I understand sometimes people lie to avoid hurting someone, but a lot of the time it seems unnecessary. When something really important happens and honesty matters, people still choose to lie instead of just telling the truth.

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[–] 6 points 1 day ago

There's lots of reasons. Avoiding conflict, avoiding accountability, fear of retribution, self-delusion, acts of retribution or sociopathically WANTING to hurt people, apathy, social acceptance, the fact that people don't care what the truth is as long as they don't have to do anything they're happy. Greed, gluttony, lust, indifference, envy, pride, wrath... trying to pin down precise motivations is complicated.

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