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Truth.
Originally posted by havok
They don't want you to know the truth, or you may not accept it and revolt.
My daughter has been told the truth about everything from me. She still enjoys life, even though she's disillusioned with politics, dolphin shows, and faces the finality of death.
Originally posted by havok
Just ask yourself, as a parent, how many times you've lied to your kids about topics.
Ranging from Santa Claus to religion
Does that include the lies I told to my dad?
Originally posted by havok
just how many lies do you think you've told?
Word, but that new Spidey suit is awesome.
Originally posted by havok
If you allow yourself to get consumed with a contrived "consumer" system, you lie.
Which, is what most parents do to their children on a regular basis.
I've sold toys for various companies and have been very successful. When asked how I do it, I confess that I'm honest. Other salespeople are surprised to find that this "technique" works.
Originally posted by havok
If you've ever worked as a salesperson, you've lied to gain profits for a company.
There are NO truths in sales or consumerism, because the system is based off lies.
Profit does not manifest itself when you tell the customer how much your cost was.
Managers and salesmen all know that profit is a lie in itself.
You must lie about your price to make a profit.
Originally posted by Asktheanimals
Have you ever tried to be honest in situations only to get screwed over for telling the truth?
I'm a very poor liar particularly in person. Time and again I've gotten the short end of the stick for lack of ability in this key area of social skills. I have no desire to change it though, I've been this way for over 50 years and I can live with myself. How others can victimize people through deceit is beyond my comprehension. Sometimes I feel as if I might be a different species altogether.
Originally posted by TsukiLunar
Everyone, even you, tells lies. This is a very basic, human, flaw people. So dont tell me your somehow surprised! "Oh no, gasp lies" Or the exception. "I never ever tell lies.*Halo on top of head glows brightly*"
What matters is the capability to hide those lie. The best could be found out, if you looked close enough.edit on 3-7-2012 by TsukiLunar because: (no reason given)
Any restaurant that serves hamburger goes out of its way to reassure you how pure and natural it is. Restaurant chains like McDonald's ("All our burgers are made from 100 percent beef, supplied by farms accredited by nationally recognized farm assurance schemes") and Taco Bell ("Like all U.S. beef, our 100 percent premium beef is USDA inspected, then passes our 20 quality checkpoints") happily vouch for the authenticity of their animal bits. Their testaments to the healthiness and fullness of their meat read out like they were talking about freaking filet mignon. It's how they get it clean that's unsettling. The Horror: Ammonia. You know, the harsh chemical they use in fertilizers and oven cleaners? It kills E.coli really well. So, they invented a process where they pass the hamburger through a pipe where it is doused in ammonia gas. And you probably never heard about it, other than those times that batches of meat stink of ammonia so bad that the buyer returns it.
Originally posted by Asktheanimals
I'm a very poor liar particularly in person. Time and again I've gotten the short end of the stick for lack of ability in this key area of social skills. I have no desire to change it though, I've been this way for over 50 years and I can live with myself. How others can victimize people through deceit is beyond my comprehension. Sometimes I feel as if I might be a different species altogether.
Have you ever tried to be honest in situations only to get screwed over for telling the truth?
You have been lied too. Oh yes you have!!