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his_spiffynesss) wrote2012-02-24 06:29 pm
his_spiffynesss) wrote2012-02-24 06:29 pm
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Over the years, I've run into at least two people in my life who I would judge to be pathological liars. One pattern I noticed in both cases was how they tried so hard to make themselves the center of attention.
One guy was a member of a local fan club I was in for a while. He claimed he was this truly leet hacker and back in junior high he busted by the Feds for breaking into one of their computers. His other outrageous claim was to have some computer virus he said could effectively destroy any computer. He was also this pretty boy who was real good about stringing girls along. I recall he had two or three girls he was dating at once around Valentines, and ended up re-gifting what the girls gave to him to the others. At the big anime cons he was quite popular with junior/high school girls, but the fact that he was college age made him come across as downright skeevy.
The other was a coworker at Target who, it did not surprise me, did not very long. He was from Scotland originally, and I never found out how he ended up in Texas. He claimed he was in the UK military in their psychological warfare division, and he also said his wife looked like Carmen Electra. He was also one of those excitable extroverts that carried on conversations even when it was pretty clear nobody clearly cared. For the life of me I could not tell you his name now, but I recall very clearly all of his tales that registered so highly on my BS meter.
While I can't say for certain what they said was untrue, my gut just tells me these guys were just full of it. It seemed all they ever talked about was themselves, and tried very hard to make themselves the focus of attention. I must admit I didn't notice this when I regularly associated with them, but the pattern came to light over time. Being a fairly introverted person, I do have trouble understanding this need to make be the center of attention so much you need to lie just to try and impress people.
One guy was a member of a local fan club I was in for a while. He claimed he was this truly leet hacker and back in junior high he busted by the Feds for breaking into one of their computers. His other outrageous claim was to have some computer virus he said could effectively destroy any computer. He was also this pretty boy who was real good about stringing girls along. I recall he had two or three girls he was dating at once around Valentines, and ended up re-gifting what the girls gave to him to the others. At the big anime cons he was quite popular with junior/high school girls, but the fact that he was college age made him come across as downright skeevy.
The other was a coworker at Target who, it did not surprise me, did not very long. He was from Scotland originally, and I never found out how he ended up in Texas. He claimed he was in the UK military in their psychological warfare division, and he also said his wife looked like Carmen Electra. He was also one of those excitable extroverts that carried on conversations even when it was pretty clear nobody clearly cared. For the life of me I could not tell you his name now, but I recall very clearly all of his tales that registered so highly on my BS meter.
While I can't say for certain what they said was untrue, my gut just tells me these guys were just full of it. It seemed all they ever talked about was themselves, and tried very hard to make themselves the focus of attention. I must admit I didn't notice this when I regularly associated with them, but the pattern came to light over time. Being a fairly introverted person, I do have trouble understanding this need to make be the center of attention so much you need to lie just to try and impress people.