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Lying when telling the truth would be easier
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This concept is actually harder to explain than I originally thought.
I'll give two examples:
My friend asks me and a group of friends to go to a park on the other side of town several times during the day. It's about a minute from his girlfriend's house. It's clear that he wants to go and see her. So why lie when your friends would be happier if you asked 'Can I quickly go and see my girlfriend?'
A former work friend of mine got dragged 70 miles out of her way to go to some meeting. It was only for people who were under-performing and my work friend was doing great. The boss says 'Oh you can pick up x and y on the way'... x and y are obviously not their names - they also do not possess a car... Why does my ex boss insist on lying to my work friend saying they have to attend the meeting.. Why not just say 'Would it be okay if you gave x and y a lift as they don't have a car and are struggling to make a meeting that could be beneficial to them?'
This angers me so much
I'll give two examples:
My friend asks me and a group of friends to go to a park on the other side of town several times during the day. It's about a minute from his girlfriend's house. It's clear that he wants to go and see her. So why lie when your friends would be happier if you asked 'Can I quickly go and see my girlfriend?'
A former work friend of mine got dragged 70 miles out of her way to go to some meeting. It was only for people who were under-performing and my work friend was doing great. The boss says 'Oh you can pick up x and y on the way'... x and y are obviously not their names - they also do not possess a car... Why does my ex boss insist on lying to my work friend saying they have to attend the meeting.. Why not just say 'Would it be okay if you gave x and y a lift as they don't have a car and are struggling to make a meeting that could be beneficial to them?'
This angers me so much
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I'm not really bothered, its not really a lie either, its just another way of saying it.
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I get what you are saying but it would bother me they are just beating around the bush, which I do say could get annoying if the do it a lot.
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They could just tell the truth. It's simpler.
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Sometime the truth hurts , so lying id better
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in some cases I agree with you. stuff like you said it would be easier if you told the truth. however some things lying is easier. for some people that know me, they know I live a secret life... my TTG/xbox life. using Skype and snapchat even texting to communicate with some of my friends. my parents are 100% against that, so I just dont tell them. if they ask who im talking to I lie to stay out of trouble. im pretty deep in this lie and can't really go back now. my biggest fear is my mom yelling, so I avoid it. can you blame me?
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-Snowflake wrote in some cases I agree with you. stuff like you said it would be easier if you told the truth. however some things lying is easier. for some people that know me, they know I live a secret life... my TTG/xbox life. using Skype and snapchat even texting to communicate with some of my friends. my parents are 100% against that, so I just dont tell them. if they ask who im talking to I lie to stay out of trouble. im pretty deep in this lie and can't really go back now. my biggest fear is my mom yelling, so I avoid it. can you blame me?
Obviously it depends on how serious it is.. I understand completely where you're coming from and would be more supportive of my friends doing it if it was about something more serious. But my two examples were a little silly and unnecessary
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Sometimes it's good to lie.
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SpiderWeb wrote Sometimes it's good to lie.
Huge emphasis on the word sometimes
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lieing has always been a bad game it leads to bad things always tell truth
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