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What is the strangest rumor you have heard about yourself?

There have been two rumors about myself that I've seen on Quora—one was kind of amusing, the other was rather disturbing.Rumor #1: I work for Quora.Believe it or not, at least two different people thought that I was actually employed by Quora.It all started when I answered a question about what advice I had for a new Quorans. The OP of the question didn't like my answer and kind of flipped out.As you can see, she deleted her part of the conversation, but basically, she saw "salesperson" in my credential (I have been in sales, but never for Quora), and thought I worked for them.My answer was about being different and not using profanity in your answers, and I think she was afraid I would get her in trouble with Quora for cussing.She even went so far as to try and get her question deleted by repeatedly vandalising it.As you can see, her question edit wasn't really a classy move on her part. I'm not sure if she was angry or panicked.Then, several months later, I received this message in my inbox:I don't know what this person saw, but I do not work for Quora!Rumor #2: I believe the earth is flat.This one got just plain frustrating.I wrote: Daniel Quatro's answer to Why do they say the earth is a ball when it's really flat? awhile back, and apparently my answer was a bit too nuanced for people, or else they thought I was the OP of the question.That, or they thought they were answering the question by leaving comments under my answer. Either way, it got ridiculous.Feast your eyes on some of the comments I received:It took two answer edits in which I stated in no uncertain terms that I believe the earth is round before those types of comments stopped.Even then, I received this comment the other day on a completely unrelated answer!(Sigh)This person later admitted that they had read my answer and subsequent edits, but they saw my name at the top and thought I asked the question.So, to hopefully quash these rumors once and for all, let me state thatI do not, as of 11/18/2018, work for Quora, and I never have before.I believe the earth is round. Full stop.Thank you.::

What if the weirdest or strangest rumour you've ever heard?

Oh my, I'm really tempted to say it's “God created this earth and all the creatures within” but I don't want to die at the hands of whoever will get offended (FYI, I'm not an atheist).I think the weirdest has to be Prachi is really clever at manipulating people. Umm… excuse me? I didn't know I could do that. Help me do it?If you do not know me (chances are, you don't) then let me specify that I'm a simple person. I can see through most scams people try to pull off by playing with your feelings. But I cannot “manipulate people”. Persuade them or convince them? I try. And succeed to sometimes. But manipulate? Nah. That's somewhere I never want to have to go.There was a girl in my class who said this to me because her friends wouldn't talk to her after she'd misbehaved with them and me. I was friends with them for a lesser amount of time than she was and she assumed I had done something. Really? I'm not flattering myself but I've never had the time for such shit.And she said this to people, who thankfully refused to believe her. But that made me think, do I try to manipulate people?I figured out I don't. To manipulate someone is to control them like they were in your hands, to play them, to exploit them. I've never done that. Ever.Then there's this story, maybe far more interesting than my mundane personal story. I'm not a hundred percent sure whether this rumour is false but it is a rumour nonetheless.At our med school coaching, our physics teacher used to be the favourite. More so for girls. He is much older than us (I'd think around 45?) but he has the charming personality anyone can fall for. So, many girls swooned over him.A girl from the adjacent class went up to our teacher in the free time when he was alone and asked him to be her boyfriend. He told her that he didn't do such things with students.I don't think this could be true and hope it shouldn't but everyone who told me this vouched for it, so who knows. I was more startled by my teacher's response though. He didn't reprimand her, okay. But he could've brought to her notice, the age difference and the fact that he has a wife and two kids. I think he enjoys being the centre of attention. But I laughed really hard on hearing the story, so, eh.

Who was the strangest teacher you've had?

Mr. B, my English teacher last year, was, is, synesthetic, eccentric, and very, very ADHD.He’s a short guy with white hair and a beard. There are never-ending comparisons made between him and either a gnome, or Carl, from Up.He has a cat named Sylvester that regularly visits his classroom. The cat actually belongs to someone who lives next to our school. Sylvester started showing up very soon after Mr. B’s own cat died. He keeps cat treats in a drawer in his desk.When I had him last year, nothing extraordinary happened, but I’ve heard older students tell tales of those few, fateful days when he forgets to take Ritalin (or whatever ADHD drug he uses). He’s thrown a chair (this actually happened last year, just in a different period), bounced up and down on top of desks while explaining grammar, and thrown a bag into the air to illustrate a point. There was a thermos in the bag. It hit a light on the ceiling, which promptly broke.He tells great stories and goes off on tangents constantly, somehow always managing to explain teach the lesson anyways. If you miss points on a test, but you successfully convince him that your answer is correct through a Socratic debate, he’ll give you the point back. Our final, an open-book exam on The Call Of the Wild was designed to be 50% actual test, 50% debate. It was great. We studied up on ideas that related to Jack London and the book, such as Naturalism (man is a beast), Nietzcheism, and Marxism (mush, comrade). We were allowed to argue for each other, and we had to use convincing evidence from the book. No one’s ever gotten 100% on the first go, but after debates, a rare few manage to score a perfect A+. I wasn’t one. It was the most fun test I’ve ever taken.He also has the kind of synesthesia where he tastes words, so he hates the word ‘moist’ even more than the rest of us.In short, he’s awesome.

What is the craziest rumor you have ever heard about yourself?

You know who Dylan is?Yeah, I heard he was a fuckboy.-If that’s true my darling…..He is without a doubt, the worst fuckboy I’ve ever heard of.Alright boys and girls, it’s time for some serious self deprecation. The best kind of deprecation.-Guess how many chicks I’ve dated?I’ll give you a hint: It’s more than one, but less than three.As for the number of chicks that will admit that they dated me, you take the previous number, and subtract the number of crushed hearts inside my chest.For you slow folks out there, I’ve dated two chicks, and only one publicly acknowledges that we ever dated. The other acts like she doesn’t even know who I am.-You have no idea what that does to my self confidence. The self hate….. I can barely get out of bed in the morning. The feeling of her utter indifference weighs upon me, and makes me feel like human garbage….-Ha jk, I’m awesome as hell, I don’t give a fuck.-I’m just saying, I’m not exactly stud-muffin supreme.I mean, I just typed “stud-muffin supreme” on a fairly obscure website that I’ve devoted hundreds of hours to. How many times do you think I’ve gotten laid?If you said 10,000 times, you are absolutely correct, because I’m awesome as hell, and writing is a massive turn on, amirite ladies?-But seriously though. Little-Jimmy-6th-grade-ass has probably got more action than me. There’s a reason my right bicep is noticeably bigger than my left bicep.-It’s from playing the guitar a lot, you filthy animal.Also, constantly jerking off in the shower while crying.-But I’m just saying, if my Call of Duty mission was “Become a fuckboy” I’d get hit with the ol’:Mission failed, we’ll get em’ next time.-Which is coincidentally exactly what I said the first time I attempted sexual relations with a dishwasher, and instead of a squeaky clean dong, I ended up dickless.Anyways, I’ve got no idea how the rumor got started. Like deadass, there’s no reason anyone should be ticked at me. I’m an image of perfection and holiness.Or maybe not. Not. But whatever. Even if I deserved it, they could have at least come up with a more accurate rumor.Maybe like:You know who Dylan is?Yeah, I heard he lost his dick in a dishwasher accident.-Now we’re talking.