Is is true that Aspie people don't tell lies?

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aspies can tell lies, but most are very honest at least thats what ive read online i dont know any aspies in real life XD.

Personally it is hard for me to tell lies. I always prefer to be honest and tell peope what i think, even though it can get me in trouble sometimes.

I have seen anyways that people expect you to tell lies that please them. If you are honest, they think you are rude.

Yes & no

It is difficult for me to tell a convincing, bold-faced lie. However, half-truths backed up by logic to fill in the blanks; much easier.

Lies!

I find telling lies a pretty easy thing to do. And i rarely feel guilty about it.

Ofcourse the people i lie to, i dont really care for them.

I couldnt lie to someone i liked basically.

Yeah, in general.
(generalisations never work particularly well)

We can lie. I think the problem is, we can't lie consistently. It takes me some preparation to lie to someone.

at my sales job right now I keep being told that 'its ok to lie' just as long as I dont give the client wrong information. (meaning you can lie to the client about you personally using the product and loving certain features of it when in reality you wouldn't touch the thing with a 10ft pole).

Well... I find that almost impossible to do even though I try to plan & prepare for it. I've found that since I cannot really control the flow of the conversation I keep missing the openings to insert the little sales white lie because im too busy trying to keep up WITH the conversation with the client.

So... I think we can be great liars as long as you don't have to do it as part of a conversation.

'why no officer, I never saw that red light'

I can lie, but I'm not good at it, so why bother? I'm not comfortable with speaking in a way that is inconsistent with reality, and my thinking tends to be very reality-oriented. I am uncomfortable around people who lie a lot, and I have little respect for them.

It's like sarcasm. I understand the concept, and I can practice it, but it doesn't have the intended effect because there's something wrong with getting the nonverbal language to match.

Is is true that Aspie people don't tell lies?


yes!


(and if you believe that, then you need to know Aspies are people first, and Aspies second.)

Merle

There are some lies I often tell, then there are others I deliberately neglect to correct. Including the notion that I don't lie...

Why, yes - yes - that's the ticket! You're ab-so-lutely correct! Aspies never lie...and we're always right! That's why we secretly rule the world! We only pretend to be quiet and unassuming so the NT-men-ies won't catch on to the master plan of our alien overlords, to destroy human civilization with our mind-numbing mediocrity ray! Mwuh-ha-ha-ha-ha!

It goes back to one of the central issues of Aspies and social function - processing - someone recently used juggling on another thread as a metaphor, in that we can handle one interaction at a time, but the more there is going on, the trickier it is for us to keep up with all the incoming stimuli.

Lying works the same way, for me at least. I simply don't want the extra mental acrobatics of having to remember all the pieces of misinformation and how they (supposedly) relate to the actual truth. Life offers enough obstacles for my brain to negotiate without me making more for myself. I love making up stories on paper, but lying is just a pain in the ass. Besides, I despise people who lie to me, as well as hypocrisy in general, so I just avoid that sort of behavior on principle.

On the other hand, intentionally disclosing the truth for no good reason - that's another matter entirely.

Aspies ALWAYS lie.

I lied during my interview today about this being my only job I interviewed for. I don't like lying. I prefer to say the truth, and exactly what I think, which gets me in a lot of trouble.

So.. do you not lie? Is that what you're saying with this? :B I've never met someone who never lied.

I don't think my post at all suggests that I don't lie, it's just much easier if my lies are somehow rooted in truth.