Is Lying Ever OK?

Sometimes …yes.

Photo by Emiliano Vittoriosi on Unsplash

It’s Ok to lie when telling the truth is of no tangible benefit to anyone in the scenario. The best way I’ve ever seen this captured is in a writing prompt on Reddit:

This answer was given by Reddit user: Wercwercwerc on this post.

If you haven’t read this very short story about a liar named Joe, I really recommend it. It captures the essence of an answer…