Quote from: vexati0n on September 17, 2010, 07:06:37 PM
I've always been a terrible liar. Partly because when I was a kid I fucked up and believed it when I was told lying is bad and people shouldn't do it. I say I fucked up because, apparently, people THRIVE on bullshit and lies. It seems everyone is always plotting about what to say to somebody, which is either a lie, or includes an intentional omission of relevant truth. Everyone is in the business of making themselves look good all the time at any expense, and the only account anybody really has to withdraw from here is the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle - that is, banking on the fact that it will be impossible or too much hassle for other people to figure out they're being lied to, especially when all those people have their own webs of lies to maintain.
This kind of behavior, although I've tried (and failed) to engage in it myself, really really annoys my pants off. Honesty isn't just some high-minded morality thing, it's way the fuck simpler than making up lies all the time to make yourself look good. This, however, is lost on most people. They just don't understand that it's easier to be in control of a situation when you're not tied down by all the lines of bullshit you've tossed out there. And I've found that in everyday life, some of the most hilarious events is when somebody reaches the end of that line and their entire web of bullshit falls apart and everybody ends up hating them.
I'm right with you there. Blame it on youthful innocence, stupidity, whatever, I always in life found telling the truth to be more convenient, and felt like shit when I wasn't. IMO there's no real smile at the end of that rope though. It makes it moderately more difficult to play the social game, participate as "normal" folk do, and for me, drives me fucking nuts when I notice others around me engaging in this tomfoolery. On the positive side, at least the energy saved can be used for more "healthy" activities. "When ya always tell the truth, you never have to lie"