P-P-P-Poker Face?

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My friend complimented me in Law today saying, after I span a lie to my teacher about why I hadn't done my homework,"you have the best poker face I've ever seen."

How good are you at lying? Can you lie easily, or does your face betray you?

For me, I can lie to everyone, with ease, apart from my mother. Whenever I try to lie to my mother, I can't help myself from laughing or smiling. xD But with anyone else, it's easy.
 
I have it bad. I start laughing and smiling when I tell the truth. This in effect causes people to believe that I am lying all of the fucking time. Seriously I can only keep a straight face when I am lying.
 
I lie, and I lie often. In fact, as a child, I lied so much that no one ever believed anything I said, even if it was the truth. Eventually, I made lying into an art form. I could lie to you right to your face and you would never know it. I can keep a straight face no matter what the circumstances.

Hell, even if you have proof that I'm lying, even if I know that you know that I'm lying, I'll keep lying. You could say that I'm a habitual liar, and you would be correct. Hell, I almost got kicked out of my current (at the time) living quarters because of it. The person that I had lied to knew that I was lying about something, and got really pissed off, and told her husband that I deserved to be homeless out on the streets. (Dark times in my life, yet fun as sin.) However, in my defense, she was blowing something very small out of proportion and attempting to blame me for something much bigger. (Eating half a bag of chips that belonged to her when I only grabbed a handful and she said she wasn't going to eat them anyway. However, she gets all pissy when I ate some because I didn't ask. What kind of shit was that?)

So yes, I'm great at lying, and I love to do it. ^_^
 
I can lie and i can tell if someone's lying to me, its not as hard as most think. The slightest twitch, movement, sweat, and other things give you away.

Though i don't lie unless i have to, like when it comes to someone's feelings. Well this only applies to people i talk to, others well not so much. But yes i can lie with a straight face if i ever want to.

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But to those people i talk to, i won't ever lie to any of you. There's no reason to, you're all kind to me and thats more that i've ever gotten in my whole life from anyone.
 
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I hate lying. Absolutely hate it.

Sure, 'Oh, what a nice sweater you're wearing there', is something I can manage, but lying, feelings, consequences, and risks involved. Get your shit straight and be upfront. Be honest.

There's enough liars out there already. =/ I don't see the point in "lying". :gonk: It's being fake. If you're fake you're not passionate, and if you're not passionate your heart isn't in it. =/

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That said, I dunno if I'm a good liar. I don't recall lying to anyone, and if I have ever lied, I end up being honest. Can't do it, lying to someone else, is lying to myself. =/ That's the last thing I need.

That sounded kinda dramatic.


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I realllllllly suck at lying. First of all I look everywhere.. and eventually I just say eff it, not worth it. I don't see the point in lying much anyways.. what you see in me is what you get.. I don't make myself out to be more.
 
I can only lie expertly to strangers. They dont know about me, so they fall for anything. When ever I want to lie to a friend or relative, I break out in giggles the next 10 seconds or so. It has gotten me into trouble a lot of times. Whenever I want revenge, though, I can lie to anyone, strangely, :hmmm:
 
I'm not very good at lying, I find it hard to keep a straight face when I try to lie. I find it hard to keep a straight face in general, so that means that some people think I'm lying when I'm not.

I can sometimes tell when people are lying, but it is more about who I'm talking to. I can generally tell when a close friend is lying to me. I can also tell with someone who is in a position which would give them a reason to lie.
 
I'm only good at lying when it comes to work.

I find that it's because of the people I deal with on a day to day basis that I have to lie to in order to get them to carry on and get out of my shop. XD

The reps are just hard to deal with. They do business by lying through their teeth themselves so I just find it easier by taking on the same methods.

I find that it is easier to lie over the phone though because they can't see your face.

I remember one day I had to lie to one of my managers about someone being out of the store on lunch. This was because the manager wanted to talk to them right away not caring if they were on lunch or not, which is just rude. So I had to tell them they weren't in the store and one of the other managers sitting next to me said after I got off the phone, "Wow you were really believeable. I hope you haven't done that to me before."

I was like, 'Hehe...yeah...'

But other than work I hate it. I can't stand lying when it comes to personal matters.

At work I don't have to do it too often but when I do it's because it's easier. =/
 
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I'm a rubbish liar, I can tell the odd white lie and have sometimes amazed myself at how I can get out of a tricky situation by telling the odd fib but I hate lying, I usually just stutter and give myself away. My mum can spot a mile off if Im tellign fibs though, she can tell how Im bloody feeling just by talking to me down the phone, I dont even have to LIE, she knows instantly that summats up and I'm not telling her summat :rage:
I'm so crap that I remember my boss asking me once what I was doing and I just said not alot, just having a wander xD She put me on the spot and I knew if I tried to fib I'd get caught out, the IT guy burst out laughing and said well, at least she's honest!

It's not too bad with work/school and shit, but when it gets into lying with personal shit/friends/family or whatever, I just can't do it, eventually you will get rumbled by those closest to you anyway.... though Id give myself away straight away with my stuttering anyway 8F

I did reel off a fantastic fib to a friend a while ago about a phone number I'd passed to someone I shouldnt have hahaha, Lyndsey said I was skirting round the issue for a while when my other mate kept bringing it up, thern all of a sudden I just pulled this AWESOME excuse out of my arse and she bought it. No harm done though, it was just tweaking why I passed another friend her number. We're all mates anyway, so it wasn't a bad lie :wacky:
 
Lying is one of the greatest feelings in the world, I am quite a good liar and such.... except towards my mother... I can maintain that wretched serious face with everyone but her... i can lie to my dad quite well though... :rage:
 
I can lie moderately. When it's to be polite, like if my bestfriend's mother asks me "How do you like the food I cooked?" There's no way I can say, "It tastes like overly spicy crap, Tita." Of course I'd have to lie and say I like it. The same applies to other things like that.

