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Brain Cancer Hoax refers to a message posted to reddit's r/ama, expressing that the OP has brain cancer, and has 3 weeks to live. The post reads:

I'm a 14 year who has brain cancer and is going to die within 3 weeks AMA
-I was diagnosed at 10 years old and was estimated to have 5-15 years left, but the tumor started growing more rapidly and after I got frequent migraines and was throwing up it was revealed that the tumor has rapidly grown and spread. AMA
-Edit: currently in hospital rn after I started noticing it's becoming quite difficult to move around efficiently. I may have to stop the AMA soon if I'm no longer able to process language and/or move around. Or I may have a family member do it for me. I'll keep you guys informed. though I won't be active for a few days.
-Edit: sorry guys, but this is fake as fuck. I'm 14, but yah I love karma lol

It was posted on June 29, 2020, and quickly received boatloads of sympathy comments, karma,
and over a hundred awards, racking up to over $300US. After the 2nd edit, the OP (unnamed) received tons of backlash, and death threats. The body text itself has since been deleted, along with the OP's account. They later posted a message regarding the hoax, blatantly retorting toward the angry redditors, rather than apologizing. Shown below, is the 2nd post by the OP, and a few comments from those who were mad. It's also worth noting what the OP said about the internet being 'gullible', and believing everything they come across.

Memes

The post gained a fair bit of notability on the web, mostly the reddit community. Posts from r/dankmemes and r/copypasta shown below.

AITA for pretending to have brain cancer?
I [14M] was bored in quarantine, so I decided to post to r/AMA a post where I pretended I was a 14 year old with brain cancer, then reveal it's fake. The post blew up and got many awards, then I revealed it's fake. I expected everyone to laugh and leave it behin but now I'm hated all across reddit and I got death threats. So, AITA?

I'm a 14 year old who has taken a shit a hour ago and another one is coming within a few hours AMA
I was sitting on the toilet at 14 years old and was estimated to take a shit within 5-15 minutes, but the turd started growing more rapidly and after i got frequent sounds from my belly and a bubble feeling in my butt it was revealed that the turd has rapidly grown and is coming out. AMA
edit: epic guys but this is real as fuck, I'm 14 and I shit

I’m a 14 year old who has beat my meat consecutively for the past 17 hours, AMA
About like 30-45 minutes ago, I beat the fuck out of my dick so god damn hard for almost 17 hours, that I can't even feel my left leg, my left leg has went totally numb. And, my dick has also went totally numb to the point that it feels fucking weird when I go & take a piss.