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So how many of you have lied on NSG? About how often you get laid, how little time you spend on here, how much you make, what your significant other looks like...

You don't need to tell us what the lie was, or when. Just if you have before.

I'm curious; this is the internet, and we make shit up. Are there as many liars as I think there are?

Oh, and by the way, yes, I have.

You've only had 28 post on here before :D I can understand someone who isn't happy with their life gradually getting into lying about it in order to gain some sort of comfort from a better, fictional one but you've really hit the ground running haven't you?

This is a new name.

outside of RPing, playing Devil's advocate, joking around...

I can't think of a single lie I told here.

I've been deceptive/evasive a few times, but I don't think I've ever lied.

For some reason I'm very uncomfortable lying on the Internet. So I don't really. Make statements that I know will be interpreted in a certain way even though they mean something different? Sure. Outright lie? No.

I lie about telling the truth

outside of RPing, playing Devil's advocate, joking around...

I can't think of a single lie I told here.
I've been deceptive/evasive a few times, but I don't think I've ever lied.
These two pretty much sum up if I've lied here. I would never lie to you people.:p

I don't think I ever have, since I'd just be a hypocrite when I call someone else out for doing it. If for whatever reason I don't feel I can tell the truth about something then I just say nothing.

If you look at any thread, almost instantly anyone demands a link/source, etc. Surely someone must have lied at least once to create such skepticism across the board.

Wait, since I'm the only one who's admitted to lying on here, it must have been me.

I only lie if I troll, and I don't troll NS General.

If you look at any thread, almost instantly anyone demands a link/source, etc. Surely someone must have lied at least once to create such skepticism across the board.

Wait, since I'm the only one who's admitted to lying on here, it must have been me.

Well, there was Keruvalia's infamous posing as an army Ranger...

Well, there was Keruvalia's infamous posing as an army Ranger...

When was this? I had quite a hiatus... you see I joined in February and only have 30ish posts or so; I haven't gotten around to reclaiming my old nation, so I'm just sticking with this one.

So how many of you have lied on NSG?

I have implied falsities before, in order to amuse myself, but I corrected them shortly thereafter.

About how often you get laid,


0/100,000,000.

how little time you spend on here,

I have no clue.

how much you make,


Very little, technically.

what your significant other looks like...

My significant appears thus:

http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b8d922b3127ccec4d230ea10aa00000040O00IYsmrNo2csQe3nwI/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D480/ry%3D320/

There is no other.

You don't need to tell us what the lie was, or when. Just if you have before.


No.

I'm curious; this is the internet, and we make shit up. Are there as many liars as I think there are?

Yes.

Oh, and by the way, yes, I have.

Humans do that; I do not.

When was this? I had quite a hiatus... you see I joined in February and only have 30ish posts or so; I haven't gotten around to reclaiming my old nation, so I'm just sticking with this one.

Shoot, it was a while ago, before I even joined. I heard about it after the fact.

If you look at any thread, almost instantly anyone demands a link/source, etc. Surely someone must have lied at least once to create such skepticism across the board.

Or, you know, it could be a fundamental part of debate.

Well, there was Keruvalia's infamous posing as an army Ranger...

I remember this... dunno if it was Keru. but someone was posing as an army ranger and not only were those who served picking up all the mistakes, but even those that didn't serve... like me.

Humans do that; I do not.

Found one.

Found one.

Please explain.

I remember this... dunno if it was Keru. but someone was posing as an army ranger and not only were those who served picking up all the mistakes, but even those that didn't serve... like me.

I think it was, and I think it might have been Celtund who was part of finding it out. The main thing I remember was when he left and mentioned it as part of the thread.

I don't think I've ever lied to anyone on here (as in purposefully posted a falsehood I knew was a falsehood for non-satirical purposes). I haven't always given the full truth, nor do I intend to, but an outright lie? Nah. Why should I bother making up stuff about myself? I mean, this is the internet. Who could be reading this that actually warrants me making stuff up about myself.

I remember this... dunno if it was Keru. but someone was posing as an army ranger and not only were those who served picking up all the mistakes, but even those that didn't serve... like me.Don't think it was Keru. The person was a kid, if I remember correctly.

Don't think it was Keru. The person was a kid, if I remember correctly.

Yeah, I don't recall for sure either.

Interesting fact: there was a thread like this back in September of last year. I don't need to lie when I say I have too much goddamn time on my hands, at least until I move back in to OSU.

Don't think it was Keru. The person was a kid, if I remember correctly.

I would've remembered if it was Keru or Celtland. but it was someone else. someone who really didn't impress me that much or I didn't have a long association (conversing on the same thread) with.

But I think Eut and several others who were normally on opposite sides were actually on the same side in deriling that person...

I would've remembered if it was Keru or Celtland. but it was someone else. someone who really didn't impress me that much or I didn't have a long association (conversing on the same thread) with.

But I think Eut and several others who were normally on opposite sides were actually on the same side in deriling that person...

Definatly wasn't Keru...I remember the thread, but no name is popping to mind.

