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rdos
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06 Aug 2019, 4:41 am

I'd rather say that "Aspies" were not born with lie-detectors, and initially will both fail to notice when other people lie and won't come up with the idea of lying themselves. That doesn't mean they are unable to lie. I think at least some do get good at lying, and being able to mask facial expressions makes it harder to figure it out too. So, yes, I can lie or withhold information from NTs easily, and they have no idea about it since their lie-detectors don't work on me.

The reason "Aspies" don't lie is because they naturally form romantic connections that make it impossible to lie.



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06 Aug 2019, 4:48 pm

I myself lie on occasion, but I do feel awful about it afterwards, and the mental torment could drag on for a long time. For instance, just last month, I apologized to my grandmother for cheating on some homework assignments that I had taken a year prior. I just couldn’t hold it in anymore. Maybe NTs are more capable of telling white lies than I am, but I don’t want to be someone that can easily lie about something small and not feel bad about it.



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06 Aug 2019, 4:57 pm

pawelk1986 wrote:
Banjo54 wrote:
For the longest time, I thought that people are typically honest. Now I know that's not the case. I honestly don't understand how or why NTs are so innately dishonest.
I rarely lie, because I rarely feel a reason to. When I do lie, I suck at it and it can be read. Most people with ASD, to my knowledge, are like this- which is definitely one of the positives of ASD.


Being terrible and lying in ASD how it can be good?
Being a good liar is an essential skill in life, not to mention the poker game! :mrgreen:

It's not lying when it's in a poker game, it's just playing the game properly when you bluff.

I'm definitely too stubborn to bother with the trouble of lying even if it means someone's feelings get hurt.



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07 Aug 2019, 9:49 pm

It is better to be brutally honest than lie. It is the curse or gift of Aspergers. It is better to speak the truth and not worry if it hurts anyones feelings. I prefer truth over lies.