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Alan Smithee, name used by film directors who wish to disown a project. Andreas Karavis, nonexistent Greek poet. Araki Yasusada, fake Hiroshima survivor and author; B. Traven, adventure novelist. Borat Sagdiyev, a fictitious Kazakhstani journalist created by Sacha Baron Cohen, see also Ali G and Brüno Gehard.
Experiencing vision loss in one eye after being fired despite having normal eye functions on physical exam Factitious disorder imposed on another , also referred to as Munchausen's by proxy, occurs when an individual induces symptoms or feigns illness in someone else to receive some form of psychological satisfaction for themselves. [ 52 ]
Heard joke once: Man goes to doctor. Says he's depressed. Says life seems harsh and cruel. Says he feels all alone in a threatening world where what lies ahead is vague and uncertain. Doctor says, 'Treatment is simple. Great clown Pagliacci is in town tonight. Go and see him. That should pick you up.' Man bursts into tears.
In this specific instance, after being told by his wife that if he left she would stay, the narcissistic husband threw up at a party, and made the wife look like a neglectful partner.
Cartoon of the would-be explorer Louis de Rougemont, who claimed to have had adventures in Australasia. An impostor (also spelled imposter) [1] is a person who pretends to be somebody else, often through means of disguise, deceiving others by knowingly falsifying one or more aspects of their identity. [1]
A pen name may be used if a writer's real name is likely to be confused with the name of another writer or notable individual, or if the real name is deemed unsuitable. Authors who write both fiction and non-fiction, or in different genres, may use different pen names to avoid confusing their readers.
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It starts out with realistic flu symptoms including its first stage being a fever, and then progresses through more fictional nonsensical stages until the infected victim recovers after the seventh (a submissive suggestible stage which Leo insists on being called the "must say yes" stage): "wild rat man" – the infected victim turning feral ...