[Fury]

Say some one is talking to some one else via something like phone or internet and one guy says he has a serious, life-threatning injury that would leave a scar or some other form of indication that proves his story actually happend, but dosen't. He tells the other guy this to see how he reacts.

Later, they're gonna meet or hangout and when they do, GuyA(the one who got hurt)dosen't have a scar to show what happend. The only thing he has is his word. When GuyB sees this, he will know at once that his friend was lying.

My question is this, what would you guys think if GuyA gave himself an injury that would give him a scar in conjunction with his story? For example, GuyA's story says he got shot in his right hand so naturally he would have a hole in his hand. But of course he was lying. So before he meets GuyB, he puts a hole in his hand to make it look he actually got shot.

Discuss.

[Caael]

You put a hole in your hand, didnt you.

[Someone Else]

I would have to say that Guy A must be a huge ass attention whore. Unless he has some major justification for wanting to impress Guy B with his badass scars.

[Quacnar]

I don't undderstand why anyone would do that. Why is it important enough to justify their lie?

[Toasty]

I agree with WD on this. Also, "Flippin' emos....."

[Golden Legacy]

I second WD, and would also be curious to see if Person A would be capable of maintaining his lie (i.e. backing it up with a story without loopholes or clear errors).

[Mallick]

Erm, well if you got shot in the hand, you wouldn't really have a hole. It would heal, and you would have a mark on your hand. And I don't see how this question could be hypothetical at all, so you really need psychiatric help, BRO.

[I'm Always BROKE]

Wut??

[Someone Else]

Also another thing, even an untrained eye would be able to tell if a bullet wound was made recently or not. So... you'd really have to plan ahead.

[Drizzy Drake]

Fury, did you lie to a friend about being shot in the hand?

[Lightning Star]

I actually had this happen with someone I know, though I never was able to see him in person to see the wound/scar.

And you guys, it may not be him. Maybe someone is blaming him for shooting them. You never know. EDIT: Wait, I misread. Well, it could be his friend and he wouldn't believe him even if his friend had proof.

I'd go with what GL said. Go detective and find where they were at what time, ask specific details about his story and also ask people who know him and wouldn't be biased to lie.

[Ironsight]

Fury, on Jul 31 2009, 06:17 PM, said:

Say some one is talking to some one else via something like phone or internet and one guy says he has a serious, life-threatning injury that would leave a scar or some other form of indication that proves his story actually happend, but dosen't. He tells the other guy this to see how he reacts.

Later, they're gonna meet or hangout and when they do, GuyA(the one who got hurt)dosen't have a scar to show what happend. The only thing he has is his word. When GuyB sees this, he will know at once that his friend was lying.

My question is this, what would you guys think if GuyA gave himself an injury that would give him a scar in conjunction with his story? For example, GuyA's story says he got shot in his right hand so naturally he would have a hole in his hand. But of course he was lying. So before he meets GuyB, he puts a hole in his hand to make it look he actually got shot.

Why?

[Laharl]

next time, tell him you got shot in the head~

[Fury]

I made this topic not based off a personal experience, but because this is an interesting question and I wanted too see what you guys thought about it.

[Golden Legacy]

The basic idea behind what Fury proposed is the degree to which a lie, something that didn't happen, can be accepted on face value. Do you place your trust in how feasible the story is - presented with the 'evidence' to support it - or in the person themselves?

I've often asked something similar. What do you call it if Person A tells Person B something that A thinks is the truth - is genuinely convinced of it - even if it actually isn't?

[Laharl]

Golden Legacy, on Aug 1 2009, 10:52 PM, said:

What do you call it if Person A tells Person B something that A thinks is the truth - is genuinely convinced of it - even if it actually isn't?

politics?

[Golden Legacy]

I was going for the legal ramifications and how it would be classified, but I applaud you, good sir.

[Laharl]

actually i think Religion is more accurate

[Golden Legacy]

Well, it could even apply to Alchemy. The philosophers and forerunners to modern-day chemists invented many of the same tools, same ideas (i.e. distillation), processes in invoking their experiments that today's scientists use, even if their basic premise was fundamentally wrong.

[Legolastom]

I agree.

[Quacnar]

Two people contrdict each other in the description of an event, yet neither are lying. Why? Because both actually believe what they are saying is true, despite that being impossible.

[Laharl]

opinion isnt truth >___>

[Aquamarine]

Legolastom, on Aug 3 2009, 06:57 PM, said:

I agree.

I seriously LOL'd at this. I dunno why, I just found it hilarious coming straight after GL's post.

[Nosferatu]

So this is a topic about religion and politicis? Two things you DON'T talk about on the internet?

http://htmlgiant.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/internet-serious-business.jpg

[Toasty]

Well, this IS a serious topic about a serious question, so it's probably going to seriously be kinda serious.

Seriously.

[Split Infinity]

This seems strangely specific for a hypothetical question. And I don't see how you can take a bullet directly to the hand without any sort of definitive wound. If it were me I'd ask him how that could be possible, unless there are other factors at work.

[Mallick]

Split Infinity, on Aug 4 2009, 12:00 AM, said:

This seems strangely specific for a hypothetical question.

I said something along these lines, but it was deleted. Curse the staff of this forum.

If I were you I'd come clean about shooting yourself in the hand.

[Legolastom]

Dont shoot the hand that feeds you is what I always say.