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Wow, what a question. As far as I'm concerned, there's no need to lie unless you're counting lies by omission.

Rarely, if ever. I have no reason to.

Ooops...it's my thread now! :D

I never lie on this forum. I hardly ever tell the truth either.

Is that paradoxical?

I realize this thread may seem paradoxical, but we'll see how it goes.
How often, if ever, do you lie on the Internet? More specifically, how often do you lie on this forum?
I'd like to ask that if you lie frequently, you stop lying here and say you lie. If you don't lie, don't start now by lying. If you always lie...this is starting to sound like a logic question. "If I asked what road to take, what would the other man say?"

EDIT: That's quite a thread steal.

I never lie on this forum. I hardly ever tell the truth either.

Is that paradoxical?

It could just mean that you don't post much, but 10,000+ posts seems to preclude that possibility.

i'm more honest here than i am in real life. the anonymity helps.

I never lie on this forum. I hardly ever tell the truth either.

Is that paradoxical?

No.

I refuse to give out personal information, but I tell the truth otherwise.

I lie on this thread all the time...

I'm lying right now...

Or am I?....

yeah, I am....

I tell the truth, for the most part, but if someone asks a question that I don't want to answer, (like asking for personal info) I simply refuse to answer.

I have no reason to lie to anyone.

I don't lie on internet forums. I've never had a reason to.

I realize this thread may seem paradoxical, but we'll see how it goes.
How often, if ever, do you lie on the Internet? More specifically, how often do you lie on this forum?
I'd like to ask that if you lie frequently, you stop lying here and say you lie. If you don't lie, don't start now by lying. If you always lie...this is starting to sound like a logic question. "If I asked what road to take, what would the other man say?"

EDIT: That's quite a thread steal.

I don't lie.

I have yet to lie about anything here.

I'll tell you all when I do.

I don't lie.

Liar. :p

I have just accused you of lying, and since you say you don't lie, and I say I don't lie...that makes one of us a liar.

This thread ain't big enough for the 5 of us.

No, I'm am not a liar. And....I am not a crook. And.....I did not have sexual relations with that woman.

I never lie on this forum. I hardly ever tell the truth either.

Is that paradoxical?

No, but that's because on this forum, if it was a bar, you'd be that mysterious stranger in a long coat who doesn't talk much while nursing a beer in the shadowy corner with some heavy artillery to eject troublemakers.

:p

I'm lying right now, this statement is in fact a lie.

i cant think of a reason why i would bother to lie on this forum.

do i need to make my life more exciting? i dont talk about my life.

do i need to pretend to be something im not? to impress YOU? i dont think so.

do i need to pretend to have an opinion that i dont have? wouldnt that just make me wrong more often?

I am a compulsive liar, everything I have ever said was a lie. I am actually a 43 year old male who is an atheist living in my mom's basement.

Sometimes certain people need not know certain information in its most truest sense.

I am a compulsive liar, everything I have ever said was a lie. I am actually a 43 year old male who is an atheist living in my mom's basement.

:eek: Nooooooooo...:eek:

*shrug*

You're a good actor then. :p

Wait a minute.. if everything you have ever said was a lie..then...then...this is a lie too! When will it stop!?! :eek::confused:

:eek: Nooooooooo...:eek:

*shrug*

You're a good actor then. :p

Wait a minute.. if everything you have ever said was a lie..then...then...this is a lie too! When will it stop!?! :eek::confused:

I cannot tell a lie *stops typing*

I cannot tell a lie *stops typing*

:(

Os. Foncused.

phew..

I've never outright lied, or even come particularly close. I've simplified and thereby distorted some facts about myself, but never with the intent of deceiving, but simply in order to save time and spare people having to read details they don't care about.

I never lie on this forum. I hardly ever tell the truth either.

Is that paradoxical?

It could just mean that you don't post much, but 10,000+ posts seems to preclude that possibility.

No.

No, but that's because on this forum, if it was a bar, you'd be that mysterious stranger in a long coat who doesn't talk much while nursing a beer in the shadowy corner with some heavy artillery to eject troublemakers.

:p

*waves*
Haven't often seen ya in here, Fris, except to drop the Hammer of Mod.