In terms of the bigger lies--saying you're going somewhere, but you're really going some place else--I've done it occasionally (unreasonably strict parents. I'm 18, it's about damn time they let me go:rage:). I got caught once. Judging by that ratio, I can say I'm an alright liar. But it has to be my dad I ask, since he doesn't ask a lot of questions.
 
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I'm great at lying, so great that I get myself into trouble at times. I don't crack up and there's really no sign I'm lying at all. I can even lie on the spot without any trouble.

And it is a great feeling, until you get caught or do it so much that no one believes you. That's when it starts to suck, and why I've stopped doing it all the time. Still, a little white lie never hurt me.
 
I tend not to lie if possible.
If its to get out of a sticky situation then my 'pokerface' is rather good. But i think that i would fail epicly if i had to lie on a day to day basis, I like to think i am a very honest person!
 
I really don't lie often, especially not anymore. I might have told a lot of lies earlier on when I was a child, and would say things like "but I didn't eat the cookies in the tin!" as crumbs flew out of my mouth etc, but that's just what all kids do I guess. :D

I've mostly been honest. When I have lied it has been not to offend the other person and I usually pull something together to back up the lie for that so it no longer becomes a lie... For example "did you think I was good at that?" and I'd say "yes" and if they said "why?" I'd first think "OH CRAP!" but then say "because of this..." and think of what was good about it and say that, so that it is no longer being a lie but being possitive and pointing out those bits I guess. But that sort of thing hasn't happened in ages, and of course relies on my mind working at the time.

I might sometimes lie for a joke etc, but I'm not sure if that counts here. :D I'm pretty sure most people lie for a joke / for attempted comedy if the joke requires it, and people aren't expected to believe what you said was true till the day they die.

As for poker face... I have no idea. Apparantly when I'm out of the house my facial expressions are mostly non-existant and I keep pretty much the same boring / semi-miserable face all the time unless I'm smiling awkwardly (smiling like this because I'm self-conscious and not because I don't actually like people). So I think my awkward general face might easily get mixed up with any potential awkward smile-covering-lie face I might have.

It's only when I'm at home, with close friends, or happy nights of drinking that my face decides to change shape, and then perhaps then I have a genuine poker face when I lie... But since I'm looking through my eyes, and so can't see my face, I have no idea if I have one or not.
 
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I think I lie pretty damn well. When I'm in deep shit, it's never just a white lie or a small fib. My lies are usually very believable and because I'm normally very keen, I naturally make the lie relatable.

I'm also someone who laughs at everything and smiles often, which I hate but can't help, but for some reason when I lie it's all non-existent. I'm not saying I'm some 'great amazing actress', but I definitely can act when it comes to getting myself out of trouble.

Small fibs, however, you can never tell when I'm fibbing.
 
I despise lying.

There are two types of lies in my oppinion the small ones that dont affect anyone and the ones which do.

For example i wake up monday morning and think ''fuck this i cant be arsed working''
So i call into work and say im not feeling well. A white lie, nobody apart from myself whos losing money is getting hurt by that.
Its when it comes down to more serious matters that it starts to affect people. Lying to someones face about more serious things. Whether its relationships or life its horrible. I dont have time for people who lie to me about things. Even finding out that someone lied once is enough for me to feel distanced from them given its a more serious lie. I was gunna post examples but i think most people reading know the difference between a white lie and a hurtfull one.

As for being good at it. Im not. Im terrible. Even phoning in sick to work when im not ill im feeling really awkward and stuttering my words. I even feel guilty once i hang up the phone. . how sad is that.

I dont want people to ever feel they have to lie to me to spare my feelings or because they might feel awkward saying something to me. Just say it, il respect you more for it.
 
How good I am at lying depends on the context.

The occasions when I am really good at lying are when I am in near life or death situations- such as lack of homework. I tend to predetermine what I am going to say and how I say it. I have had lessons in drama so it helps me to keep a straight, concerned face whenever I lie in such occasions.

However if I decide to lie for fun- especially rather big lies to people I'm rather close to, I can't help but let my paralinguistic features give me away. One time, I lied to my mother that I did terribly in my GCSEs, but she quickly saw through my ahem, poker face because I couldn't stop myself from smirking.
 
Prometheus said:
Lying is one of the greatest feelings in the world,
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Why is it so great? Do you get pleasure from decieving people or is it the thrill of seeing whether or not yo get off with it? I dont understand why you think that. Care to ellaborate?
 
I tell stupid, little lies in jest but it's always obvious because they're so ridiculous anyway (most of what I say is incoherent shite). Some people say they dunno when to take me seriously so I suppose if I was the type of person to lie about everything I'd probably get away with it.

I think there's a point where you have to grow out of lying about mistakes you make (in whatever it may be you're doing work, relationships etc). At the end of the day it makes the outcome so much more negative because you'll always get found out.

There are situations in life you have to lie, though it's not so much lying as avoiding the obvious truth. If you go to a job interview and they ask why you're interested in the job "Because I want money." is far from the answer they're looking for. They just want to test your ability to bullshit.

Honesty is definitely the best policy imo and I don't see that there's a thrill to be had from lying. At least if you're honest with people they know where they stand with you.
 
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