I have posted a photo that was not my own and claimed it to be a photo of me. But otherwise I don't think I have deliberately misled anyone. Unless I am keeping up another persons shading on the truth. The pic I did post was Straughn so if anyone wants to know what he looks like....

Don't think it was Keru. The person was a kid, if I remember correctly.
it was keruvalia

Why would I lie on the internet? What would I have to gain?

Don't think it was Keru. The person was a kid, if I remember correctly.

It was Keruvalia.

*shrugs* memory fuzzy, so if you insist...

Why would I lie on the internet? What would I have to gain?
to get cyber-laid of course.

unless you really ARE an 18 year old underwear model...

to get cyber-laid of course.

unless you really ARE an 18 year old underwear model...

OMG! Another one!

As far as I am aware, I lied once on NSG; otherwise, unless I am being sarcastic, I tell the truth as much as I understand it.

So how many of you have lied on NSG? About how often you get laid, how little time you spend on here, how much you make, what your significant other looks like...

You don't need to tell us what the lie was, or when. Just if you have before.

I'm curious; this is the internet, and we make shit up. Are there as many liars as I think there are?

Oh, and by the way, yes, I have.

Quite often. For instance, I do not actually have trained scrotum-seeking attack weasels. I want some, but that's not the point.

I don't concern myself about whether people lie or not. I don't concern myself about whether people believe me or not. Considering the fact that I've been here for years... I got married while a member of the NSG crowd, had three kids and in general established myself as the sweet gooey center of the forum. Now let's suppose it was all a lie. Let's suppose I'm some fat accountant in North Dakota with a low tolerance for pain that has never even seen mud. Doesn't the fact that I've generated a completely artificial persona make me at least as insane and therefore interesting as the persona I've generated?

Quite often. For instance, I do not actually have trained scrotum-seeking attack weasels. I want some, but that's not the point.

I don't concern myself about whether people lie or not. I don't concern myself about whether people believe me or not. Considering the fact that I've been here for years... I got married while a member of the NSG crowd, had three kids and in general established myself as the sweet gooey center of the forum. Now let's suppose it was all a lie. Let's suppose I'm some fat accountant in North Dakota with a low tolerance for pain that has never even seen mud. Doesn't the fact that I've generated a completely artificial persona make me at least as insane and therefore interesting as the persona I've generated?
if this should be the case you must never ever let the truth be discovered. it would be a terrible psychic blow to every poster with a count above 2000

if this should be the case you must never ever let the truth be discovered. it would be a terrible psychic blow to every poster with a count above 2000

Personally, I'd just laugh. It'd be his best joke yet.

if this should be the case you must never ever let the truth be discovered. it would be a terrible psychic blow to every poster with a count above 2000

Who is this Lunatic Golfballs you all keep going on about?

if this should be the case you must never ever let the truth be discovered. it would be a terrible psychic blow to every poster with a count above 2000

Personally, I'd just laugh. It'd be his best joke yet.

Rest assured that I'm not from North Dakota. ;)

Who is this Lunatic Golfballs you all keep going on about?

Dunno, but if I ever meet him, I'll whack him with a 3 iron. :)

Everything I say is a lie.
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Hoo boy, paradox time.

I lie, I lie a lot. I lie for fun, for pleasure and for money. Sometimes, when I make my first introductions to people I don't expect to meet again, I lie about my name. Not my job or social class or the amount of money I have or anything that really makes sense, but my name.

Me: "Hello, I'm Dariel Ryder."

Two weeks later,

Sucker: "Hey, Dariel, what's going on?"
Me: "Who's Dariel?"
Sucker: "You, right?"
Me: "Am I?"

I think it's either because I like screwing with people's heads or hate myself so much I have to lie to escape myself.

it was keruvalia

Didn't he claim to have a divine revelation from Muhammad, or was that someone else? What ever came of that?

Anyway. What little information I have absentmindedly posted about myself has been true. Even the most "gifted" liars get caught in inconsistencies - why would I burden myself with having to monitor a constellation of falsehoods for consistency? That wouldn't be good for my peace of mind even if I could manage it. Bleh.

Do you count hyperbole/exaggeration as a lie?

I liked Jimmy Carter when he shocked middle America with his admission, "I have committed adultery many times in my heart"
Now there was a truthful Pres!

Back when I first started, and I had no idea how important NSG would become to how I spend my time (and indeed, what I think about things), I was looking at getting a Subaru WRX for my car. Back then, I actually posted that I had already gotten one.

I then had to abandon the plan of buying one because I just couldn't afford it. Eventually I faced up to it, though nobody actually cared.

But that was the only lie I've ever told here. As I said, NSG has had quite a big impact on what I know and how I think about many things, and the least I can give back is being honest about who I am. And there isn't really anything bad about me people shouldn't know about, so I'm not very secretive about these things either.

Quite often. For instance, I do not actually have trained scrotum-seeking attack weasels. I want some, but that's not the point.

You know, a strange biological question came over me just now.

What would you get if you tried to breed scrotum-seeking attack weasels with felching gerbils?

You know, a strange biological question came over me just now.

