Are there users of Fluther you know so well, you suspect you can tell when they are embellishing?
After being on this website for some time, and having read thousands of responses from particular jellies, do you suspect you can tell when they are lying?
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Why, I’m the most well known person on this site, respected and feared by all. I’m sure there are one or two hundred adoring fans that can tell.
I would NEVER embellish a story! Or lie.
And if you doubt me, then I will have to kill you.
Uhmm… no, I can’t tell if others are embellishing and usually just take what they have to say at face value. My mind doesn’t naturally look for lies. I think I can tell, though, when most jellies are joking or purposefully exaggerating but don’t catch lies (and sometimes jokes) easily. I am 99.9% WYSIWYG, however, am sure some jellies wonder about some of my stories, which are not embellished. I can be excitable, but I don’t have time to make stuff up.
The most dishonest thing I might do here is lurk. :D
I can’t, but I’m sure some people can. Some folks on here are way more into it than I am….I think that’s cool! And I love Fluther, but I really don’t know any jellies that well sadly.
I would never assume to know that.
Not really since I have no idea who anyone is. Only once. And that was because the person kept mixing up their stories. The bigger the tale the harder it becomes to keep track of it.
Not at all. I’m a genuine sort and it never really crosses my mind to be suspicious of others intentions. I don’t feel I need to keep tabs on others, the way they consistently show up tells all IMO.
Those I most enjoy seem to be genuine, both young and older.
What I watch for is psycho angry outbursts, and unstable emotional reactions, regular anti-social behaviors that show up with a few.
THAT tells me everything I need to know about some. Namely, steer clear, we’re talking unbalanced. lol
Consistency is everything, whether online or in real life.
There are some jellies I know very well. wink wink, nudge nudge
They don’t lie.
Teddy cannot tell a lie, oh wait, that was George Washington. lol ;-)
Aside from my family members and users who repeatedly and obviously do this, no.
I don’t think people always know when they themselves are embellishing or lying, so how can I expect to know if other people are?
No. I mean, either it’s obvious they are being funny, or it seems like I should take them at face value. It really has nothing to do with knowing people well. It’s more about being able to pick up cues about people’s senses of humor.
I feel as though I know quite a few jellies quite well. I’ve never suspected any of them of being dishonest or embellishing.
Actually, if anything, being on Fluther seems to draw out hidden truths…You know those thoughts or feelings people don’t feel like sharing or don’t have the right person to share them with, in real life.
Besides many jellies have met up. The jig would pretty much be up if you met up with a group and you were completely different than your responses portrayed you to be on here.
I don’t really pay to much attention to any particular jelly enough that I can tell when he is lying, and I doubt anyone has payed that level of attention to me. I tend to pretty much take anything anybody says at face value, which is why I’ve been tricked into helping people cheat on IB Math assessments. (I’ve actually gotten PMs from people who admittedly joined Fluther just so that they can PM me for further clarification of my answer).
As far as me lying, it’s pretty hard to lie with math, but some of my non-mathematical questions may commit a lie of omission.
I can’t even tell when people are drunk, let alone when they’re fibbing. I suspect everyone does or has embellished or outright made something up, because I did once. Just once. To obfuscate.
@Sunny2 I am drunk right now, if it helps you set a baseline
Who the hell here embellishes? This is the internet @Imadethisupwithnoforethought! We all tell the truth.
No, can’t say I do. There have been times when I have gone .. hmmm… that feels wrong. Or this person is attention seeking or similar. It is just a gut thing but it isn’t necessary people I know very well.
Do you get this sense? Does it happen often?
@Sunny2 I will send you pics.
@Bellatrix I think you are describing more accurately what I sense on occasion. Someone saying something attention seeking.
Send some my way too XD
Unless you are male
Well I certainly get that and sometimes… being honest… I do an internal groan! :-)
Each to their own though… it’s the internet hey?
Interesting question.
Yes, I have a very keen sense of what is true and what is false. For example, I am certain that all of the responses above are lies cleverly planted to trap the unwary.
Sheesh, you got me @ratty.
Never had that one. Interesting there is a big roo on that page. I tend to stick to wine but I do like a Scotch. Sounds like you are feeling very mellow anyway :-)
Not with people I know well, but with some people my troll alarm does go off rather early. We had a well-liked member once who I was pretty sure was lying/fabricating all along, and it turned out he was. He’s long gone.
I wouldn’t notice. I tend to ignore really long answers unless it’s especially important.
No, the ones I feel I know well always appear to tell the truth.
Remember this from Star Trek? You say you are lying, but if everything you say is a lie, then you are telling the truth, but you cannot tell the truth because everything you say is a lie, but you lie… You tell the truth but you cannot for you lie… illogical! Illogical! Please explain! You are human. Only humans can explain their behavior! Please explain!
I know one jelly well and she’s as honest as the day is long, and blunt (she tells it like it is – I love that about her), so, no.
I remember the one who was exposed for totally fabricating his fantastic stories. I had been tipped off about him by another Jelly.
@janbb I keep hearing about this jelly on many other threads here. Who is this person! Darn my curiosity!
Was that person something of a stranger? I remember someone once linked to a place where he was outed as a liar, but it didn’t really have much effect on me. I still think of his story with sympathy and it doesn’t much matter to me if it was a true or false story. I think that even if it did not have any truth in reality, it had a lot of truth in virtual reality.
People will share what they want to share. Even in real life, we never get the whole story. I think how much that should concern us depends on the sort of relationship we have with the person online and where we hope that relationship will go.
If they are fun and we are just having a bit of chat, I don’t have a huge investement and so any embellishing is not really going to affect me.
If I am in an online love relationship (not that I have those) and I think someone is spinning me a line, a totally different thing. Or if we are becoming real friends and I feel closer to them emotionally, and especially if I hope one day to meet the person. I would expect honesty and trust and less embellishing.
Grrr… there is a rogue e in my post… investment.
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