A recent health article in Live Science, explores the human condition of lying. Fibbing. Shifty. Mendacious.
We all lie, all the time. It causes problems, to say the least. So why do we do it?
It boils down to the shifting sands of the self and trying to look good both to ourselves and others, experts say.
“It’s tied in with self-esteem,” says University of Massachusetts psychologist Robert Feldman. “We find that as soon as people feel that their self-esteem is threatened, they immediately begin to lie at higher levels.”
Not all lies are harmful. In fact, sometimes lying is the best approach for protecting privacy and ourselves and others from malice, some researchers say. Some deception, such as boasting and lies in the name of tact and politeness, can be classified as less than serious. But bald-faced lies (whether they involve leaving out the truth or putting in something false), are harmful, as they corrode trust and intimacy—the glue of society. Read more at the Link
How honest do you think you are? Here are some study findings about Fibs:
- Most people in a study were suprised to find that on average a ten minute discussion yields 2.92 inaccurate things said.
- Lying is almost reflexive.
- Men tend to lie to make themselves look better, while women will like to make another person feel better. Extroverts tend to lie more than introverts.
- People are more willing to lie to coworkers than they are to strangers.
What’s the biggest whopper you’ve ever heard?
For me, it was the series of lies that lead up to the war of choice by our leaders to invade Iraq. That and the Big One of Social Security is running out of money. If we can spend unlimited amounts of money outside the budget on a trumped up war, then we can certainly spend that same kind of money to repair and maintain the social security safety net promised to this nation’s workers.
RV, what are you talking about?! I’ve never lied in my life! 🙂 🙂
RV – You are the biggest blog liar that I know. I have caught you lying red-handed in the past and have proven it.
Red Vixen – Liar, liar, pants on fire!
junior,
Red Vixen does a great job covering SAUSD corruption here at the OJ. We are happy to have her here.
You are happy to have a liar on your blog staff Art?
You know that she is a liar – I proved that to you!!
junior,
You are a religious guy, aren’t you? What did Jesus say about this? Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.
He also asked us to forgive one another as he has forgive us.
Let it go junior. Bitter doesn’t suit you.
I could forgive Red Vixen’s lying – if she apologized. But I don’t see that happening.
I am not bitter Art – I think that it is funny as hell – RV expounding on lying. ROTF-LMAO !!
However, on second thought Red Vixen should know a great deal about lying – she has perfected the art.
OMG! LMAO!
Look who is BACK! The guy that PROMISED TO NEVER RETURN – Lil’ Ol JUNIOR!
That GBF (good bye forever!) post that you did is not even stale yet and here you are, breaking your own word, back to posting again.
Irony, thy name is JUNIOR! 😉
I really cannot remember what you accused me of lying about, but I think the POINT of this thread is that lying is a human condition. You probably didn’t read further into the links I provided, because you are overly emotional and lazy as hell, but if you did, you’d see that even in the animal kingdom, lower animals practice deception.
Remember, Junior keep it fresh on my threads or your boorishness will turn to silence. That’s a PROMISE you can count on!
Welcome back. “Forever”…… seemed like such a short time lol
Speaking of liars you must not to forget me and my pals Phil Bacerra and Fraudio. We all have problems with women and we tell lies about them in order to feel as if we actually have stones.
The three of us invented Pedrozabot in order to smear those we don’t like and do so under the cloak of secrecy. If you want to follow me go to: http://twitter.com/ElGordoBot
Notice how Art doesn’t dispute what junior says. He just tells him to forget about.
I have to agree with junior. He nailed it. Reading RV going on about lying is too much — almost as bad as reading Art lecture about lying.
I am new to the Orange Juice and I LOVE it! You guys sure get under people’s skin. Their reactions are hilarious. Beep Beep.
#9,
Do you know what I find interesting? You and Matt “Jerbal” Cunningham share the same IP address. What are the odds of that I wonder?
So Jerbal, your Red Klownty handlers told you not to blog here – and now you are doing so anonymously? Pretty funny. Poor Jerbal has been declawed.
As for Junior, there is no reasoning with him. Once he sets his mind in place, that’s that. So why bother arguing with him?
Isn’t it amazing who shows up to post on a thread about LYING! Junior and Jerbal.
Talk about twin sons of histrionics 😉
What’s the matter guys? NOTHING AT ALL GOING ON OVER AT YOUR PATHETIC BLOG? bwahahaha!
Welcome Road Runner. Hey, in your opinion, did it seem like I was going ON and ON and ON and ON like Matt Cunningham from OCRedCounty ( post #9) implied?
Heck, I just posted some quotes from some recent research and opined that we’ve had to endure some government fibs.
Junior is like a four year old in line at the market check out demanding a candy bar over and over again.
No, Sonny, it’s just not going to happen today.
Art, re. your comment no. 11:
You gave a promise to not reveal the identity of ANY anonymous blog commenter.
We now know that your word is not worth much.
junior,
When it is Jerbal, who has a history of lying about his identity (or have you forgotten that the OC Weekly outed the fact that he was referring to himself in the third person, for years?), I make an exception.
However, I merely postulated that this poster is Jerbal. Who knows? Maybe someone else has the same IP address, although that seems unlikely.
BTW, you promised to quit this blog, and yet here you are again. So much for YOUR word!
Junior,
What was the exact lie I told that you want an apology for? State your case, man.
Hey Matt,
I emailed your boss and let him know you’ve been sneaking over the fence to post here.
j/k!
RV said: “What was the exact lie I told that you want an apology for? State your case, man.”
In a posted comment you revealed some of my personal information. You told Art and I that you did not know who I was – that you were just taking a guess.
You would have not known those details of my personal information unless you knew who I was.
You lied to Art and me.
Who is Junior? Is it Thomas Gordon? He sure is angry and the only person who displays that kind of anger is Thomas.
Road Runner,
Your comment is juvenile name calling. Which is what liberals resort to when they lose an argument.
I am not angry – I am amuzed at RV waxing eloquent on the subject of lying.
Have a nice day.
BTW – Who is Road Runner?
I am not a liberal and your postings are those of an angry person. Name calling? In no less than three postings you call someone a liar. I guess that makes you a LIBERAL. Since you didn’t drop F-Bombs I am assuming you are not Thomas Gordon. Perhaps you’re Phil Bacerra.