Eh. I could lie, I guess, but I'd probably end up contradicting myself and getting caught pretty quick. I couldn't lie my way out of a paper bag, even with the aid of an electrified lie-telling machine. Or something like that. :p

Now, I'm off to work... you know, at my job.. in the Senate. :)

My whole life is a lie. I'm actually a 50 year old unmarried virgin accountant with chronic halitosis. *nod*

Anonymous is *so* going to kick your ass!

As for honesty, I am as honest on the internet as the internet is honest with me.

Cool? Cool!

My whole life is a lie. I'm actually a 50 year old unmarried virgin accountant with chronic halitosis. *nod*

I know .... I sit outside your window at night.

I'm a newbie to these forums so I've never lied here and I have no intention to. But I have to admit years ago on AOL I once pretended to be a guy.....

I know .... I sit outside your window at night.

I'm not wearing a sweater. That's my back hair. :)

I'm a newbie to these forums so I've never lied here and I have no intention to. But I have to admit years ago on AOL I once pretended to be a guy.....

Stop pretending ... you looked at Tubgirl like the rest of us.

You've seen it ... you can't unsee it!

I'm a cat, not a dog, thankyouverymuch. My human thinks it's "cute" how I play with the computer mouse, but that's only when she's not looking. Getting my paws to fit these keyboard keys is a pain, though. Maybe I could persuade my human to buy one with bigger keys...? :confused:

However, when it comes to telling the truth in the Internet, my whiskers shiver at the mere thought of having to share with everyone exactly where my comfortable basket is located - they could want to come and take it over! :eek:

Now if you'll excuse me, I have to get on with my catnap...

(Note: While the above may contain some half-truths, untruths or downright lies, the general sentiment is not a lie.)

Now if you'll excuse me, I have to get on with my catnap...

Eek! NS Furry!

Eek! NS Furry!

I beg your pardon?! I'm a cat! Felis silvestris catus, also known to some of you humans as "a common house cat"...

Now I really have to get away, before my human notices what I'm up to.

I beg your pardon?! I'm a cat! Felis silvestris catus, also known to some of you humans as "a common house cat"...

Now I really have to get away, before my human notices what I'm up to.

:D

i'm actually what i consider to be MORE honest on the internet then i feel safe being in real life thanks to the relative annonymity the internet gives me!

of course i always try to take into account, and don't always succeed in doing so, the kind of effect my worlds might likely have on the kind of world we all have to live in.

i'm all for one legged men playing tarzan, and large green cats and other unusual life forms communicating and spining their webs of imaginary and possibly better worlds on line though. what could be inspires the possibility of it being, and real life, if anything, desperately needs that.

=^^=
.../\...

*barks* *pees on a post* *gnarls* *chases OP to bite his leg*

Why would you bother lying to a bunch of people who you'll likely never meet? Takes too much effort to keep the stories straight.

Why would you bother lying to a bunch of people who you'll likely never meet? Takes too much effort to keep the stories straight.

Khadgar knows how much effort :mp5:

Only about personal info.

[Example] Hey, did you know that I live in Michigan.

There is no reason to lie, if you lie to people that don't know you, what do you tell those that do? :confused:

I'll join Fris there; I don't outright lie, but I usually get around telling the truth(s), too.

Liar. :p

I have just accused you of lying, and since you say you don't lie, and I say I don't lie...that makes one of us a liar.

This thread ain't big enough for the 5 of us.

Not on the Internet, I don't.

"On the Internet, no one knows you're a dog "

This requires a meme of some sort. *searches*

I lie by omission.

I lie by omission.

*omits the fact he lies directly as well*

I don't really see a point of lying online. Though saying that, people i've met online are sometimes surprised at how different i seem offline. I don't conciously act different so go figure.

Why does the OP assume people are honest towards their friends and family?

As a kid I quite frequently lied to my family. It was kinda like a game, because my mum was quite good at catching me out to begin with. So I was always trying to improve. Sometimes I lied just to see if I could get away with it. Actually, I lied most of the time to avoid getting nagged for not doing something.

I never lie on this forum. I hardly ever tell the truth either.

Is that paradoxical?

1. You might post nothing but meaningless spam.

2. You might post things which are untrue, but without knowing them to be untrue ('lie' requires intention to deceive).

3. You might avoid telling lies but without telling the whole truth either.

Why does the OP assume people are honest towards their friends and family?

