After reading this article I realized something that I never really thought about before. That most people lie, just to be polite. This may sound crazy but it actually makes a lot of sense. A "socially polite" lie for example would be like when you ask someone how they are doing and they reply fine when they actually feel the exact opposite of fine.
This article reported that most of the white lies people produce come from lying about emotions to be accepted by others and to narrow the already awkward social gap between people who don't really know each other all that well. In a group test that was conducted people were admitting to lying about 3 times in 10 minutes. This mostly happened so that the person listening seemed to have an idea what was going on and also to impress the person who is talking to you. This can happen when you meet someone new and happen to agree with something they say even though you-- A.) weren't even listening. B.) could care less about what they were talking about. C.) You're just trying to be polite.
So although lying is said to be sinful and immoral.. Think of how much it can clear up our already cluttered social lives. Imagine if every person you talked to complained about all of their problems. That would be extremely overwhelming in my personal opinion.
Are you someone who lies in a conversation just to be polite? If so, then you too are a liar! In some ways we all are.. think about it!
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I think that there is not one person that hasn't lied before. I mean like you said at the beginning some people lie just to be polite. I know I have done that more than once. Let's face it, sometimes the truth hurts, so then we just tell a lie.
ReplyDeleteI can honestly say that I sometimes lie when people ask me if im ok. I just don't want to deal with people talking to me about it, because when I feel sad or mad or whatever I sometimes don't want to bring it back up.
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