68 Hilariously Obvious Lies That Were So Ridiculous Nobody Even Bothered Pretending To Believe Them

Lying is a sin; at least that’s what many of us in the Christian part of the world were taught as kids. Nevertheless, we still did it and continue to do until today. Some lies we tell are little white lies, like when we tell someone we’ll be there in only 5 minutes when, in reality, we haven’t even gotten up from bed. Other lies can be life-changing, like cheating on your partner or hiding your child’s true parentage.

It would be nice to have built-in lie detectors in our brains — that way, we could never be deceived or made fools. However, some people are such bad liars that clocking their lies is easier than spotting a black ram in a field of white sheep. In one online thread, a netizen asked fellow Redditors: “What is the most obvious lie you have ever been told?”

Some of these stories are the perfect example that coming up with a good lie is an art, and some of us can be hilariously terrible at it.