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^:k:
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Lying online is not such a bad thing , because even if you are not lying everybody still thinks that you are lying. 
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online is just for sharing thoughts and once in a while seeking help or advice. i think we're adult enough to know which advice is just to mess with your life and which advice is seriously good advice. we aren't in middle school so i think we can tell the difference. but i'm definitely not comfortable telling all my details and personal info. and it's nobody's business really knowing all your info single or married, living with someone, job description. after certain experiences in life i don't know how anybody can fall in love online, it can lead to a life of hell, i'm pretty sure
the outright liars that are online just to mess with people are ones hopefully all steer clear of
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or even to people you were related to
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lies are fine, just make it imaginative and fun. if you are boring, please stick to the truth. will post more about this after i'm done with my lunch with barack.
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I know of someone who build up a whole new "online-life" for herself when she was around 16 years old. And she stuck to it for quite some years with the friends she had made.. Everything was made up, like her parents, their age, her siblings, their occupation, everything .. I dont know why she did like that. But when she was online, it was a different "her" .. it was her "online-she" with a total different family etc etc. .. Scary!
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^are you just messin with us, yea i know halloween is coming up but you don’t have to start the made up scary stories so soon 
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^No, I am totally serious! She really had made up her fantasy family ..
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^No, I am totally serious! She really had made up her fantasy family ..
I do that too, its called writing a story. :p
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technically not lies, I have multiple personalities living in their own make belief world, and I share truths as they relate to those multiple personalities and their imaginary world,
Oh and as far as telling lies, I tell lies about half the time in my posts.
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a honest helpful hint -- 90% of avatars are just younger, thinner and prettier versions of their creators :D
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so u are essentially garfield in real life? :)
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I like Lois Lane 
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Yes, i am even furrier and redder in real life. :k:
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Nope. the opposite of your avatar would be pretttty!
does this prove my thesis to be true? yes? thank you :D
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So you've probably come across stories where someone says they are married, have children, have this fantastic job and lifestyle etc etc...or a guy/gal who is single and lives with a roomate and is working and/or is a student and etc etc etc...but some day you find out that they were totally lying. Do you think such people are just big fat liars trying to seek attention or they are actually failures in their real lives so pretend to be extremely accomplished online? How does one find the time and energy to come up with and stick to their lie for such a long period of time? What about the conscience we're all supposed to have?
I'm not talking about people who choose not to share too many details about themselves for security reasons or just because they are more private than some...that's fine, but I'm talking about the folks who actually lie and use that to their advantage in some way or the other.
Internet is a fascinating tool to live outside from where one actually resides.
It can be a great window to look outside and it can be made like a window to have people look at you however you want people to see you.
People who lie may belong to second category when they go to extreme.
When we meet perfect strangers even personally, they may say a lot about themselves which may not be true but eventually we just have to go along with what they say and move on.
At times it is easy to catch the liar and at times it is not...so what.
Sometimes, you just do not care and play along for fun.
Reminds me a long thread about so many guppies saying who they have been told they look alike.
Most said they have been told they look like some celebrity....and they may be right but we do have a need to be perceived as good ...........
..........and some may even petend to satisfy that need.
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Lying is bad
either online or offline
People who do this intentionally need to get a life...
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I do that too, its called writing a story. :p
lolz, I bet the other person knows that as well :p
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hahaha sweeetmoi, that's hilarious! (your initial post)