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yes of course. Someone asks how I'm doing. I'm having a terrible day but say fine because I don't want to talk about it. Is this example clear enough for you?
As noted elsewhere, that's not really a lie, because "How are you?" isn't actually a question, it's more of a greeting protocol.
That statement only makes the web of lies/things that technically don't count as lies I have to keep in my head to stay on Alicorn's good side even more complicated.
I'm not that complicated and I'd rather you didn't pin the entire intricacy of socialization on me personally. I'm okay with phatics like "fine", but if you're actually talking to me, specifically, I'll also take "enh" or other non-information as a sign not to pursue the conversation as long as I'm reasonably on the ball and you can also tell me "I'd rather not talk about that".
That's good to know but I wouldn't have guessed it from what you said in the post about slashing tires.
You're aware I did not invent the tire slashing metaphor, right? You seem to be reacting very strongly and specifically to it. I linked a source the first time I used it here.