Lies
I am a liar. I'm always thinking about lies that I can tell people, always. I tell lies to everyone just for the sake of lying. It is just
so fucking fun I cant help myself! I do not however see this as any sort of weakness of character; on the contrary, I think that
it takes a very strong person to lie all the time and pull it off. Some people say that if you lie all the time, you lose sight of who
you really are, but I don't believe that at all. I think that in order to tell the best and most convincing lies, you really have to
know yourself; after all, if you tell a lie which is not true to your own character, it is not believable and, as any good liar
knows, believability is the most important aspect of any lie. You have to make your lies seem like the truth. This does not
mean that you have to make your lies simple, not at all, I myself often tell very complex and interwoven lies (these are the
hardest lies to tell because you really have to pay attention to what you are saying; but at the same time these are the best lies
to tell because you get such a rush when everyone buys it — to know that you can pull the wool over people's eyes so easily
is quite a power trip).
To tell you the truth, I think people like being lied to; lies are always so much more interesting than the truth. Why do you think
people read fiction? People like to be told stories which they can safely label as untrue. Even though the ideas and
philosophies of the writer may be quite valid and very serious, if these ideas are incorporated into a story as opposed to an
essay, people are able to pay little heed to the most serious of messages without much trouble to their consciences: that's the
beauty of fiction, it both exposes the masses to their shortcomings as a society and allows them to continue on with their
everyday lives without batting an eyelash.
You know what I think? I think that if a lie is good enough, it becomes the truth. After all, truth is the state or quality of being
true; and in order for something to be true, it must be in agreement with fact; and fact is a thing known to be true (if you don't
believe me, check the dictionary). So, if a lie is really good, and everyone you tell believes you, then it becomes fact and
hence the truth. It's fun to make up the truth; anyone with a quick enough mind can do it.
Problems arise however when people tell conflicting stories. Then what happens is the person who wins the confidence of the
majority gains the right to say that they are telling the truth. This does not mean that the winner is not lying, all this means is that
the person who wins the confidence of the majority is the most convincing. Sometimes lies are more convincing than the truth.
This morning while I was in the shower, I was thinking of a lie to tell one of my professors as to why I missed his class last
week. I know that he doesn't really care if I'm there or not, and I know that he won't ask me where I was, but I just like to
have a lie at the ready for any given situation. This is not to say that I cannot think up lies on the spot, I can (in fact, you'd be
surprised how quickly lies come to me); I just like lying so much that it even gives me pleasure to think up lies I may never use.
It often astounds me how many possible truths I can create.
I don't remember when I realized that lying was so much fun; possibly when I was young I lied to my parents to get out of
trouble and it worked and I was so impressed that they believed me that I got hooked instantly and have lied ever since, who
knows? Whatever the case, I cant remember a time when I didn't love telling lies. This is not to say that I was never caught
trying to pass off my version of a story as the truth. I've been caught a few times, but that was when I was younger: I'm a
much better liar now — I never get caught. And you know why I never get caught? Because my lies are the truth.