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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

When you you encounter a Walter mitty type character, who is basically full of shit, do you humor them, and let them think everyone believes what they say, even though most people are laughing behind their backs, or do you call them out on it hoping that eventually it will motivate them to stop

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Depends on if they are harmless or whether their bullshit would affect others.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

What do you mean, no one lies on the internet

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I was telling my friend the same thing.. when we were in a helicopter over Greenland last week

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I mostly ignore. I don't want to be cruel, but I don't really want to encourage either.

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By *uzy444Woman
over a year ago

in the suffolk countryside


"When you you encounter a Walter mitty type character, who is basically full of shit, do you humor them, and let them think everyone believes what they say, even though most people are laughing behind their backs, or do you call them out on it hoping that eventually it will motivate them to stop"
a fleeting one off meeting i stay silent. if im going to haveto deal with their company on a more regular basis, then i cant keep my mouth shut...even i have a tolerance limit...

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By *evaquitCouple
over a year ago

Catthorpe

I (he) work with one and it grates . Not called him out yet but in fairness I doubt he's smart enough to acknowledge it and stop.

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By *ELLONS AND CREAMWoman
over a year ago

stourbridge area

Humour them ....

Sooner or later they will trip themselves up ....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I call them out generally, in private and with as much tact as I can muster. There comes a point where the culprit can humiliate themselves when they start to believe the lies they're telling.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

As long as it doesn't affect my life i.e. "quick jump in the chopper, I can fly one of these" or "Don't worry I have tied hundreds of suspension rigs before", then I just let them get on with it...... people get found out, another's kudos/ego/life is not my concern

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By *unandbuckCouple
over a year ago

Sheffield

They piss me off, because, when I was behind enemy lines in Afghanistan there were a bunch of Taliban like that. I killed 6 single handed and shot the rest as I escaped in my blackhawk helicopter while satisfying 4 nymphomaniacs I had been sent to rescue.

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By *etter the devil you knowWoman
over a year ago

Lyndhurst

I dont think they will stop so i would just not say anything, they can be annoying though. If you say you dont believe them they wont like it and they arent going to admit they arent telling the truth.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Some of these have made me laugh so hard i almost wet myself and soaked through to the carpet

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ


"I was telling my friend the same thing.. when we were in a helicopter over Greenland last week"

I know someone who once flew a helicopter over Greenland....Oh hang on, wait a minute

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By *randMrs Spanish BrunetteCouple
over a year ago

home sweet home


"When you you encounter a Walter mitty type character, who is basically full of shit, do you humor them, and let them think everyone believes what they say, even though most people are laughing behind their backs, or do you call them out on it hoping that eventually it will motivate them to stop"

Depends on my mood. If I'm in for a giggle, I will ask them more and more questions so they dig a bigger hole for themselves.

If I'm not in the mood ,I will ignore them

If I'm up for a fight I will call them out.

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

I was in a relationship with a dangerous liar, she would make things up that people could have been badly hurt by, you have to call that out, for the safety of those around them.

But if someone tells you they invented the iphone in 83, I think its cruel to encourage them

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"They piss me off, because, when I was behind enemy lines in Afghanistan there were a bunch of Taliban like that. I killed 6 single handed and shot the rest as I escaped in my blackhawk helicopter while satisfying 4 nymphomaniacs I had been sent to rescue.

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Huh, slow day for me that would be

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By *ELLONS AND CREAMWoman
over a year ago

stourbridge area


"Some of these have made me laugh so hard i almost wet myself and soaked through to the carpet

"

For the millionth time .....will you stop exaggerating ....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Some of these have made me laugh so hard i almost wet myself and soaked through to the carpet

For the millionth time .....will you stop exaggerating .... "

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

Seriously though, I think that what might start out as a little white lie in some people's minds becomes bigger and bigger until they actually believe it themselves and turn into a "Walter Mitty" type character.

Re my previous post, I had a mate who had either done, or knew someone else that had done something that anyone else (genuinely) had claimed to have done. It got rather tedious in the end tbh

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I don't humour anyone... oh wait no that was it, she said "you're not funny"

Ess

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I call them out.

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ


"I call them out."

Are you a cricket umpire

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By *icecouple561Couple
Forum Mod
over a year ago

East Sussex

If they're pathological liars there's no point calling them out.

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By *ackDMissMorganCouple
over a year ago

Halifax


"Depends on if they are harmless or whether their bullshit would affect others."

This

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"If they're pathological liars there's no point calling them out."

It makes me feel good though and thats what matters to me

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By *uckOfTheBayMan
over a year ago

Bracknell

Sometimes it just ends up being like a pack of wolves tearing a moose apart

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By *iamondjoeMan
over a year ago

Glastonbury

I used to have a client - my first ever client, now I think of it - a speed freak and I dunno, I want to say fantasist because the entirety of what he said couldn't possibly be true but he was certainly highly intelligent and parts of his story were plausible.

Funny guy.

I was the first worker to get in his house in 5 years. Smashed furniture, bits of electrical whatnot all over the place, a washing machine in the sink and lots and lots of used needles.

He cleared a space on a stool and proceeded to make tea in a watering can.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"They piss me off, because, when I was behind enemy lines in Afghanistan there were a bunch of Taliban like that. I killed 6 single handed and shot the rest as I escaped in my blackhawk helicopter while satisfying 4 nymphomaniacs I had been sent to rescue.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I stand back and watch them dig a hole for themselves

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I tend to steer the conversation in another way if the bullshitting is becoming to obvious.

