# Biggest Lies **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 26, 2012, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-lies/619980 "2012-04-26T02:54:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2012, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-lies/619980/21 "2012-04-28T15:23:21Z")
He’s in a better place. Your puppy is living on a farm now. This shot won’t hurt a bit (just a little pinch) Don’t call me, I’ll call you. \_\_\_\_\_ is just a formality. Til death do us part. Don’t worry how bad you look; nobody will notice. Gee, have you lost weight? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2012, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-lies/619980/22 "2012-04-28T15:26:50Z")
“Ummm. . .no. . .why do you ask?” ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2012, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-lies/619980/23 "2012-04-28T15:30:14Z")
I read the EULA and agree/accept it. That’s a pretty harsh song in the OP–starts out getting molested by his father; ends with him getting molested in prison. Belch. Don’t follow Blank Slate’s comment though–couldn’t see where it was racist (unless Slate was talking about other songs). ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2012, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-lies/619980/24 "2012-04-28T15:32:45Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > I read the EULA and agree/accept it. > > That’s a pretty harsh song in the OP–starts out getting molested by his father; ends with him getting molested in prison. Belch. Don’t follow Blank Slate’s comment though–couldn’t see where it was racist (unless Slate was talking about other songs). Coe has done entire album(s) of ignorant, racist songs (Niggerfucker, etc) ---
**Author:** ![BottledBlondJeanie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/0ea827/32.png) [@BottledBlondJeanie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BottledBlondJeanie)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2012, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-lies/619980/25 "2012-04-28T18:00:57Z")
Just the tip. ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2012, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-lies/619980/26 "2012-04-28T18:29:28Z")
It’s not you; it’s me. ---
**Author:** ![shemarstan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aca169/32.png) [@shemarstan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shemarstan)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2012, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-lies/619980/27 "2012-04-28T18:48:28Z")
Companies that state they will no longer send paper bills to you unless you pay a fee…you must use online payments…because they are ENVIRONMENTALLY conscious. Stores that don’t give you a bag, you have to pay for one, or bring your own bag…because they are ENVIRONMENTALLY conscious. ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2012, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-lies/619980/28 "2012-04-28T19:23:29Z")
“I do” ---
**Author:** ![notsoheavyd3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/85e7bf/32.png) [@notsoheavyd3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notsoheavyd3)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2012, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-lies/619980/29 "2012-04-29T16:51:13Z")
And here’s one for us in various engineering fields Manager - Oh, we absolutely have to have this feature/item in our product/portfolio. It’s absolutely critical. (And naturally I check a year or 2 later and surprise surprise nobody has used the feature even once which is what I thought when I was implementing it.) ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2012, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-lies/619980/30 "2012-04-29T19:05:11Z")
> [@Rick](#): > > 1. The check is in the mail 1.2012: The check is in the cloud. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2012, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-lies/619980/31 "2012-04-29T20:31:43Z")
> [@notsoheavyd3](#): > > And here’s one for us in various engineering fields > > Manager - Oh, we absolutely have to have this feature/item in our product/portfolio. It’s absolutely critical. I used to get that crap in software design. Then I’d find it was used by only one person - the crackpot useless employee that the manager of the area had assigned to help us design their software because everyone else was too busy doing actual work. The worst was when I had a manager who demanded that I never issue any criticism of any design request. EVER. But that I simply make a good faith estimate of what that request would require, put it forward and let management decide. I disobeyed her on both counts when Shitforbrains McUselesswanker wanted every key on his keyboard to make a different sound when using the new program so that he could _type by sound_. :rolleyes: (On a PC in circa 1989) Now there’s a Big Lie. “There are no stupid suggestions” (in software design) ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2012, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-lies/619980/32 "2012-04-29T21:43:25Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Coe has done entire album(s) of ignorant, racist songs (Niggerfucker, etc) Yeah, that’s the one. I had never heard of Coe until one unfortunate Virginia night around 4 years ago. The peaceful night was suddenly shattered by squealing tires and the song “Nigger Fucker” blasting out from a pickup truck stopped in front of a house down the street. It turned out some asshole had been dumped by his girlfriend who was subsequently dating a black man. Blasting that filth was his revenge, apparently. What Coe claims is “comedy” is now an anthem for ignorant rednecks. ---
