I'M A FUCKING LIAR!
Bored and surfing the web.
Gee, look what I found:
Most people lie to others once or twice a day and deceive about 30 people per week.
The average is 7 times per hour if you count all the times people lie to themselves.
Plus, we all lie 30-38% in all our interactions, for example:
•College students lie in 50% of conversations with their mothers.
•10,000,000 people lie to the IRS each year.
•80% of us lie on our resumes.
•70% of all doctors lie to insurance companies.
•100% of dating couples surveyed lied to each other in about a third of their conversations.
•20-30% of middle managers surveyed had written fraudulent internal reports.
•95% of participating college students surveyed were willing to tell at least one lie to a potential employer to win a job, and 41% had already done so.
Conclusion: we are lied to about 200 times each day.
Hell, to be honest...I lie all the fucking time. Ask me how my day is. I'll say fine...but that's a lie. Ask me how my job is. I'll say good...but that's a big fucking lie. Ask me how my love life is. I'll say great...ok, now my nose is about 30 feet long.
RESEARCH:
I've recently started telling the truth to questions like the above. Just to see what happens. For instance: last Friday I went out with friends after work. Tina, Jon and I met with Tina's friend Kristen and her friend Dimitra. Dimitra and I talked for a bit. She asked me about my job. I told her I couldn't stand it. She asked me what else I wanted to do. I told her I had no clue. She asked me what my plans were to fix all this. I said I have no idea.
I don't think she was impressed with my honesty. Of course, I've never impressed the ladies to begin with, so I don't think this new way of thinking will hurt me much.