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====== Lying ====== | ====== Lying ====== | ||
- | Sometimes the truth is inconvenient. When those times arise, you might be able to tell a **Lie** to get out of the situation. **Lying**, which is the act of telling a Lie, is the time-honored | + | Sometimes the truth is inconvenient. When those times arise, you might be able to tell a **Lie** to get out of the situation. **Lying**, which is the act of telling a Lie, is the time-honored |
===== How To Tell Lies ===== | ===== How To Tell Lies ===== | ||
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There are many moral reasons one might take the karma hit and Lie. Sometimes you might Lie to protect someone. Sometimes you must Lie about how you found information to protect a confidential source from unlawful retaliation. | There are many moral reasons one might take the karma hit and Lie. Sometimes you might Lie to protect someone. Sometimes you must Lie about how you found information to protect a confidential source from unlawful retaliation. | ||
- | Say someone has run past you, and a [[hazards: | + | Say someone has run past you, and a [[hazards: |
However, **Noble Lies** account for a tiny fraction of all Lies, less than one millionth of a percent. Most people will Lie because it is opportune and self serving. There are many other reasons which one might Lie. One might Lie to avoid being prosecuted for a legitimate crime, like killing someone. Oftentimes, criminals will Lie to avoid having to go to prison for murdering people, and most prosecutors are not above Lying as well. Sometimes, someone will level a false allegation against someone in order to [[tactics: | However, **Noble Lies** account for a tiny fraction of all Lies, less than one millionth of a percent. Most people will Lie because it is opportune and self serving. There are many other reasons which one might Lie. One might Lie to avoid being prosecuted for a legitimate crime, like killing someone. Oftentimes, criminals will Lie to avoid having to go to prison for murdering people, and most prosecutors are not above Lying as well. Sometimes, someone will level a false allegation against someone in order to [[tactics: | ||
- | Lying is not confined to just the legal arena. Someone might Lie about who they are in order to [[diy: | + | Lying is not confined to just the legal arena. Someone might Lie about who they are in order to [[diy: |
===== Types of Lies ===== | ===== Types of Lies ===== | ||
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If the Lie is minor or victimless, is it really a Bad Thing? Those who desire to persist in Lying, but cannot break their internal walls of cognitive dissonance, will oftentimes go to extensive lengths to justify some Lies as not being harmful. This usually manifests as the " | If the Lie is minor or victimless, is it really a Bad Thing? Those who desire to persist in Lying, but cannot break their internal walls of cognitive dissonance, will oftentimes go to extensive lengths to justify some Lies as not being harmful. This usually manifests as the " | ||
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+ | ==== The Big Lie ==== | ||
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+ | Or, you can take things in the other direction, and tell a great big Lie. Sometimes, if a Lie is so big, people will think there is no way you would be crazy enough to concoct something so absurd, and they will believe it. This works best when you have multiple people in on the Lie, or the backing of a state or major [[hazards: | ||
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==== Selectively Telling The Truth ==== | ==== Selectively Telling The Truth ==== | ||
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==== Gaslighting ==== | ==== Gaslighting ==== | ||
- | **Gaslighting** is an advanced form of Lying, where you trick someone into believing an elaborate alternative reality, | + | **Gaslighting** is an advanced form of Lying, where you trick someone into believing an elaborate alternative reality. Beyond just the Lie, however, you will also be using [[tactics: |
==== Inception ==== | ==== Inception ==== | ||
- | The human brain' | + | The human brain' |
==== Propaganda ==== | ==== Propaganda ==== | ||
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===== The Future Of Lying ===== | ===== The Future Of Lying ===== | ||
- | Thanks to the world wide web and the rapidly increasing interconnectedness of mankind, Liars from every country are now able to trade tips & strategies about Lying over the internet. This has created a new worldwide abundance of Liars which vastly outnumber the capacity of places willing to shelter Liars, leaving many of these people jobless & homeless. Devoured by their innate guilt and screaming conscience which they do nothing to solve, many Liars transform over time into wandering black holes, sucking in many innocent bystanders along their journey to rock bottom. | + | Thanks to the world wide web and the rapidly increasing interconnectedness of mankind, Liars from every country are now able to trade tips & strategies about Lying over the internet. This has created a new worldwide abundance of Liars which vastly outnumber the capacity of places willing to shelter Liars, leaving many of these people jobless & homeless. Devoured by their innate guilt & screaming conscience which they do nothing to solve, many Liars transform over time into wandering black holes, sucking in many innocent bystanders along their journey to rock bottom. |
To overcome this seismic shift in the market of Lying, professional Liars have had to alter their [[: | To overcome this seismic shift in the market of Lying, professional Liars have had to alter their [[: |
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