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-lies/619980/33 "2012-04-30T02:42:30Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Coe has done entire album(s) of ignorant, racist songs (Niggerfucker, etc) He’s done entire albums of bad-taste “comedy” songs, I think two (songs, not albums) of which were racist. He’s recorded more directly anti-racist songs than that. I’m not saying that proves anything about whether he’s racist, but I’d be more inclined to say that he’s just a general arsehole. Amazing singer and songwriter when he could be bothered, though. ---
**Author:** ![notsoheavyd3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/85e7bf/32.png) [@notsoheavyd3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notsoheavyd3)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-lies/619980/34 "2012-04-30T04:48:54Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > I used to get that crap in software design. Then I’d find it was used by only one person - the crackpot useless employee that the manager of the area had assigned to help us design their software because everyone else was too busy doing actual work. > > The worst was when I had a manager who demanded that I never issue any criticism of any design request. EVER. But that I simply make a good faith estimate of what that request would require, put it forward and let management decide. I disobeyed her on both counts when Shitforbrains McUselesswanker wanted every key on his keyboard to make a different sound when using the new program so that he could _type by sound_. :rolleyes: (On a PC in circa 1989) > > Now there’s a Big Lie. “There are no stupid suggestions” (in software design) Same here.(Another software developer here) In my case it was “Oh we need this now, can you do overtime to deliver it early? I’ll even pay you for the overtime so keep track of your time.” For those that haven’t guessed yet, no he didn’t pay me any overtime.(I worked weekend to shave a week off a 4 week project. I actually put down less time than I actually worked because I wanted to do him a favor and hopefully get advanced up the ladder. All he did was put me in for some stupid award and effectively I was working for 8 bucks an hour overtime as a software engineer.) Anyway I found out about 2-3 years later from one of the customer support guys that he (Customer Support)was making some fixes to my little project because “Oh, they’re finally going to use that old thing you did years ago” (I worked overtime for this?) Of course that was the first but not the last place to do that one to me. ---
**Author:** ![kmshrader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b782af/32.png) [@kmshrader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kmshrader)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-lies/619980/35 "2012-04-30T07:36:57Z")
Since this has gotten occupational. I work for a distance learning company, teaching high-schoolers. But I submitted that already! I’m ready for this test. I didn’t have internet access/was sick/had a substitute/etc. My teacher didn’t give me that. But I was working on it. The pages won’t load. In dating: I’ll call you. I think you’re interesting (read as: I don’t want to be alone forever). I’m just looking for friends. I have an awesome personality. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-lies/619980/36 "2012-04-30T07:54:21Z")
Religion. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-lies/619980/37 "2012-04-30T14:37:14Z")
1. Just believe in \_\_\_\_\_, the way we tell you, and give us money, and you’ll get to go to heaven/valhalla/the eleysian fields/wherever when you die. 2. Social Security, Medicare, Obamacare and all the other liberal, utopian, socialist bullsht. There is no number three. Nothing beats those two. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-lies/619980/38 "2012-04-30T14:55:01Z")
“It’s your baby.” ---
**Author:** ![Candyman74](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Candyman74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Candyman74)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-lies/619980/39 "2012-04-30T15:22:37Z")
Holocaust Denial is definitely the most obnoxious one I can think of right now. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-lies/619980/40 "2012-05-01T03:27:28Z")
Oh, no! That dress/outfit/hairstyle looks _great_ on you! Of course I don’t mind if you go out with your friends tonight. It’s all in your mind. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-lies/619980.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-lies/619980.md?page=3)