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    Lie Detectors

    I really can't stand people who think they are human lie detectors. "AHA! I saw you crack your knuckles. THEREFORE I KNOW FOR A FACT YOU ARE LYING!11!!!11!!!!"

    The problem is that most of these people are authority figures. It's not a big deal if joe blow off the street thinks you're full of crap, but when it comes down to a boss or a cop or a judge or something, you're in trouble. It gets even worse when they pull the whole "Well, you're NERVOUS, so now I know you're lying!" Of course I'm nervous, jerkoff! You are an authority figure who holds some power over my life, and I just found out you're a complete RETARD. Of course I'm fucking nervous!
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    According to studies no one but professional spies can identify lies better than chance. Polygraphs are at best only 70% accurate.
    I have severe anxiety, so I would show as lying about my name.

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    • #3
      Polygraphs aren't lie detectors. They are nervousness detectors.

      I hate when people claim they can detect lies. Seeing as I'm a pro at lying, I can't stand when people think that they've caught me in a lie because when I lie, I don't get caught and when I don't they don't either.
      Violence has resolved more conflicts than anything else. The contrary opinion that violence doesn't solve anything is merely wishful thinking at its worst. - Starship Troopers

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      • #4
        I actually do have a pretty good BS detector.

        It has a lot to do with body language, but I can usually tell when it's just nervousness and when somebody is trying to hide something.

        I'm not saying I have NEVER fallen for a lie, but it takes a lot.

        (My foster daughters used to just hate that, and one even accused me of having spies, LOL)

        Even on CS, I can usually spot BS from the first whiff.
        Some, I call on it if it's really ridiculous, but some, I just let them go at it for the entertainment value. I still love to see what adventures they are going to come up with next.
        Point to Ponder:

        Is it considered irony when someone on an internet forum makes a post that can be considered to look like it was written by a 3rd grade dropout, and they are poking fun of the fact that another person couldn't spell?

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        • #5
          It's fairly common for people to be able to pick up on lies when the person lying is someone close to you and it's out of character for them. For example, mothers know what the baseline honest behaviour of their kids is like, and they know their children, so they can usually recognize when they're not being honest.

          It's harder for cops to tell when some random suspect is lying, because presumably, they aren't close friends with the suspect, and they don't know how they behave in any given situation.

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          • #6
            My ex-husband has/had a little tell-tale thing he did when he was lying. My son (who is the image of his dad) has the same thing. Genetics, or whatever you would wanna call that, are funny.

            On CS, some people are such OBVIOUS 'storytellers' *ahem* that it's easy to spot, but most of them I wouldnt be able to tell if they were BSing me.

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            • #7
              Pepper, I hope you haven't let onto your son about how you know.. you'll need that up your sleeve - and if you tell him, he can take precautions against it!
              ZOE: Preacher, don't the Bible got some pretty specific things to say about killing?

              SHEPHERD BOOK: Quite specific. It is, however, Somewhat fuzzier on the subject of kneecaps.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Slytovhand View Post
                Pepper, I hope you haven't let onto your son about how you know.. you'll need that up your sleeve - and if you tell him, he can take precautions against it!

                Oh Slyt, I TOTALLY havent told him my secret. Never will, either.

                I did come clean to the ex a few months ago. He was shocked. Claimed he didn't do that. I told him I was gonna clue his GF in on it so that she could benefit.

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                • #9
                  I'm a nervous person when I have to talk to anyone. Especially authority figures. Just how I was brought up, scares me shitless. So I avoid eye contact, and fiddle my fingers pretty much all the time. People think I am lying alot.... and with very few exceptions I am not... it's just how I get when I have to talk to people.

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