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06-04-2010, 11:50 AM
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Gone and done
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I only feel obligated to tell the truth to people I care about, and then only if they want to know*. I don't owe it to anyone else.
*Usually, they just want validations of their own opinions.
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06-04-2010, 12:21 PM
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Come on, cat.
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If you're ok with lying it must mean you're ok with being lied to.
Does that mean you trust everyone, or trust no one?
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06-04-2010, 01:06 PM
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Gone and done
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To put it in less stark terms, I assume I have no insight into other's real POV, motivations or standards. I (usually) will play along at whatever game they portray at any given moment. I lost my trust when CP violation was proved.
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06-04-2010, 07:01 PM
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Come on, cat.
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In general I trust people unless I'm given reason not too. I've been disappointed many times, but it's not even a conscious thing... It occurs to me that people are often incorrect, but I'm continuously surprised that they lie. I'm talking about real lies here, not what you say to annoying cow orkers fishing for compliments about their retarded new haircut - I agree with you on that front. I mean unsolicited deception.
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06-05-2010, 10:43 AM
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Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya?
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I tend to warily trust people until they give me a reason not to, as well. I have known some skilled liars. The first inlking of deception, then, throws me into DEFCON 1 and it's unlikely I'll ever really trust that person again...even if it was a moment of weakness or apprehension on their part. Because I am naively honest, I don't understand why lies have to enter into it at all. It's OK to be a private person, to not regurgitate every thought, to not put oneself completely 'out there' but whatever comes out should be truthful...or everything else becomes suspect.
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06-04-2010, 12:49 PM
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