How to Cheat on a Lie Detector Test
Welcome to Evil Week, our annual dive into all the slightly sketchy hacks we’d usually refrain from recommending. Want to weasel your way into free drinks, play elaborate mind games,…
The Out-of-Touch Adults’ Guide to Kid Culture: Why Is Everyone Beezin’?
Photo: sun ok (Shutterstock) It’s a grab-bag of vaguely related trendlets highlighting the divided attention span of young people this week, as we whipsaw from Hogwarts Legacy fallout to a…
When Is It Illegal to Lie?
Photo: Bits And Splits (Shutterstock) Obviously, when you like big butts, you cannot lie, but how dishonest can you be in other situations? Pretty dishonest, it turns out. In most…
The Lies You Can Get Away With in a Job Interview (and the Ones You Can’t)
Photo: djile (Shutterstock) Even as headlines shout about the booming job market and the millions of open positions across the country, finding a job and advancing in your career in…
An Age-by-Age Guide to Why Kids Lie (and What to Do About It)
Photo: Motortion Films (Shutterstock) This 2017 longitudinal study of adolescent honesty found that warm, trusting child-parent relationships (specifically maternal relationships) were associated with decreased teen lying (and alcohol consumption). Their…
The Difference Between Pathological and Compulsive Lying
Photo: luckyraccoon (Shutterstock) Generally speaking, lying isn’t a trait that’s viewed as something positive. But not all lies are created equal. There’s a pretty broad spectrum of untruths, ranging from…