The human heart is a lie detector

Zelma 2022-03-21 09:01:47

Living in a world constructed of lies and falsification, I spent two hours walking around in a world without lies. There, humans have not yet evolved to learn to lie. In other words, honesty is a human instinct. When asking for leave, they don’t make excuses for not wanting to go to work; they directly reveal their likes and dislikes towards others; they speak out about shame; even some Coca-Cola employees directly reveal the company’s inside story. Without lying, people would have no flattery, no sophistication, no language arts. Humanity has lost the last fig leaf, and the human heart is exposed to anyone in the world, like a soldier with red eyes on the battlefield, it hurts anyone without deviation, and of course is hurt by anyone without deviation, everything. They were all bloody. If there is no flaw in itself, then such a world is perfect, and flowers and praises will not be stingy. But if you are already riddled with holes, like the protagonist who is about to run away and achieve nothing, it will feel no less than a newborn baby without any immunity is exposed to the air full of germs. So, let's go back to the world of lying. Even if there are too many lies, at least we still have a lie detector in our hearts. In the worst case, a lot of lies are told too much and they become immutable theorems. For many things, each of us clearly knows what is true, what is false, what is right, and what is wrong, but there are always people who choose to keep their mouths shut. For example, racial discrimination, such as mate selection criteria, such as Olympic referees, such as the massacre that really existed in history. But who says a lie must go against conscience? As long as it does not violate the virtues of conscience, lies are only temporary self-paralysis and regulators under high pressure and depression, like a filter that softens the originally miserable society. Even the tenderness wrapped in lies. Who wouldn't want to believe that as long as we don't do three heinous things, after death, we can all usher in an eternal and beautiful world. There's the biggest mansion you can imagine, free all-day flavors, ice cream, all the people you love and those who love you. If you want those you love and those who love you to live in a mansion with you, there's nothing wrong with that. Instead of a hopeless, cold nothingness buried under the dirt.

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Extended Reading
  • Isobel 2022-04-22 07:01:17

    Lies are sometimes harder to tell than the truth.

  • Uriel 2022-04-21 09:01:55

    The joy that a sincere movie does not accept

The Invention of Lying quotes

  • Brad Kessler: Shelley thinks you're an overweight homosexual.

    Shelley: I didn't say that!

    Mark Bellison: [relieved] Oh.

    Shelley: No, I said you were a fat faggot.

    Brad Kessler: [to Shelley] I stand corrected.

    Mark Bellison: To think I was upset by "overweight homosexual".

    Shelley: A fatty fat faggy fag...

    Brad Kessler: [to Mark] Oh, well. It doesn't matter. Because either way you're a dumpy little queer.

  • [first lines]

    Mark Bellison: [narrating] Testing. Testing. Testing over the credits. The credits that no one cares about.

    [under his breathe]

    Mark Bellison: "Ooh, we're the business people. Ooh, we want our credit before the film starts, 'cause..."

    Mark Bellison: Anyway. The story you're about to see takes place in a world where the human race has never evolved the ability to tell a lie. This is a typical town in that world. As you can see, people have jobs and cars and houses and families, but everyone tells the absolute truth. There's no such thing as deceit or flattery or fiction. People say exactly what they think. And sometimes that can come across as a bit harsh. But they've got no choice in the matter. It's their nature.

    Man: [on the phone] Look, I'm not coming in to work today. No, I'm not sick. I just hate it there.

    Woman: Oh, your baby is so ugly. It's like a little rat.

    Woman at Restaurant: [sitting down] Wow! I just took one of the biggest poops of my whole life. What are you ordering?