I tell the truth most of the time, but when I do lie it looks like I’m telling the truth because I genuinely do it so often. So I can be an effective liar if I want to be, which I guess isn’t a great thing.
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Only if you use your powers for evil. 
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I really barely ever talk to anyone outside of my wife and the people I have to talk to at work so there’s just no point in not being completely truthful. Lying to your spouse…well that doesn’t work and lying to work only ends up biting you eventually. You could count the number of lies I’ve told in the last month on one hand, I’d wager.
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Everything about that post, other than the low number of lies, reads exactly like my own life.
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I also rarely have any reason, or opportunity, to lie. But on occasion where I do, I still think I’m mostly truthful, even when it might be better to lie. My brain doesn’t always think to not tell the truth (as I perceive it anyway), so I can sometimes be ‘brutally honest’ even unintentionally. But if Telltale Games have taught me anything it’s that silence is a valid option; I have at least learnt to hold my tongue when I can’t lie.
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I wonder how many people who are saying they rarely or infrequently lie, are lying.
Could it be: all of them? 
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It does look like you’re on an island by yourself. At least for now.
Now we know @empressofpersia and @Heisenberg can’t be trusted 
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At least with us, you know.
I’m reminded of the saying - those who steal will think other people steal. And it’d make sense that it also applies… to lies.
Or, a person with understanding of the human condition in modern society is aware that lies, half-truths, and various innocuous deceptions are unavoidable and a regular part of the daily language. Those who believe that they don’t lie often or at all are most likely lying to themselves first and foremost.
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Meh. I think of it this way: in most everyday interactions away from home, be it shopping, or just casual greetings, or small talk; hell yeah I lie. Because no way in hell am I getting into the weeds with someone I don’t/barely know just cause they said “hi, how you doing” No one REALLY wants an honest answer to that question. And when I’m at home I don’t really talk to anyone at all.
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You don’t talk with the people you live? Or maybe you live alone?
Let’s just say that I don’t trust the people I live with, with my private thoughts. Maybe it’s pride or childhood trauma, but I prefer to keep my thoughts/feelings to myself. It’s safer that way.
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I understand you. Sometimes it’s a lot better to keep it inside or even talk alone (my life) than talk to people you don’t feel comfortable.
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There’s a difference between lying when one is in denial and probably hasn’t done some deep introspection/reflection and willfully deceiving others for personal gain. So then the question becomes more nuanced by asking if you lie to yourself (unknowingly) or to others knowingly.
While I did choose “being truthful” I’m probably more likely to… deceive by omission of facts/details.
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I think lying in itself isn’t by default a bad thing as much as how and why one chooses to lie.
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