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04/07/2003 Archived Entry: "Incredible blog-story"

Joey DeVilla from The Adventures of AccordionGuy in the 21st Century writes:

Me: I'm not kidding. C'mon, if you're really a Web programmer, you'd know this. This is straight out of chapter one of "Web Forms for Dummies".
New Girl: I refuse to answer this question. Such a simple question...it's...it's insulting!
Me: Answer it, and you'll shoot such a big hole in Whistleblower's story that I'd have to believe you. And trust me, right now, the evidence makes you look like the liar..
New Girl: I won't answer it! I know the answer, but you still won't believe me if I give it to you!
Me: You know, if you accused me of not being a programmer, I'd be dropping mad computer science on your head. I'd be saying "Get me in front of a machine! I'll write 'Hello World' in half a dozen languages!"
New Girl: But I'm not you!
Me: And you're not a programmer. You're a damned liar.

Crazy stuff. The more I think of it, the more I see how many utterly broken people there are in the world. And also the more I realize that there is nothing anyone can do for people like this.

Interestingly enough, I've only met one completely compulsive liar so far in this world. Certainly I've met many people who lie, but compulsive liars are one step beyond that. Also coincidentally...the C.L. that I knew was named Joey. The way he stopped being around my group of friends is that one of us lent him a bunch of money. That person now considers that the best money he ever spent.