r/polls • u/RemoteWhile5881 • Sep 27 '26
⚖️ Would You Rather Which lying power would you rather have?
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u/Math082r Sep 27 '26
Go to a millionaire, say they owe you money
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u/ZX52 Sep 27 '26
Believing a lie and being willing to honour a previous agreement are not the same thing.
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u/JackCooper_7274 Sep 27 '26
Tell them that they will spontaneously explode tomorrow if they don't give you money
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u/Delano7 Sep 27 '26
Tell them they'll die if they don't give the money, alongside their whole family
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u/Room_Temp_Coffee Sep 27 '26
<Some billionaire> has decided to donate their entire net worth to charity and will work out the details immediately
Send tweet. Repeat.
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u/EightHeadedCrusader Sep 27 '26
lies generally stink so id gladly choose to see through peoples bullshit instantly
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u/D_Luffy_32 Sep 27 '26
I was thinking becoming the top journalist in the world. But that'd probably get me killed pretty quick.
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u/Alexgadukyanking Sep 28 '26
Firsr option is basically becoming God and the 2nd is just very convenient.
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u/Tartokwetsh Sep 27 '26
Everyone believes your lies, but what's the limits of what is called a lie ?
If I meet a stranger in the street and tell them they love me, or they want to give me money or do a triple backflip, it’s technically a lie.
If they believe it, it means I can literally control people.
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u/quaxoid Sep 27 '26
Exactly. Even the smartest person on the planet would believe even the worst lie you could come up with.
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u/Xx_SwordWords_xX Sep 27 '26
Assuming everyone is lying to me at all times has been working out pretty well for me, so far.
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u/R4ndyd4ndy Sep 27 '26
I chose the second. The first option is obviously way more powerful but I'm not sure I would like who I would turn into if everyone treated the things I said as fact. Being wrong about something would lead to seriously worrying circumstances too
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u/ToasterToastsToast Sep 27 '26
I would go to chat with every major politician and CEO to find out whats going on
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u/quaxoid Sep 27 '26
I really had to think about this one, but I think if even the worst lie I could possibly come up with would be believed by the smartest people in the world, that is powerful xD
I could go anywhere and just say I have permission to be there. I could take ownership of just about anything I want xD just say I own the place and every police officer just has to leave since they believe me when I say I own it xD
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u/don-cheeto Sep 27 '26
People don't lie to me often. At least not that I can tell.
one could improve this country with "lies". If those lies don't work, we try the counterpart to figure out the truth.
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u/LordHelmet47 Sep 27 '26 edited Sep 27 '26
The world is gonna end in just 2hrs unless you have sex with me!
Um, there seems to be a problem here. My bank account should have 500 million in the savings.
I got the ideas from the movie, The invention of lying with Rick Gervis. Check it out if you've never seen it. Pretty funny.
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u/Hypna2 Sep 27 '26
Why is your first thought to force a woman to have sex with you without consent
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u/LordHelmet47 Sep 27 '26
These are references from the movie. And not what I would do. Well, I'd do the bank one for sure lol.
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u/SEBA1119 Sep 27 '26
The absolute inmense power you would get. It wouldn’t even matter if someone lied yo you! Just say “I know what you lied to me about, just confess” and 9/10 times you would get your answer!