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I'm in a jurisdiction where lying in many cases is legal. I think the principle in general is that lying without bad intent is legal. > [...] Do not lie about
by mo_42 3y ago
I'm in a jurisdiction where lying in many cases is legal. I think the principle in general is that lying without bad intent is legal.
> [...] Do not lie about your birthday to your doctor. Or your bank. Or when you’re trying to get your driver’s license. You get my point.
I don't give my real birthday to my doctor. Because why should I? An approximate birthday is totally fine for medical purposes.
Of course I don't lie to banks or the government. I think legislation against money laundering etc. is a good thing and so I accept these requirements.
- vineyardmike 3y ago> I don't give my real birthday to my doctor. Because why should I? You do what works for you, but medical care is one of those situations where I want things to have as little unintended friction as possible. There can be a ton of small edge cases balancing insurance and medicine and pharmacies and god knows what that I don’t want to introduce issues into. In the extreme case, I wouldnt want to end up in the ER from an ambulance and the hospital to miss some important note in my chart (eg drug allergy) because the license on my body doesn’t match the birthday on my same-named file.