Caps, do you feel you are a human lie detector?

This topic was created in the Capricorn forum by capnip on Friday, June 3, 2016 and has 11 replies.

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@capnip
11 Years

I feel pretty certain that I can tell when someone is lying to me. It's like a red light flashes in my head. I have friends of other signs who can hear the same thing I just heard and shrug it off like...meh.

I have read that we might be overly paranoid and mistrusting. I don't believe that. I think we're just cautious about people's intentions. Fellow caps, do you know for certain when someone is lying? Do you call them on it? I tend to say to myself "hmmm...liar, got it" and then treat that person accordingly instead of calling them out. Feels like my intelligence has been insulted and now I am disgusted with them.

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@iCloud9
11 Years1,000+ Posts

i by default assume no one is telling 100% truth most times and that does not bother me. people tell lies all the time to cover their arses, white lies to avoid unpleasantry, and keep a difference face at work / in public. truth is overrated. if i want the truth badly, i go find that out myself but most times it's simply not that important.

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@capnip
11 Years

Posted by iCloud9
i by default assume no one is telling 100% truth most times and that does not bother me. people tell lies all the time to cover their arses, white lies to avoid unpleasantry, and keep a difference face at work / in public. truth is overrated. if i want the truth badly, i go find that out myself but most times it's simply not that important.

Why do you think the truth is overrated? If you have to go find it, doesn't it make you feel differently about the person?

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@iCloud9
11 Years1,000+ Posts

if something or someone does not feel right or doesn't make you feel comfortable, why does it matter whether they are lying if you are not gonna associate with them. they mean nothing. who cares.

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@sue26
10 Years

In many cases I could sense if someone was lying. May be for a few cases, I would over- analyze. I would rather say that it is pretty easy to read a person's mind. The more I close to, the better I can do. Sometimes I felt that it is a kind of curse 😢

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@RumiL
10 Years5,000+ Posts

My father thinks he is... *rolls eyes*

...but..he's correct 99% of the time :p

I dont approve of it because... I'm the type that has endless benefit of doubts even when truth is written all over the place in front of my eyes or else when I see it - I never say much. 😢