As a kid I quite frequently lied to my family. It was kinda like a game, because my mum was quite good at catching me out to begin with. So I was always trying to improve. Sometimes I lied just to see if I could get away with it. Actually, I lied most of the time to avoid getting nagged for not doing something.

that is why the "yes" option is the best yes option ever. its complete ambiguity makes it clear as to what the OP was asking.

that is why the "yes" option is the best yes option ever. its complete ambiguity makes it clear as to what the OP was asking.How did I not see that... :( *fails*

I've never lied about my details. I won't publish my real name here, but I wouldn't make one up either...

I'm about the same on the internet and in RL. Never really got into the rp-ing aspect of the intarwebs.

I am totally honest. I really am a large, powerful German Sheperd. The allegations that I'm a French Poodle are malicious lies!

I am quite honest on here, anonymity often helps. If I don't feel like saying something I won't say anything, but that happens more in RL than online. I don't lie intentionally.

Stop pretending ... you looked at Tubgirl like the rest of us.

You've seen it ... you can't unsee it!

Gah! You had to bring that up.

Speaking of lies: I'm part a tubgirl conspiracy to cause all people using the internet to either vomit whenever going on or convert them to The Cause.

I can't lie on the internet. I have to be sitting to type.:D

I can't lie on the internet. I have to be sitting to type.:DThat reminds of this -

Sex on the TV is bad - it hurts if you fall off.

I hate to break it to you, but I do not actually run an island nation...

I suppose for the purposes of character management within the whole NationStates universe (And those on my other habitual forum) I make some stuff up, but most of the time what I type regarding my opinions is true. I suppose every now and then it is fun to argue from a totally ludicrious position just for the sake of being in opposition to everyone else who agrees. After all, having a good debate is important. I also tend to produce a fair amount of sarcastic comments which, if taken literally, would constitute a lie (At least to the person/people reading them).

1. You might post nothing but meaningless spam.

2. You might post things which are untrue, but without knowing them to be untrue ('lie' requires intention to deceive).

3. You might avoid telling lies but without telling the whole truth either.

4. RP's mostly.

I haven't given my name. I'm a little off on the city I live in and I haven't given too many details about the place I work at.

*barks* *pees on a post* *gnarls* *chases OP to bite his leg*Who let the dogs out? :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQWjxAdSsHE

Really, would we know the difference if someone else were lying? I could say that I don't tell the truth at all on this forum, but I could also say that everything I say is true. It's all the same.

But seriously, no. The only lies I tell here are by omission.

I don't think it's possible to lie and tell the truth at the same time. As such, half-truths cannot be considered lies, as they are true.

I don't lie.

Why? Because you're all just cute little figments of my imagination.

Well, except for my puppets.. They're like, real.

I'm more honest here than I am in real-life. It's easier to be honest on the 'net than it is in RL.

I don't think I've ever lied on here... but I don't really talk much about anything I could really lie about (unless I wanted to claim to be christian)... though actually, I don't talk much anyway, so ploo.

Oh yes. And my name is Jeffrey. Honest.

Oh yes. And my name is Jeffrey. Honest.

Hehehe, are you British?

I'm more honest here than I am in real-life. It's easier to be honest on the 'net than it is in RL.

Hmm, but it's easy for you to let RL people see you directly, no? *suspicious* :p

Why? To impress the Internets?

I'm pretty honest whether I'm on here or in real life.

Hehehe, are you British?

I am... how did could you tell?
Is it the upper lip? Starch, dontcha know.

There was a time when I was honest on the internet, but then I realized that the internet is made up of mostly fucktards and asshats who I like to torment and abuse with lies and mind games.

Fun times.

I don't see the point in lying on teh interweb.

Truth only:)

In general, I'm more open and honest here than even in RL, where I'm still a pretty open person. But online I have a tendency to shave off a few years and a few pounds. Like my profile says I'm 22. LOL, not in this century.:gundge:

In general, I'm more open and honest here than even in RL, where I'm still a pretty open person. But online I have a tendency to shave off a few years and a few pounds. Like my profile says I'm 22. LOL, not in this century.:gundge:

Timewarper!:eek:

I don't feel the need to lie on the internet. None of you are ever going to meet me, so if you think I suck, who cares?

I've probably lied a little, at least. Not anything noteworthy, or that I remember, but I don't expect that everything I've ever posted is 100% true. *shrugs*

I haven't been completely honest about a few things, but generally I'm very honest. And the stuff that may have been only semi-true were only small things.

I admit I lied somewhere in the above post.

Why should I lie? Since I lost my children...

Yours,

B. Spears.