I understand sometimes people lie to avoid hurting someone, but a lot of the time it seems unnecessary. When something really important happens and honesty matters, people still choose to lie instead of just telling the truth.
I understand sometimes people lie to avoid hurting someone, but a lot of the time it seems unnecessary. When something really important happens and honesty matters, people still choose to lie instead of just telling the truth.
I said to a psychologist one time “it seems to me people tacitly accept other peoples lies because it validates their own”, although that doesnt explain why people lie in the first place. The psych agreed.
Back in the day, I had an aquaintance with a guy who was a thief. One day I asked him why and he declared “because Im smarter than they are!”. He was refering to the store clerks. It wasnt even about sticking to the man, it was a simple real-time mania of ego, outwit the clerks. High narcissism. He ended up in the business of custom theivery but I dont think that worked out very well.