Friday, December 16, 2011

The Length Of A Lie

            I was chopping it up with one of my long time homies, just catching up.  He was telling about these dealings with a young lady he was getting to know. Apparently she needed a little "loan" to pay her "rent", but there was some "issues".  The amount of the loan was pretty extravagant for a blue-collar working guy.  My friend asked her "Why do you need this particular amount?"  She responded "It's my rent, & I need to catch up."  He remembered from when he hung out with her that she had a 1 bedroom that runs around $650.  So he asked her again & her response changed from the rent to a court appointed summons.  My friend of course became immediately skeptical & asked her to produce a copy of the summons   Now I was wondering why was he even entertaining her even asking him for a loan.  He had told me that he wanted to see her intent & if she's trying to put him in a "trick bag".  Therefore as inquisitive as he is, he decides to investigate it further by engaging her bullshit.  So as she keeps talking, her story changes 3 times.  It's almost funny & got me to thinking about the anatomy of a lie.  Particularly why some folks keep it going.


             Some old acquaintances have also kept lies going.  I was always wondering why & it came to me like this.  If you are a person who's truly making "moves" & never constantly staying in the same place some folks lie to keep up.  How many times we hear about "Keeping up with The Joneses"?  A lot of folks really can't do what you do, so they lie about it.  However if you do some basic investigation, you can figure out the truth (if there is any) from the bull.

            Another particular reason, is shame.  Some folks feel embarrassed about the truth, so in comes the lie.  That's why when you confront them with the truth, they run.  I've had people who I exposed either physically run from me or just try to act like I didn't say shit.  This of course ended our friendship or changed it dramatically.  My only question was "What would make you think that you could even lie to me like I'm some bitch ass nigga?"  It's a tad bit insulting, and very disrespectful.

        One reason why "white lies" exist is due to not hurting feelings.  A lot of folks keep lies going to "protect" friends & loved ones from brutal honesty.  This can backfire due to the fact that someone on the outside can give their opinion or be honest & shatter your loved ones' ego.  At what point does the lie that was designed to help now becomes detrimental to your relationship with this person?  So who's to say you aren't just feeding them a line of bullshit?  As a friend or relative you can be supportive, but if you let that "white lie" run amok, what will be the end result?

          Of course my final reason, is straight deception.  In this case I wasn't a person to be respected but a victim or a mark.  Now if it's like that, then you might get punched in the face or shot.  When deception is in the picture it's never going to end pretty.  I remember I was going to meet a young lady from the net & not only she lied about her appearance, but was setting up a jux (a robbery) with her peoples.  Now I'm no street dude by far, but I do have my street smarts.  The thing she didn't know is I had my peoples all through the block.  So as she saw me give pounds to folks she got nervous & bounced with her homies.  Now some of my heads reading this would have wanted me to get the heat or even pull out heat on her just on principle. I just didn't want that blood on my hands though.  A lot of the folks who carry deceptive lies are con=men.  They are experts at being totally dishonest & just telling folks what they like to hear.  However if they get found out the consequences can be dire.  So they are real convincing & work real fast. So the scam artist will lie until the consequence comes right to their jaw.  Hopefully it won't cost them their life or someone else's.


      So I guess what keeps a lie going, is the amount of bullshit you put out & want that person wants to accept.  I just feel if you are still feeding someone a line of bull & they know it.  Just end it & keep it moving.   Respect folks & hopefully they won't beat your ass at the end of the day.

P.S.  -Check out the photos of a fake fine & summons my boy got on his phone  LMAO - STOP LYING Folks.

That's just the address of a courthouse, but not an actual envelope or letter head.
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 Peep how the "summons" is written in black marker, BTW you can still see Sharpie in the pic
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 Why are you holding the letter down, also you can see the ink from the letter coming through.
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