internet Conspiracy."
"A large part of the population of the internet and, thus, a large part of interactions on the internet are completely fake."
"Just faceless chat bots tooling around; generating social media posts, YouTube comments, and opinion articles on news sites."
"With the rise of AI generated essays and research papers, it's becoming easier to draw lines between those papers and how random news articles can read in a way in which a human would never write."- Karmit_Da_Fruge
Internet Netneutrality GIF by Ryan SeslowGiphyAs long as people keep these beliefs to themselves, and don't try to promote them, then they have every right to believe these rather dubious stories are true.
And who knows, some of these stories are so far-fetched, perhaps the only way they came to prominence was because they actually happened.