Who here finds themselves lying alot?

cmon,

cry.

I take ohface to that cument. I think you should facial up to the fucts that I have a great tool I am filling to ooze it.

What I do with threads near the toilet is none of your business!

Gervs wrote:

You're a Tool. You realize you have made more mistakes trying to correct the OP than he actually made in his original post?

You even spelled "Grammar" wrong in your handle.

You have to be a new to Letsrun. Spelling and grammer has been posting on and off for years. He has always spelled it "grammEr" and some one always comes alsong and correct him.

Take a look at the 2nd and 3rd pages of the thread.

It is also fairly common for him to have several "mistakes" in his correction as well.

I like him, he has a sense of humor and it is fun to watch dolts like you get all worked up over it.

i lie all the time

As long as you aren't saying that you are in Mexico when you really are in Italy you'll be OK. Trust me on that one.

i never do that

humms said:

Doesn't the word troll just roll off the tongue great! Wow, and yes I think 'Trollism' is a good thing. It makes me happy.

Cmon Really wrote:

Does anyone here find themselves lying a good amount? I'm not talking about big things...like cheating on your wife or anything...but just about little things....that really dont impact anyone? Like my boss just asked me where some documents were and I said they were in my car when they are really in my house. It did not make a difference either way but I find myself making things up like this alot. Or I was chatting this girl up at a bar the other week and I told her I was def until I was ten....I can't tell you why...

Ive never cheated on a girlfriend and have never stolen anything in my life....but make up these little stories about my life...

What is wrong with me?

Getting back to the original subject, you should limit your lying to those situations where your inner moral calculus concludes that lying is more moral than telling the truth.

An example: You stop by to see an Aunt you haven't seen in years. She is so happy you came by that she insists you stay for dinner. She makes a pot roast. It tastes horrible. She asks how you like it - in this situation you LIE! You lie and say it's wonderful. Nothing good would come from telling the truth here - for you or her. And not telling the truth is going to hurt no one.

Now, you need to be extremely judicious in how you use this necessary lying privilege. You should not, for example, keep telling little lies to avoid spending time with someone seeking friendship. If you don't want to hang out with that person, be honest but respectful with him/her.

And you should not lie about your past. Someday someone you will eventually really care about will realize you lied to them and factor that into their trust equation of you.

Lastly, to take this to a philosophical level, Immanuel Kant believed that to live a moral life a person should never lie. NEVER! Do you like my dress? Honestly, no. Do I look fat in this? Yes. You look fat in a lot of things. Etc...

I believe this was part of Kant's categorical imperative - act as though each action were a universal principle (since truth can never really be known, but does exist) Or something like that. I'll leave it to the Kantians out there.

Yea well someone also once said

"Hell hath no fury like the wrath of a woman"

I'd lie about the weight issue for mere survival reasons