Why is it now, that telling a lie with sarcasm is MORE convincing than seriously telling the truth? I think it's getting rather sad... that the general attitude of most people is to only trust someone when they're not taking anything you say seriously. Is the truth no longer virtuous? Are words no longer meaningful? If someone walks up to me, and says "You're gay" -- If I were to say "No I'm not!" -- they'd keep messing with me, even though they don't really believe it to be true. Yet, if I were to respond "Darn... you found me out..."-- They'd say "Are you serious?"-- I'd say "No, I'm not being serious, genius." Should this really be how things work? Confessing sarcastically so they don't believe you, in order to tell the truth? FTW?! I'd just love to see someone act that way in an emergency, I'd laugh. "Oh, you're not going to get shot at right now," someone says, when they're under fire from a terrorist. I'd say this kind of apprehension from the truth is probably what's causing so many people to have emotional instability when it comes to admitting their feelings, well, if they've never done it before. Imagine a new example... "Maria... I, I hate your friggen' guts!" says Jim. "Oh, you DO love me!" says Maria. I guess I'm exaggerating my point a bit, but it could very well turn into that if we're all so apprehensive about sharing our feelings.