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The first telling is not usually when you get caught in a lie. It’s subsequent references to it that are just different enough that people catch the lie and sil
by badconvincer 6y ago
The first telling is not usually when you get caught in a lie. It’s subsequent references to it that are just different enough that people catch the lie and silently judge you for it. With someone you seldom meet you’ll probably get away with it but behavior like that tends to also bleed into your long term relationships where it actually matters. You have to be very, very smart to be able to maintain many lies and is out of the reach of most people, at least anecdotally.
- lisper 6y agoMemory is unreliable, so changes in subsequent re-tellings are possible even if you originally told the truth. Part of the art of lying well is lying only about things whose details are plausibly forgotten in the fullness of time. So lying about eating fugu works, especially if you really have been to a place where it is served.