# Have you ever posted a deliberate lie on a SDMB? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 27, 2009, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-posted-a-deliberate-lie-on-a-sdmb/519176 "2009-11-27T22:36:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ronald\_C.Semone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cc9497/32.png) [@Ronald\_C.Semone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronald_C.Semone)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2009, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-posted-a-deliberate-lie-on-a-sdmb/519176/1 "2009-11-27T22:36:04Z")
Yes or no. My question was prompted by some of the responses I’ve been reading about members sex practices. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2009, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-posted-a-deliberate-lie-on-a-sdmb/519176/2 "2009-11-27T22:38:41Z")
Yes. This post. ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2009, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-posted-a-deliberate-lie-on-a-sdmb/519176/3 "2009-11-27T23:35:02Z")
All of my “deliberate lie” posts have been done on April 1st. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2009, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-posted-a-deliberate-lie-on-a-sdmb/519176/4 "2009-11-28T00:04:47Z")
Not that I can think of. If I didn’t want to share something, I wouldn’t post. Now that I think about it, there have been a couple of threads I’ve started that had what might be called intentionally misleading commentary in the OP. In both cases, it was done to keep people from making certain assumptions in order to answer my question as openly as possible. But never any false information. ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2009, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-posted-a-deliberate-lie-on-a-sdmb/519176/5 "2009-11-28T00:06:41Z")
Not yet. ---
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2009, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-posted-a-deliberate-lie-on-a-sdmb/519176/6 "2009-11-28T02:57:05Z")
No. Well, that was a lie, but never before that one. ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2009, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-posted-a-deliberate-lie-on-a-sdmb/519176/7 "2009-11-28T03:00:57Z")
My vote was a lie. ---
**Author:** ![ITR\_champion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2009, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-posted-a-deliberate-lie-on-a-sdmb/519176/8 "2009-11-28T03:06:16Z")
In one of my very first posts back in 2001, I claimed to own a Honda Accord station wagon, even though I really didn’t. Oddly enough, I do own one now. ---
**Author:** ![dhkendall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9adbd/32.png) [@dhkendall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dhkendall)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2009, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-posted-a-deliberate-lie-on-a-sdmb/519176/9 "2009-11-28T03:46:49Z")
No. Edit: Dammit, you can’t see who voted for what in your poll. Takes away the humour then, as my “yes” vote was a lie. Well, I guess it isn’t any more, but thinking of the paradox makes my head asplode. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2009, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-posted-a-deliberate-lie-on-a-sdmb/519176/10 "2009-11-28T04:00:35Z")
I voted ‘no’ because I don’t remember telling a lie on purpose. I may have told an untruth in jest, however. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2009, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-posted-a-deliberate-lie-on-a-sdmb/519176/11 "2009-11-28T05:56:13Z")
In a thread about famous people posting online using pseudonyms, I once posted I was Winona Ryder. At the time, that wasn’t true. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2009, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-posted-a-deliberate-lie-on-a-sdmb/519176/12 "2009-11-28T05:57:51Z")
Wouldn’t anyone who has ever participated in a “Two Truths and a Lie” thread have to answer yes? ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2009, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-posted-a-deliberate-lie-on-a-sdmb/519176/13 "2009-11-28T10:18:54Z")
I vaguely recall fudging some details once or twice so that respondents wouldn’t get caught up in extraneous details or try to ‘fight the anecdotal.’ ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2009, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-posted-a-deliberate-lie-on-a-sdmb/519176/14 "2009-11-28T11:14:40Z")
How can we trust the results? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2009, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-posted-a-deliberate-lie-on-a-sdmb/519176/15 "2009-11-28T11:25:45Z")
I voted no, but in retrospect I think I did change some biographical facts about a work situation to conceal my identity. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2009, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-posted-a-deliberate-lie-on-a-sdmb/519176/16 "2009-11-28T12:31:14Z")
I have exaggerated. I have avoided pertinent facts that would have spoiled the joke. I have told tall tales for humorous effect. Do those officially count as lies? ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2009, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-posted-a-deliberate-lie-on-a-sdmb/519176/17 "2009-11-28T14:29:42Z")
Kind of. Legally, I only have one child. When I married my ex, she had a three year old who’s father wanted nothing to do with him. (his loss) I took on the role as father to him. He even called (calls) me Dad. We’ve been divorced for eight years now and I still play the role of father to him. I’ve always told you guys he’s my oldest son. So there it is folks, I’m sorry I lied to you guys. Please don’t hate me. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2009, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-posted-a-deliberate-lie-on-a-sdmb/519176/18 "2009-11-28T14:44:56Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > Wouldn’t anyone who has ever participated in a “Two Truths and a Lie” thread have to answer yes? That was precisely my reason for answering yes. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2009, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-posted-a-deliberate-lie-on-a-sdmb/519176/19 "2009-11-28T15:07:31Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > I voted no, but in retrospect I think I did change some biographical facts about a work situation to conceal my identity. LIES UPON LIES! **A _TISSUE_ OF LIES!!11!!1** Wait? A tissue? I could use a tissue. honk. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2009, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-posted-a-deliberate-lie-on-a-sdmb/519176/20 "2009-11-28T15:09:47Z")
Does sarcasm count as a lie? I recently expressed thanks that a certain type of poster existed. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-posted-a-deliberate-lie-on-a-sdmb/519176.md?page=2)