What would you get if you tried to breed scrotum-seeking attack weasels with felching gerbils?

A furry. *nod*

I exaggerate from time to time but have never told a full blown lie.

I may have lied. I don't know. I haven't lied about anything recently though. But then I don't think I've ever divulged all that much about myself on NSG.

Besides, it takes a lot of effort to lie effectively, and I don't see any tangible benefit I would get from lying to NSG.

And there isn't really anything bad about me people shouldn't know about, so I'm not very secretive about these things either.

This sums up my position exactly.

Btw, we still on for that baby raping class on Tuesday?

Didn't he claim to have a divine revelation from Muhammad, or was that someone else? What ever came of that?

Anyway. What little information I have absentmindedly posted about myself has been true. Even the most "gifted" liars get caught in inconsistencies - why would I burden myself with having to monitor a constellation of falsehoods for consistency? That wouldn't be good for my peace of mind even if I could manage it. Bleh.
i dont know if he had a revelation but he claimed to have gone islamic for a while. i think it was so there could be at least one person on the other side of the "muslims suck" argument. after a while he gave it up. either because it was a lie or because he couldnt stick with the no booze rule. (i know that it would keep ME out of islam)

i cant be bothered to lie (or to remember if for some reason i did) if i dont want y'all to know something about me, i dont tell it.

Back when I first started, and I had no idea how important NSG would become to how I spend my time (and indeed, what I think about things), I was looking at getting a Subaru WRX for my car. Back then, I actually posted that I had already gotten one.

I then had to abandon the plan of buying one because I just couldn't afford it. Eventually I faced up to it, though nobody actually cared.

But that was the only lie I've ever told here. As I said, NSG has had quite a big impact on what I know and how I think about many things, and the least I can give back is being honest about who I am. And there isn't really anything bad about me people shouldn't know about, so I'm not very secretive about these things either.
dont you feel better now that you have finally confessed?

Probably exaggerated/deliberately posted something that can be misinterpreted, yeah.

1- Lying about how much I get laid, I don't talk about how much I get laid so naturally I can't be lying.
2-Never talk about how much time I spend on here outside of the occasional moan that I'm going on here to much, not lying.
3- I don't really talk about my "significant others" appearance, so for the record she's very hot and beautiful, and I'm not lying :p

And I don't go on NSG that much anymore and I might of lied before, but if I did I don't remember it.

i dont know if he had a revelation but he claimed to have gone islamic for a while. i think it was so there could be at least one person on the other side of the "muslims suck" argument. after a while he gave it up. either because it was a lie or because he couldnt stick with the no booze rule. (i know that it would keep ME out of islam)

i cant be bothered to lie (or to remember if for some reason i did) if i dont want y'all to know something about me, i dont tell it.

I know who you are talking about here.

Just a note on what I think about that particular situation. I think he did go down that path and realized it wasnt for him. Because I had a discussion with him on the boards about drinking as a Muslim.

I also think in general everyone lies in their daily lives. Either to save feelings or to get something they want. I am to lazy to look up the studies but I have read some in the past basically proving this.

So how many of you have lied on NSG? About how often you get laid, how little time you spend on here, how much you make, what your significant other looks like...

You don't need to tell us what the lie was, or when. Just if you have before.

I'm curious; this is the internet, and we make shit up. Are there as many liars as I think there are?

Oh, and by the way, yes, I have.
I have lied about one detail, and one detail only. I have lied consistantly about that detail over the years. Only a handful of posters know the truth. However, this lie is fairly small, and is only to somewhat obscure me from being too completely recognisable within the small academic community I'm a part of. Other than that, I see absolutely no reason to lie to you people.

I also think in general everyone lies in their daily lives. Either to save feelings or to get something they want. I am to lazy to look up the studies but I have read some in the past basically proving this.
agreed.

people in general are filthy liars.

people ON general may or may not willfully misrepresent the major facts of their existence.

i, who have been online for a very long time, know that i dont need to misrepresent myself. as long as i am vague about the truth, people will fill in all the details they need from their own psyches.

I have lied about one detail, and one detail only. I have lied consistantly about that detail over the years. Only a handful of posters know the truth. However, this lie is fairly small, and is only to somewhat obscure me from being too completely recognisable within the small academic community I'm a part of. Other than that, I see absolutely no reason to lie to you people.

You are a bigfoot, aren't you?

Yeah, I don't recall for sure either.

Interesting fact: there was a thread like this back in September of last year. I don't need to lie when I say I have too much goddamn time on my hands, at least until I move back in to OSU.

There was, it (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=539522&highlight=internet) even had a poll.

I've lied about my age here before, and I've been intentionally vague about other things. It's not so much out of spite as to prevent the creepy Internet people from stalking me.

dont you feel better now that you have finally confessed?
Not really. There was some thread I wanted to make with regards to my real car at the time (might have been the one when some old lady crashed into it), and for that I had to point out that it wasn't actually a WRX.

As I said, no one actually cared. Whether or not I had it mattered more to me than to anyone else, and realising that I stopped thinking about it.

Mind you, that was years ago.