me reasoning is that the former is just unnecessary , you either lied to me to avoid something unpleasant , which is just a matter of huevos , or you lied to me because you thought I was too stupid to be able to tell . with tactical deceit all that person is saying is that they want me to treat them the way they are treating me , like a lego brick or a cobblestone of some sort . it ' s a spoken contract they ' re making to be thoroughly discarded when it becomes convenient or necessary to me . if someone lies to me , i never call them out on it or overtly react unless it ' s necessary . if it ' s some small lie i ' ll often just make them admit it on some level by running that lie out to its end , or they just get a silent zero if im not feeling petty like that . I never forget any lie someone tells me , even if i just suspect it . I ' ve seen how people can believe me , so when someone tells me something that could be of some benefit to them , minor or major , i recognize it as a possible lie . Everyone lies . People lie by leaving things out , or distorting details without expressly fabricating events . If someone lies to me that i need to maintain some sort of even dialogue with i ' ll be amicable and understanding but they are nonetheless at a zero . I wouldn ' t and don ' t expect anyone to do any less to me , and that goes for anything I might do . I have no sense of complete superiority or invulnerability . If I ' m doing it I know someone else is doing it too , and someone else is doing it better as well .