Lying is a very common theme in children stories.
The wolf in Little Red Riding Hood lied about being Red's grandmother.
The father of the girl in Rumpelstiltskin lied about her daughter being able to spin straw into gold.
Pinocchio's nose grew longer every time he lied.
The boy who cried wolf lied so much no one believed him when he told the truth.
You've lied to me before, why should I believe you this time?
These stories are supposed to teach children not to lie, and that 'honesty is the best policy.' We grow up being taught this, but what stops us from making up a little white lie?
On average, people lie 4 times a day. So how many of these lies go unnoticed?
(How can we even trust these statistics???)
I watched 'The Invention of Lying' a couple of months ago.
It is set in an alternate reality where there is no such thing as lying. People feel compelled to share their thoughts and feelings with often brutal honesty.
The protagonist, described as a 'chubby little loser', discovers the act of lying when he lies to the bank about how much money he has in his account. He is the only liar in a world full of people who haven't really evolved the ability to lie. So after the bank incident, he just lies about everything to get his own way e.g. telling women that the world will end if they don't have sex with him, lying to steal money from the casino etc etc.
It was a super boring movie, and I fell asleep near the end, but the idea is quite clever. I'm not gonna write an essay about it, but I just wanna say how its kinda stupid the main character can lie about anything without suspicion from anyone. I guess it shows how easy it really is for someone to lie and get away with it.
We lie when we don't want people to know what we are really thinking. We lie about our feelings and thoughts. We lie when we don't want feelings to get hurt.
We also lie when we want attention and when we want to fit in. We want acceptance, even if its for what we make ourselves out to be.
We lie to our parents, friends, teachers, employers, acquaintances and even random strangers.
Lying is unavoidable - no one can tell the truth all the time.
I guess we just have to figure out when it is okay to tell a little white lie, but we also have to consider the consequences. Or if its better to just shut our mouths and not say anything at all.
I'll admit I'm not the most honest person in the world, but I'd like to think I know when I should be telling the truth. And when I don't want to tell the truth, I would usually just not say anything. But I am only human. Anyone who tells you that they "never lie" is obviously lying.
It feels so horrible when you find out someone is lying to you. Especially if you don't know whether to confront them or just let it be.
I'm guessing it feels even worse when your lie is discovered.
Yeah I don't know where I'm going with this.
You've lied to me before, why should I believe you this time?
These stories are supposed to teach children not to lie, and that 'honesty is the best policy.' We grow up being taught this, but what stops us from making up a little white lie?
On average, people lie 4 times a day. So how many of these lies go unnoticed?
(How can we even trust these statistics???)
I watched 'The Invention of Lying' a couple of months ago.
It is set in an alternate reality where there is no such thing as lying. People feel compelled to share their thoughts and feelings with often brutal honesty.
The protagonist, described as a 'chubby little loser', discovers the act of lying when he lies to the bank about how much money he has in his account. He is the only liar in a world full of people who haven't really evolved the ability to lie. So after the bank incident, he just lies about everything to get his own way e.g. telling women that the world will end if they don't have sex with him, lying to steal money from the casino etc etc.
It was a super boring movie, and I fell asleep near the end, but the idea is quite clever. I'm not gonna write an essay about it, but I just wanna say how its kinda stupid the main character can lie about anything without suspicion from anyone. I guess it shows how easy it really is for someone to lie and get away with it.
We lie when we don't want people to know what we are really thinking. We lie about our feelings and thoughts. We lie when we don't want feelings to get hurt.
We also lie when we want attention and when we want to fit in. We want acceptance, even if its for what we make ourselves out to be.
We lie to our parents, friends, teachers, employers, acquaintances and even random strangers.
Lying is unavoidable - no one can tell the truth all the time.
I guess we just have to figure out when it is okay to tell a little white lie, but we also have to consider the consequences. Or if its better to just shut our mouths and not say anything at all.
I'll admit I'm not the most honest person in the world, but I'd like to think I know when I should be telling the truth. And when I don't want to tell the truth, I would usually just not say anything. But I am only human. Anyone who tells you that they "never lie" is obviously lying.
It feels so horrible when you find out someone is lying to you. Especially if you don't know whether to confront them or just let it be.
I'm guessing it feels even worse when your lie is discovered.
Yeah I don't know where I'm going with this.
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