Few people would likely say they enjoy being lied to, however many have arguably been deceived in one way or another. And while someliesmight seem difficult to believe, others can be surprisingly convincing, especially if the liar is skilled enough not to start laughing at the worst possible time.Redditor ‘WattAtWork’ has recently started a discussion about lies among members of the ‘Ask Reddit’ community. They asked them what has been the biggest lie they’ve ever fallen for, and fellow netizens shared all sorts of stories, ranging from funny to pretty upsetting, and everything in between. If you want to see what kind of webs netizens have found themselves trapped in, scroll down to find their answers on the list below to find out.Below you will also findBored Panda’sinterviews with the redditor ‘WattAtWork’ themselves, as well as professor in the department of educational and counseling psychology at McGill University and author ofthe bookThe Truth About Lying: Teaching Honesty to Children at Every Age and Stage,Dr. Victoria Talwar.This post may includeaffiliate links.
Few people would likely say they enjoy being lied to, however many have arguably been deceived in one way or another. And while someliesmight seem difficult to believe, others can be surprisingly convincing, especially if the liar is skilled enough not to start laughing at the worst possible time.
Redditor ‘WattAtWork’ has recently started a discussion about lies among members of the ‘Ask Reddit’ community. They asked them what has been the biggest lie they’ve ever fallen for, and fellow netizens shared all sorts of stories, ranging from funny to pretty upsetting, and everything in between. If you want to see what kind of webs netizens have found themselves trapped in, scroll down to find their answers on the list below to find out.
Below you will also findBored Panda’sinterviews with the redditor ‘WattAtWork’ themselves, as well as professor in the department of educational and counseling psychology at McGill University and author ofthe bookThe Truth About Lying: Teaching Honesty to Children at Every Age and Stage,Dr. Victoria Talwar.
This post may includeaffiliate links.
“We value you as our employee and the people working here are most important to us”.
If you tell me the truth I won’t get mad.
Going to college will guarantee your future success.
“I thought, what is something general many people want to know? What question might be interesting while not revealing anything about the person per se as well as anything on the internet that doesn’t require some sort of account holder? Then I came up with the perfect question: ‘What’s the biggest lie you’ve fallen for?’,” the redditor ‘WattAtWork’ shared withBored Panda, revealing why they decided to pose this specific question to the online community.
That suppressing your feelings makes you a “man.”.
Life is easier after you grow up.
The OP seemingly took certain answers with a pinch of salt, though some stories the redditors shared did surprise them. “I, being new to Reddit after all (1 week, 1 day old account at the time of posting), have learnt quickly that the answers you get are often a mixture of jokes and truth,” they said.
Don’t remember the biggest lie, but my dad has a bald spot and when I was a kid he told me and my siblings that he got it from going to bed while chewing gum and they had to cut it out the next dayYou bet your a*s none of us ever went to bed with gum after that.
“we support a healthy work life balance"Btw manditory overtime everyday this week.
That each second between lightning and thunder is a mile. It was in my 3rd year of my physics degree before I learned my entire life was a lie. It’s 5 seconds per mile btw.
“Sometimes it can also be about lying for your own good, but sometimes it can instead be about people not being trustworthy,” they continued. “I think the biggest lie I’ve fallen for is that my friends haven’t talked behind my back.”
If you work hard and save you can own the American dream.
That focusing on education, rather than on developing social skills and meaningful connections, will be enough to lead a fulfilling and prosperous life.Thanks mom, you had the best intentions.
‘I’m not having an affair, I think I’m asexual’.– My ex Wife who certainly was having an affair, and not in the slightest bit asexual.
“He’s just a friend, it doesn’t mean anything. “.
“I’ll pay you back.”$9000 in the hole later… still haven’t been paid back.
According to Dr. Talwar, most people only lie occasionally—they may lie for self-gain or because they can achieve their interpersonal goals through deceit—it rarely ever becomes a habitual, chronic behavior. “Only very few people—less than 5%—are prolific liars; most people tell the occasional lie. Those that do lie, though, may tell lies more frequently and are also likely to tell bigger lies with bigger consequences.”
My sister convinced me that I was adopted.
Decaf removed caffeine from my bodyETA: yall I know what it is, I believed decaf was a way to remove caffeine from the human body. BELIEVED.
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I ignored my studies because I thought the world is gonna end in 2012.
“Most of the time, we consider lying not a desirable behavior. The reason for this is because it erodes an individual’s credibility and it erodes trust,” Prof. Talwar pointed out. “Those that lie frequently often have difficulties in their social relationships; to be considered a liar is a terrible indictment in our society.”
I believed that whole s**t of “if you both have braces and u kiss they’ll get stuck together” until i actually kissed someone with braces and they were like “u know that’s fake right”.
That getting a Masters in a STEM field would get me a great salary job!
Ex wife telling me how disgusting cheaters are and how they are succumb of the earth. Guess why I am divorced.
“You’re gonna scare the fish away shut up”.
I was catfished for like a year because i was young and stupid.
I convinced my sister that the word “Mormon” was a very bad word. I was 11.
When I was a kid, my siblings convinced me that Medusa lived in our attic.
“Would you like to buy a magazine subscription?”.
Once as a child they told me that in GTA Vice City there is a secret code for winter to appear, and I even wrote it on a piece of paper, and for a long time I thought that I was simply entering the cheat code incorrectly…
“Click this link for free ROBUX”.
That a seven foot tall rabbit would break into my house during the first Sunday after the Paschal full moon, and leave eggs everywhere.We’d go to the mall to see the Easter bunny and my mom would be all “that’s who leaves the eggs in our house!” Scared me so much tbh.
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