[Closed] Do you tell lies.

No

No

Edit: Gah. beaten to it.

I'd be lying if I said no.

So no.

Beaten to it.

Yes, I tell lies. But not about anything important.

No.
Yes.

A mate of mine does.

Pretty much no, integrity is a big deal to me.

yes, pretty much every day. This morning the postman pat 'ride' that takes a £1 coin and last 2 minutes was broken so my daughter couldn't have a go on it, shame that. 👿

society would stop functioning without them

All the time, I am married, have kids and try to keep my job...

Never, unless i need too.

Nope. Neither in person nor on forms/applications/CV's.

A friend of mine once made up not just a degree but a completely fictitious university when he applied for a job after moving to America. Fortunately they didn't check whether the University of Royal Windsor was a real thing or not and he got the job.

No.

Yes, Yes I do.

Not really.

A friend of mine once made up not just a degree but a completely fictitious university when he applied for a job after moving to America. Fortunately they didn't check whether the University of Royal Windsor was a real thing or not and he got the job.

😯 😆

I tell over one million lies every single day.

Do you tell lies?

[i]Only as often as is necessary. [/i]

And is it often necessary?

[i]Almost always. [/i]

Is a lie really a lie if you mean it at the time?

No. With my rugged good looks, huge willy and great personal wealth I am already irresistible to women. Why would I need to lie?

I sometimes misspeak.

I never misspeak, others misshear.

I would take a punt on there not being one individual in the entire history of mankind that hasn't told at least one lie.

So... yep; I'm a lying ****

I lie all the time, although not as much as I used to, I'd say it's the thing I'm best at. In particular I tell pointless lies to people who bore me, just for my own amusement. I'm not a very nice person, but saying that I don't lie that much for personal gain (any more).

OP, I love you with all my heart.

Everything I say and type is a lie. Everything.

friend of mine once made up not just a degree but a completely fictitious university when he applied for a job after moving to America. Fortunately they didn't check whether the University of Royal Windsor was a real thing or not and he got the job.

How do people get away with this kind of thing? There was a senior female member of the US civil service who did this as well and was on something like 160k dollars a year.

I guess everyone has a degree these days so it's just a means of getting one's foot in the door. I framed my degree certificate from Royal Windsor (and then printed out another copy).

No I don't tell lies,I tell the truth,and it's never got me anywhere....

I don't tell lies so normally just prefer not to answer or to get involve.

However, the truth is I think most people are zombie maggots. 😆

An honest and complete answer is hard to give I am a criminal lawyer so the light answer is I tell lies for a living. In truth though I have professional and ethical obligations that mean I would lose my living and liberty if I told even a minor lie in my profesional capacity . I also come across so many liars that I like to draw a clear distinction between myself and them by not lying in my private life.
I am fortunate that my wife genuinely does look good in her clothes and her arse never looks big in her jeans.

so do any of you above who answeered 'no' tell your kids that santa claus exists? (genuinely interested to know how non-liars deal with this issue)

I'd bet money on the fact that everybody lies to some degree, even if they genuinely don't know they are doing it. It's part of what we are in my honest opinion. You have to teach kids not to lie, the act of telling porkies comes naturally.

I read a great book on this subject called 'the philosopher and the wolf'a few years back. The crux of which was that it's the ability to deceive that differentiates us and the other apes from the rest of the animal Kingdom. A good read and a good argument.

Are you canvassing for salesman?

I only tell lies on Thusdays.

Never ever ever

Bunch of lying barstewards.

I try very hard not to, both at work and at home. Sometimes it is necessary, but truth is generally a lot easier and a lot better to tell, however unpleasant it may be.

Integrity FTW

Not so much anymore but I used to be of the sort that would lie, but then stick with it with utter conviction.

If you're gonna lie, at least believe your own truth.

Don't have the memory for fibs nowadays. Being honest is genuinely more troublesome.

I don't believe that anyone has ever lived and never told a lie. I don't tell big lies but fortunately my moral compass wouldn't allow me to do anything that would require a big lie in the first place.

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"Camp Freddy, everybody in the world is bent."

Non-liars, especially the "I never lie" ones, how do you function in day-to-day life?

Genuine question BTW, as I'd say not being 100% truthful is fairly essential for normal social interaction and politeness, someone asks how you are, you say fine even if you've got the bad Aids or whatever?

Genuine question BTW, as I'd say not being 100% truthful is fairly essential for normal social interaction and politeness, someone asks how you are, you say fine even if you've got the bad Aids or whatever?

Really?

You need to work with more autistic engineers, they just tell you the bad Aids is bad today....

Every morning I say 'Hi Roger, how are you?' to which he replies 'Well my mother died last year, my father died 2 weeks ago and I've got heart disease, so I'll probably die soon'.

I never lie, I contort the truth to achieve the best outcome possible...

so do any of you above who answeered 'no' tell your kids that santa claus exists? (genuinely interested to know how non-liars deal with this issue)

Of course Santa exists, at least as a concept, [url= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Claus ]Nothing wrong with a bit of bastardised mythology... [/url]

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Given the lying to children question, I think I need to reword my answer from earlier: I never lie for personal gain. Continuing the Santa myth or making up fantasy worlds (love the battle station moon) is just storytelling, it's good indulge developing minds in fantastic ideas.

There's no need to lie in social interactions, just as there's no need to go into every detail about whatever ails you. I'd rather someone gave an honest answer rather than the standard "very well, You?", "not bad" or "mustn't grumble". Those answers just feel like shorthand for "I'm not really interested in you or what you have to say".

The key is knowing when to stop with the detail, by opening yourself up just little bit you tend to find that it often develops into a proper conversation between two people rather than a social nicety between strangers.

And another question. Do any of the non liars ever feel a bit of a mug when you see other people gain through their lies?

Do I lie? I work in recruitment, of course I do...

Do I lie away from work? Yes, I do that as well.

I'm lying now

Of course....

Not willingly..

When I was younger I had the gift of the gab and was a very convincing liar which made it incredibly easy to manipulate situations to my advantage and was a lot of fun, but something changed along the way and I now become very uncomfortable when I have to lie, which is very occasionally unavoidable..

As a general rule I believe that honesty is the best policy, for me it's about having nothing to hide - the truth will set you free

the truth will set you free

I thought it was supposed to be work will set you free...