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		eyelidlessness on March 28, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How can you tell if someone is lying? > Say, someone says they're busy/absent/whatever at X time, but then you spot them at that time, very clearly to the contrary. Did they lie to you? Sure looks that way. But it could also be that their schedule just changed. Maybe they were just busy with the thing you spotted them doing? I’ve been “caught” a zillion times doing a thing by myself because I was booked on my own calendar and didn’t have time for anyone else

dataflow on March 28, 2021 [–]

That's also possible. I said "very clearly to the contrary" precisely because I was not talking about that scenario.

eyelidlessness on March 28, 2021 | [–]

I appreciate that clarification. I was coming from the perspective where I’ve been treated as being busy by myself is treated as very clearly to the contrary of being busy.

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