Stolen from fllnangel17

[lissa_dora]

Stacy needs to ask herself the question, "What if everybody lied?"

There's somehow that this can get horribly deep.

What if everybody lied?

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[sad1225]

*chuckles* Not that deep really. All your bridges would collapse and all your cars would break or explode.

And your house would fall in.

It would be a lot like you see on TV.

[lissa_dora]

*chuckles back*

I knew I could count on you for an answer.
For a long time, I've lived with the sort of expectation that peopel will lie. Starting with Aimee, when you had to run things through filters to guess at the truth... and it's not that I don't lie, although I make efforts to not do so nearly as much as I want to... I think I assume that everybody lies to me, to themselves, to everyone around them.

Ugn once described this situation where he had to run something I'd said to him through a Lissa filter, then through a Girl 1 filter and a girl 2 filter, to get from "Girl 2 hates me!" to "Eugene said Lissa was an alpha-bitch type." *chuckles* That's sort of the idea... everybody lies. We just don't do it professionally.

Um...

[smitty1e]

Is it something to get really upset about, though?
The entropy of existence means that everyone is inaccurate to varying degrees.
The fact that we don't do it professionally (intentionally) means that we are not lawyers/politicians.
For happiness, one must have a methodology for staying reconciled to that entropy. What's yours?

[lissa_dora]

*smiles gently* I'm PMS"ing wickedly; everything upsets me.

a methodology for staying reconciled... I'm not certain I exactly understand the question. could you rephrase it?

[lissa_dora]

*laughs bitterly* way to fuel my paranoia :-)

Yes, everyone lies. I lie. I have a hard time believing you lie, honestly.

[virgohippy]

*gasp!* =O

you mean there are people out there who don't?

[lissa_dora]

There might be.

I have trouble picturing some of my friedn lying, but that might be trust.

Most of them - most people - are usually 10degrees off from the truth. It's a matter of figuring out which direction they're leaning in and adjusting. "Filters."

But being lied to directly is still a depressing and terrifying thought.

[virgohippy]

i suppose...

can't really relate to the terror. i've gone through life for so long questioning people's motives i've become accustomed to the notion that it's easier to assume most people don't know the difference between a lie and the truth. i reserve judgement until there is no judgement to be made, so i take no unneccessary chances with people i don't know. except maybe the fun kind. =)

plus, it's simply in my nature to be playfully deceptive. though, i don't do it out of malicious intent, or selfish gain - merely to have a little fun, make life more entertaining for myself and the rest. life is a stage, ya know?

[lissa_dora]

Hrm. "Terror." I suppose it's not knowing if I can rely on someone close to me. My own internal judge is so often off that I don't feel I can rely on it, so I need the people closest to me to be honest to keep me on an even keel.

[wolfdreams01]

I don't understand what you're talking about, Lissa. I don't mean to impose, but if it's not too much trouble could you please explain the question?

[lissa_dora]

I'm not sure I can; I'm not in the mindset anymore that I was when I thought it was deep.

Everyone does lie, I suppose. I think I was thinking, "What if no-one ever told the truth?" when I posted, which is, after all, a different question.

[virgohippy]

... and not entirely possible, considering what is a lie to one is a truth to another, and vice-versa.

[lissa_dora]

Subjective truth. EEk!

[virgohippy]

did you lie? or did somebody lie to you?

[lissa_dora]

Yes.

[virgohippy]

which?

[lissa_dora]

Both. Frequently. if you mean, which prompted the commentary, neither.