The few I've encountered like this have been rather insecure / shy types so it's been their way of making themselves seem more interesting.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Wow thats amazing. Id love yo meet you. Ooooh my hero

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My facial expressions and body language speak for me. I can't hide the fact from them when they bull shit.

They soon stop when the err? unimpressed wtf? expression shows.

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By *iamondjoeMan
over a year ago

Glastonbury

I have a good nose for bullshit

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Depends. I have called them out. Usually shuts them up.

Fb

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ


"I used to have a client - my first ever client, now I think of it - a speed freak and I dunno, I want to say fantasist because the entirety of what he said couldn't possibly be true but he was certainly highly intelligent and parts of his story were plausible.

Funny guy.

I was the first worker to get in his house in 5 years. Smashed furniture, bits of electrical whatnot all over the place, a washing machine in the sink and lots and lots of used needles.

He cleared a space on a stool and proceeded to make tea in a watering can.

"

Haha, are you sure it was "tea"

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By *iss_tressWoman
over a year ago

London


"I was telling my friend the same thing.. when we were in a helicopter over Greenland last week"

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By *iss_tressWoman
over a year ago

London


"They piss me off, because, when I was behind enemy lines in Afghanistan there were a bunch of Taliban like that. I killed 6 single handed and shot the rest as I escaped in my blackhawk helicopter while satisfying 4 nymphomaniacs I had been sent to rescue.

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...fertile imagination some of you!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


".

But if someone tells you they invented the iphone in 83, I think its cruel to encourage them"
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I like the saying never interrupt people you might just find they did invent the iPhone?...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I stand back and watch them dig a hole for themselves "

Then push them in and bury them

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I can't really say I've dealt with people like this.

Does that make me the Walter Mitty?

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By *ngel n tedCouple
over a year ago

maidstone

I know a chap, had a few chats with him, exchanged life stories and so on and so forth. After a while i started thinking to myself "hang on has he told me these little anecdotes before?" Then he proceeds to regale me of his uncle, who for some reason or another, they ended up calling him gorgeous george. Then it hits me, he's basically quoting his life story straight from the scripts of lock stock and snatch......what a cunt!

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By *iamondjoeMan
over a year ago

Glastonbury

I could tell stories sooo tall that if I weren't accused of bullshitting I'd be banned by admin

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I don't engage them at all.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I switch off from the conversation, just let it go over my head.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Catching them out doesn't stop them. I used to have a friend that was/is a compulsive liar. We used to catch him out all the time. He'd just shrug, look sheepish, then carry on lying!?! He dissappeared into obscurity for the most part, but I'll bump into him once every few years.

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By *bsinthe_boyMan
over a year ago

Luton

People sometimes don't believe I've done some of the things in my life that I have.

Then I show them the photos and videos...

But in the case of someone who exaggerates, I often give them the benefit of the doubt. People who tell total fantasies about themselves, I tend to assume they're harmless but keep them at arms length.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"When you you encounter a Walter mitty type character, who is basically full of shit, do you humor them, and let them think everyone believes what they say, even though most people are laughing behind their backs, or do you call them out on it hoping that eventually it will motivate them to stop"

Be careful as I've had this recently. Some of these people can be quite 'dangerous' - as in, once you call them out on the bullshit they can turn on you and you become part of the bullshit!

My advice would be to distance yourself massively from these types of people.

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By *harpDressed ManMan
over a year ago

Here occasionally, but mostly somewhere else

I entertain myself by over-doing the believing of them - being fascinated and asking lots of questions that force the individual far far down their own rabbit hole.

If I have time. If not...

Smile and nod.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

After each lie they tell at the point where they usually get a favourable response,l'll just say..."Did ye aye?" with an incredulous look on my face n maybe one arched eyebrow for good measure.

They usually get bored pretty quickly n move on to seek some sap that will indulge their pish.

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By *inky-MinxWoman
over a year ago

Grantham


"Depends on my mood. If I'm in for a giggle, I will ask them more and more questions so they dig a bigger hole for themselves.

If I'm not in the mood ,I will ignore them

If I'm up for a fight I will call them out.

"

+1

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By *isdirtygirlCouple
over a year ago

somewhere out there

I let them carry on and humour them for a while. After this I start dropping hints that I know they are bullshitting. But there does come a time I can't take no more and call them out. I really don't understand why they have to do it. But hey nvm.

DG

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

You called

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"When you you encounter a Walter mitty type character, who is basically full of shit, do you humor them, and let them think everyone believes what they say, even though most people are laughing behind their backs, or do you call them out on it hoping that eventually it will motivate them to stop

Be careful as I've had this recently. Some of these people can be quite 'dangerous' - as in, once you call them out on the bullshit they can turn on you and you become part of the bullshit!

My advice would be to distance yourself massively from these types of people. "

I know, like I said before, I lived with a compulsive liar, she almost destroyed me with her deceit, but if I hadn't called her out when I did, I could have lost everything, and that started with little porkies, but then they have to tell some Whopper's to cover the small ones, and its a vicious circle that ends in people getting hurt

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I quite like when people embellish a few facts to make a story more interesting,I've been known to do that myself,occasionally.

Slight exaggerations are not quite the same as complete B/S though.Are they?

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