When I lie, it’s most often a lie of omission. Are you more of a falsehood teller? Or do you lie out of ignorance? Or is there a particular subject you’re likely to lie about? Or a person who you tell most of your lies to?
Do you always tell the truth? If yes what type of lie was that?
“I’m fine.”
“Yeah, I’m fine”
I’m a big fan of the super obvious lie. It makes people think you’re really bad at lying, and they overestimate their ability to detect your lies, so they let their guard down.
I’m good, how are you?
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“No it’s fine. I don’t mind.”
I lie on the internet fairly regularly as weird precaution to make myself less identifiable. I don’t want any of my accounts to link to eachother, let alone back to me
Approved. Just make it a good and enticing story. I don’t care so much if it’s true 😉
That’s my sentiment as well. I take everything I read with a grain of salt, so should everyone else. I come to comment sections for entertainment, not facts.
At work, I oversimplify things to the point that they’re no longer strictly true all the time.
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Most common lies I tell are usually just to stop people focussing on a certain part of a story or anecdote. They’re technically lies but aren’t relevant.
Lets say i’m talking about my weekend to a friend or colleauge. I mention that on friday night in a certain bar or location something happened. Well if I know that person is going to pick up on the location eg: “Why were you there”.
I don’t really care they know I just cba with my story being picked apart for something that’s not really that relevant, I was just setting the scene.
I do this to keep stories or conversations moving as well, but I more often do so to avoid talking about something I don’t feel like sharing with them, because I know it’s going to draw more questions and I just don’t care to give that information or have that conversation.
"I am a happy and engaged employee "
I never tell the truth.
That’s a lie!
No I’m telling the truth.
How long will this verbal paradox persist? “Indefinitely” said I, for it will eternally bounce between truth and lies until time itself collapses under the weight of its own recursion. The paradox, unaffected by the death of time will persist nonetheless.
That depends. Do exaggerations, errors in perspective, adapting to others’ perspective, and literary devices count as lying? If we’re talking classic lies, I don’t remember the last time I did that if I ever did. If we’re being more broad, though, you could say I beat around the bush a lot. Shame is a terrible attribute in society. People often ask about my mental health, how I’m doing, the quality of my day, and so on. Things along those lines. And I don’t want to say “well I existentially don’t care” or this kind of thing happens, so I say stuff like “I’m top of the morning” because I don’t have to betray what’s below the surface.
“They’re not in the office right now, can I put you to their voicemail?”
I like to tell “sexy” lies, like “I just had sex”, or “people want to have sex with me”
People do, you just don’t know it
I’m just joking, but I appreciate the positivity
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