You can just read the comments here, though the original question has been removed by the mods for some inexplicable reason: https://old.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1n5qeay/people_w...

The first anecdote is an obvious lie, as is usually the case with Reddit anecdotes. I read no further.

With apologies to @Anon84 for being blunt, it is disappointing to come across this sort of nonsense on HN.