How often do you lie?

[zerox 1,158]

Simple question.

 

Myself: almost never. I lied only about unimportant stuff like when did you go to sleep or did you brush your teeth. I never lied about anything important as far I can remember. Rather than lying I just say I can't tell you that or I don't wanna talk about it...etc

Edited September 23, 2016 by zerox

[Ponies4Bronies 394]

Only when it benefits me in some way, if I find it's more beneficial to tell the truth I will. 

[CheeryFox 23,822]

I would say I usually only do when there's food involved... "Did you eat my last piece of cake?" ... "Wasn't me..." LOL! 

[Discordian 6,015]

I make a point not to lie about anything. At most I lie by omission because if I told customers how I really felt on a daily basis I might get in trouble.

[Missklang 1,054]

It's almost impossible not to lie nowadays. "How are you? I'm fine!" And here you go, in most cases, that would be the first lie of the day, because face it... You are NOT fine at 8 am Monday morning. No one is... And now please do excuse me, there is a spider on the wall I need to dispose of...

[Miss 6,234]

Well I lie to my dad but that's cuz he's kind of an asshole so truth will lead not good things.

The things Iie to him about I don't like to my mom or the rest of my family tho.

 

I lie that I don't drink alcohol to my older family members cuz I feel uncomfortable drinking around them.

 

Also to avoid telling anyone anything private about myself I might lie if I don't feel comfortable telling them/haven't gained their trust etc.

 

But besides that I consider myself a very honest person. Especially to my close friends and siblings

 

But it depends on if you consider not telling someone the truth as lying without saying a lie. Cuz I do that when it involves private stuff.

Edited September 23, 2016 by Misscellanio

[Choros Isorropai 409]

when it come to me, and pertaining to me... I tend to be more liberal with my information...

 

but if I am asked about other, or about a subject I should not, (or do not) talk about, then I have a tendency to lie...

(usually to spare feelings and avoid conflict)

 

I was raised to not lie, and was also raised to believe that any "explanation" is just an excuse...

 

I do lie to myself a lot, and I do come up with "explanations" all the time...

 

and when I do lie, its what would be considered "little white lies", to save face, and sanity (and usually the lie is "I don't know...")

[Daring_Do 552]

No more than the average person, maybe even slightly less. I had a time a few years back when I managed to go a long time - Six months or more, maybe - without telling a single lie. Sadly that wasn't sustainable. But that shows it can be done. Made a conscious effort to be completely transparent about everything during that time.

[Guest]

Having very low morals, I usually actually say the truth, I win the arguement anyway, I did something for a goddamn reason and I don't care if it was wrong, I did it cause it was right in my personal opinion, or I just didn't think about it, I'm a human being, I make mistakes, what can people reply to that

[Kyoshi Frost Wolf 41,892]

I am sure when I was little I lied about all sorts of little things, but nowadays I try to be as honest as I can be. Lying is not worth the trouble.

[Gestum 2,493]

I have only lied once in my entire life and that was just now.

[cmarston1 5,959]

I don't think that I have lied more than an average person has.

I am pretty sure that I have lied in the past, but I don't do it on a consistent basis or anything.

[Steve Piranha 29,449]

I usually lie when it's not something important or I just want people from asking more personal questions I don't want to answer. I used to be a fatty, male, and human AJ, never tell a lie, but lately, I'm been either lying or telling half-truths. Life and circumstances changed, had to adapt

[Dreambiscuit 10,319]

I don't lie as a general rule. It feels unnatural and is seldom worth the trouble of having to follow through with it as far as goes. A solid lie can have legs and can easily spread out of control.

The only time I lie is when I need to be polite to an annoying customer or to avoid pointless conflict. But in such cases it's really more a matter of 'not telling the truth' than actually telling a lie.    

Edited September 24, 2016 by Dreambiscuit

[Kings&Hooves14 616]

More than I'd like to admit.

I usually lie to spare someone's feelings, or to avoid conflict.

[IsraelYabuki 446]

Not so much as I use to when I was a child.

[KatonRyu 1,033]

I will do whatever suits my interests. If I feel lying is better for me than telling the truth, I will do so. In general, however, I go with the truth because keeping a bunch of lies in working order is often more trouble than it's worth.

[SparklingSquirrels 21,359]

I never lie.

 

...

 

Of course, I could be lying

[Guest]

I don't lie about important things but occasionally when I'm nervous enough I tend to accidentally lie about something. One of those things is faking an illness to stay out of school or making a quick lie when I'm too scared of someone's response. It's one of my worst characteristics and I even hate it myself.

[Invincible 2,092]

I'd say 'always', but that's a paradox.

 

...too often. Lying is one of the best verbal or mental tools people have. Not using it can be... disadvantageous, i guess would be the word.

 

Sometimes i feel ashamed of what i lie about, but that's just who i am. Honesty was never my strong suit.

[Victoria Sponge 1,017]

More than I would like too, I tell a lot of white lies.

[Ziggy + Angel + Rain 11,303]

Never? < _<  I'm stupidly-honest; to the point where it's potentially detrimental.  I might unintentionally misinform someone, but I wouldn't realize that my information was wrong when I did so.  The worst you'll probably ever see me do (outside of a little forums sarcasm or light bullshitting) is be vague or evade a question, but it's likelier that I'll just tell you something (if answering won't get me banned or result in my social security number being stolen).

[Justin_Case001 4,907]

Well, if you wanna get technical, we all lie all the time, like if you say, "I'll be there in a sec," but you're there in 10 seconds.

 

But no, I never lie.  Just call me Applejack.  I'm extremely honest, even it makes things awkward.  It's more interesting, and it's liberating to let people know who you really are.

 

 

I'd say 'always', but that's a paradox.

...too often. Lying is one of the best verbal or mental tools people have. Not using it can be... disadvantageous, i guess would be the word.

Well, it's certainly true that there are instances when it would obviously be best to lie.  Imagine you're sheltering some Jews in WWII, and some Nazis come a knockin' and say, "Got any Jews?!"  Only a fool would say, "Course.  'Round back."  Lying would be the only ethical course of action.  (Incidentally, the proper response in that scenario would be "go fish.")  Lying can be necessary to protect oneself and others.  Complete honesty in the presence of evil or villainy would most surely be suicidal.  The examples are endless in which lying is the only ethical thing to do.  The times when lying is wrong is when it betrays trust, or takes advantage of the innocent.

Edited September 26, 2016 by Justin_Case001

[Snow 7,697]

not enough apparently... i love brutal truthful upfront honesty, if someone has a problem with me id like them to say it to my face so i can work with them to solve it.

but its a bit like communism.. it sounds good but when practised doesn't turn out too well :/
apparently the people of today like spoon full upon spoon full of sugar coating with every carefully plucked socially acceptable word that exits from another's mouth.
which unfortunately... isn't in my social nature... 

[Derpaherpamerpa 160]

Whenever it benefits me (multiple times per day on average)