Have you ever known anyone who was a pathological liar in general, but tended to be truthful with you? If so, did you trust their word?
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Would you believe someone who admits they are a liar?
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Yeah, when I was a kid. Though if you want to get down to it, who among us is all that honest?
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No not really, and if I do, I wouldn't take anything they say too seriously.
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Yes and it depended on the situation. Usually they lied about dumb shit.
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All the liars I know lie to me too. I know one especially who is a pathological liar. I can't even stand listening to his b.s.
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Supernova wrote:Yeah, when I was a kid. Though if you want to get down to it, who among us is all that honest?
"Everyone suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues, and this is mine: I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known."
Nick Carraway in The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald
OK, so I'm honest enough to tell you that I have lied, for mostly noble reasons, and perhaps once or twice to get my ass out of a crack. Besides, those who do attain total honesty are derided for being tactless.
But, like Nick Carraway, I do strive for honesty. Or, as in the Buddhist precepts "I undertake to observe the rule to abstain from false speech."
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But if they were a pathological liar, how could I believe them when they told me they were a liar?
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