That feeling you get after you are caught telling a little white lie over nothing but instead of coming out with the simple truth you double down & it was accepted and you finally feel relief.

Blackout@lemmy.world · edit-2 6 months ago

That feeling you get after you are caught telling a little white lie over nothing but instead of coming out with the simple truth you double down & it was accepted and you finally feel relief.

Aganim@lemmy.world · edit-2 6 months ago

Or:

c) calling you out on it releases such a political shitstorm that it is better to just leave it at that.

For example when a commander tries to hide the fact that his favourite tailor blowed up a high ranking politician in order to establish a tenuous military alliance.