It seems that whenever lying is being discussed people are quick to come up with justifications for why it’s okay in certain situations, the classic one being that you were served food that you didn’t like but when asked said that you did.

This seems to assume that the other people in fact would have preferred the lie over the truth. So I ask: when do you yourself prefer the lie?

  • yermaw@sh.itjust.works
    22·
    14 days ago

    Afterlife as a child. Lie to me a day about that. You can either tell me that when dogs get very poorly they go to a farm far far away and they’re happy, or you can tell me they’re wormfood.

    Give me the lie.

    I’m not hearing it now that im an adult. Nobody knows so pick your favourite flavour of bollocks, but as a child, give me that sweet bullshit.

    • Crackhappy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      14 days ago

      I was lied to as a child by everyone around me about death, heaven, etc but I never believed it. I didn’t even know there was a word for my skepticism until I was a teenager.