Tell me a lie

People always say how much they hate/dislike people who lie. But I find this hypocritical. After all, those people lie too. And those people would dislike people who don’t lie even more.

Without lies, our world can be truthful, there is no worry of backstabbing or people acting so nicely with you when secretly they hate you, there is no worry of people being fake, telling you one thing while meaning something else, there is no worry of people bluffing you and tricking you of your money or valuables.

But then again, a world without lies is hard on most people, unless you are some person who does not care at all about what others think of you, or some perfect person, or someone who has too big an ego to think badly of himself/herself. How many of you would like someone who tells you that you are extremely ugly/fat/stupid/disgusting/annoying/desperate/pathetic and actually means it? See, we all like people who lie. And we all dislike people who are rude and do not consider the feelings of others. And in this considering of others’ feelings, it is inevitable that you must lie. Lying is an important part of daily interactions. People lie to avoid making their parents worried (telling them you’re in school when you’re not etc.), they lie to avoid conflicts (‘Yes, this looks wonderful’), they lie to make people feel better (‘I feel so worthless and useless…’ ‘No! You’re not!). What’s so wrong about little white lies if they have the power to cheer people up and make them feel better? When you comfort a friend who broke up, telling her that the guy is a jerk and there will be many more better ones coming along, how many of you actually believe what you say? Such white lies do no harm but good.

Telling lies should not be looked upon as something undesired; instead it should be appreciated and acknowledged as a necessary component of life. And as for people who don’t like others to tell lies, it should be time for you all to realize that you all tell lies too, and it is even worse to tell the bitter truth to someone when you all have the power to tell a lie and make him/her feel better.