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Well, just like that one movie about the invention of lying,
what if it was impossible for us to lie? What if lies never existed, and everyone just spoke the truth?
What would you think?
| It would be better for everyone to be honest. | 18 | |
| The world would end without lies. | 15 | |
| Little lies are sometimes good. | 19 | |
| Sometimes people can't handle the truth. | 31 | |
| I would be in prison then. | 11 |
I think most people would be a lot nicer.
I also think most people would be a lot stupider. To stop people lying you'd have to take away a lot of cognitive thinking skills and imagination.
There was a comedic movie made about it, called "The Invention of Lying." It wasn't a very good film but it was still interesting to watch and imagine what society would be like.
You know, I was almost going to talk about the Invention of Lying because it was so relevant to this story (even though I've never actually seen it), and I was surprised that no-one else had because it was the first thing this story made me think of. Now two people have mentioned it, two minutes apart. Funny how that happens :)
I dont think we we would have left the caveman days, without the invention of god dumb people would still be raping and pillaging shit. I hate people in general though so my faith in humanity in general finding inner peace and good will without an external infinitely powerful force pushing them in that direction seems low to me. If smart people couldnt trick dumb people we wouldnt be anywhere.
It's not practical, maybe if everyone had a good sense of reasoning it would work but that's not realistic.
It would be mostly good. However, we would not be able to write fiction and tell fictitious stories...limited creativity bro.
Haha, the amount of arguments and fights I would have been in. And awkward situations, sometimes lies are a good thing
Why are people saying that lying is a need in our world?
The government would let out everything and we could learn the idea of trust.
Fidelity. Once upon a time thats what defined society. People coming together in pursuit of common cause.
i think there's a difference between not lying and not vocalizing every thought to the people around you or am i wrong?
The world wouldn't work and I wouldn't be studying economics and management XD XD XD
Government wouldn't exist if lies didn't, so yeah, the world would definitely be better
I'd think the same as I always had. Being able to lie to others, or not able to, doesn't change how I think. It only changes whether I'd lie about how I think.
Well there is still the rule that "If you don't have anything nice to say than don't say anything as all". Also I noticed in the review they refereed to all these people having an asperger mind set so according to the movie review people with aspergers cant lie.
I am actually am very honest about most things and so I have gotten in trouble. I have written dark poetry and explained to people why I have written it. To me it was art to them I was a mental patient but I never lied about it. Sometimes I hid my writing to make sure my parents did not throw it away but that is not lying either.
Also I tend to be indirect with a lot of things so sometimes in order not to lie I simply avoid the question. That is not lying either so I think I could probably get along the most part. I tend to get in trouble when I am honest though.
People use to ask me how I felt during my parents divorced and I said "I felt nothing" and I didn't. I felt empty and I felt nothing. My parents would abuse and manipulate us to attack the other parents, make us cry in front of our friends, tell us how horrible we were for caring about the other parent, turn me and my worthless sibling against each other that would always snitch me out. I despised my sibling for always ratting me out but they never wanted to listen when I told them to just not mention anything but anyways.
I was even grounded a few times as a child for telling the truth. My mother assumed I was lying which I wasn't and till I lied and admitted I was lying is when I would not be grounded. I did not want to lie and say I was a liar so I stayed grounded for not understanding. I guess sometimes you just have to lie to make people happy. Since people prefer a lie over the truth.
I think it would be easier since people could not lie to "Did you rape her" or "Did you kill them" or "Did you hide the body" and the case of Casey Anthony would be over very quickly.
I also know sarcasm and jokes would not exist since in a way this is untruthful. Sarcasm is saying the opposite of what you mean to be ironic, and jokes are saying something you know to be untrue to be humorous. Unless its like "a horse walked into a bar" type joke since that is just a story.
I am also the type of person who would speak my mind in front of a room of enemies. Which I have yet again also gotten in trouble for. If I do not agree I will say I don't agree as much as someone might be angry about it I will still say it.
and I just revealed way too much about my character.
I also saw another movie about a man that supposedly had aspergers and people hated him. Since he never lied and gave his honest opinion. He ended up saying stuff to people that was very rude. Like if he did not like someones hair he would say so.
Which seemed to frustrate him and other people and for this reason his wife left him. It was another movie with characters that could not lie. Which thinking about it kind of reminds me of sheldon from big bang. He never lies and than seems confused when people are upset with him.
He is not trying to be rude he is just speaking his mind. However since his mother raised him with certain behaviours he always follows this said action.
Such as "Oh your feeling down I must make you tea". has also stated when tea is declined "Its not optional" since its a trained behaviour. Since he has limited understanding of social interactions.