However, these white lies are still self-serving, they enable people to avoid consequence and falsely feel better about themselves, because, "Hey, I said something nice about that person's really ugly hat, kudos to me" only serves to lead that person on further humiliate
However, these white lies are still self-serving, they enable people to avoid consequence and falsely feel better about themselves, because, "Hey, I said something nice about that person's really ugly hat, kudos to me" only serves to lead that person on further humiliate