to get really pissed off when people lie on here?

[daisy5678]

I know lying is wrong anyway. But it's almost insulting to lie on here when, if necessary, people can see that you've lied as your words are stored forever! If you're going to lie, at least lie well .

What bugs me is when people lie to get sympathy or admiration for something that is directly contradicted by something else they wrote and they can't possibly both be true.

And then everyone piles in and goes 'oh, poor you' and you know it's bullshit and you can't say 'yeah, but they're lying' because nobody will believe that you have a photographic memory and will think you're stalking the poster and also everyone will think you're being a bitch.

I think IABU. Oh well. I'll get over it.

Thread?

A frigging multitude . It's not a thread about a thread so much as a thread about a number of threads and a handful of posters.

If people lie and get caught out and you're pissed at it then of course YANBU.

Example? How do you know they are lying?

Ooo who's lying???

are you keeping a spreadsheet?

Surely it depends on the lie. For example, I would lie on here if not doing so meant that people would easily be able to identify me in real life and I think that happens a lot.

Also, even if someone is lying and getting advice on a fictional situation, it might be helping someone else who is going through similar but is too scared/shy/whatever to post. Therefore, YABU.

This is the internet, dearie. A place to be anonymous and say whatever you like. If you are looking for quality relationships you need to meet real people. Sorry to disappoint

Who's lying?

And is it proper lying or the kind of thing people do to make themselves less identifiable?

Anybody can be whoever they want on the internet

Get. A. Life.

I sometimes tweak details to avoid outing myself, but not to the extent that I will tell you about the wonderful weekend that DH, the twins and I had when last week I was a LP to an only child

Trying to keep it from being personal to a couple of specific people but one example is something like this.

Poster x says 'we only ever had the offer of y once. Only once. Ever. ' and everyone goes poor you etc. etc.

But then freaky-memory me can't say poor you, because I'm too busy remembering the times that poster x has put that y has actually been offered many many times and that most of the time they've chosen not to do y. But it has been offered. So I'm then why lie? The only possible reason is to get sympathy and I hate that people lie to get that. Emotional leeching.

That's just one example which probably makes no sense because I've tried to keep it so vague.

x-posts. No, lying to stay anonymous is one thing. I'm whinging about the emotional leeches.

Bonnieprincebilly I know but it's not like I'm searching! I just remember and then I can't forget that it's a lie and it annoys me. To be fair, it has annoyed me that one person in particular lies a lot for over two years but I've never really said anything.

I do indeed need to get out more and off MN. Then I won't see the lies and it won't annoy me

giveme, maybe they forgot? Not having your, er, enviable memory? It doesn't really sound like a big deal.

Well, depends on the type of lie I think. I sometimes give slightly false info about me in order to prevent being outed in RL. I regard MN as somewhere I can talk about quite intimate and private things that I probably would not want to discuss with RL friends. Also, my job(in a school), means I don't want people I know but don't know IYSWIM, knowing private details about me.

I have however, read threads where little by little, it has become apparent that someone, often an OP, has exaggerated a situation in order to gain the most sympathy for themselves.Yes, those threads annoy me, but I generally find MNers are very quick to pull posters up and remind them of earlier comments when that happens.

I go through a range of emotions when I realise someone is lying
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If its insignificant (not wanting to out themselves) sort of lying it doesn't bother me. If its a blatant contradiction to something they've said previously I tend to think have a to myself and don't participate in the thread.

givemesleep- who is this one person

Come on just say it

i'd just say on the thread i think

I lie to stay anonymous, but I know what you mean, I usually just snigger and keep track of it myself though - nothing to be gained by "outing" them.

oh just tell us who it is?

Sounds like a few people I can thnk of Vinny

What happened about that poster with the huge family who then had just one child who was moaning the other day?

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