# Biggest Lies

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-lies/619980>\
**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:** 5\
**Page:** 3

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**Author:** ![living\_in\_hell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@living\_in\_hell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/living_in_hell)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-lies/619980/41 "2012-05-01T03:44:17Z")

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It’s not you, it’s me.  
No gifts, please.  
I hope we can still be friends.  
If you have something to say, I wish you’d just say it to my face.

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**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-lies/619980/42 "2012-05-01T22:09:51Z")

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The trickle-down theory.

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**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-lies/619980/43 "2012-05-01T22:34:10Z")

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The one we all tell ourselves\*;

“All the petty stupid evil shit\*\* that I do to you is completely justified because I’m mad at you / I don’t like you”

- Yup, even you and me.  
\*\* That we would be shocked and horrified if other people did.

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**Author:** ![GreenTreeFrog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3d9bf3/32.png) [@GreenTreeFrog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenTreeFrog)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-lies/619980/44 "2012-05-02T23:14:56Z")

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“oh you don’t need to do that!” - fake refusal of money being offered

Dating, etc:

I’ll call you  
My phone was off  
I don’t do one night stands  
I just got tested  
I don’t use condoms  
I have to get up really early  
I only smoke sometimes  
I’m single

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**Author:** ![The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_With_The_Golden_Gun)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-lies/619980/45 "2012-05-02T23:20:58Z")

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Those cuts on my arm? My cat did that.

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