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RE: Am I the only one who doesn't remember ever telling a lie?
September 11, 2016 at 7:44 pm
Although with enough motivation it would be possible but it would have to be very special.
One way is if it was a choice between lying or being violent I'd lie.
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RE: Am I the only one who doesn't remember ever telling a lie?
September 11, 2016 at 7:53 pm
I keep the folks of AF updated about my life because.... you guys are kind of like my second family. And some of you are super lovely. Kind of like my (extended) family.
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RE: Am I the only one who doesn't remember ever telling a lie?
September 11, 2016 at 8:52 pm
I remember lying, as a youth trying to avoid punishment, as an adult to spare the feelings of others, and of the three by far the worst, as an alcoholic lying to my ex-.
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RE: Am I the only one who doesn't remember ever telling a lie?
September 11, 2016 at 9:11 pm
(This post was last modified: September 11, 2016 at 9:12 pm by Edwardo Piet.)
Hmmm. Lying as a child... to avoid punishment.
Ah, I think me and my brother used to lie together to stay out of trouble. I guess I didn't feel guilty for lying when the responsibility was shared. Hm.
ETA: I'm sure I did lie as a child even when I was alone to get out of trouble, but I was certainly more honest than average and to such an extent that I don't remember any of my lies. Although maybe that's normal because childhood is a long time ago?
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RE: Am I the only one who doesn't remember ever telling a lie?
September 11, 2016 at 9:37 pm
As a general rule I try to avoid lying - not so much because I have ethical misgivings about it, but simply because I can't be a**ed to remember what lies I told to whom. I smoke way too much weed, to be spinning elaborate webs of intrigue...
"The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one." - George Bernard Shaw
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RE: Am I the only one who doesn't remember ever telling a lie?
September 11, 2016 at 9:48 pm
I've never lied and I've never sworn.
Fuck, wait a minute!
Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni:
"You did WHAT? With WHO? WHERE???"
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RE: Am I the only one who doesn't remember ever telling a lie?
September 11, 2016 at 10:00 pm
I have to lie; I can't do my job without doing so. The parameters I'm given to work within are literally impossible to adhere to.
I don't enjoy it, but it is what it is. I don't lose any sleep over it.
The big picture's what matters.
In everyday life, I have no issue with telling a white lie in order to spare someone's feelings at times. I see no point in destroying someone, or creating chaos and havoc in order to preserve my sense of honesty over trivial matters.