I make stuff up:
1) When I exaggerate to such a degree, it is mostly in the company of those that know me well (and I know well), so it's more for a laugh/entertainment that any thought to being
serious.
2) To get out of a hot spot - my BS meter goes off the roof. And, it's dang believable. It's not arrogance but I very rarely don't get things that I make up my mind to have. (it's just most things in life I don't care enough to 'have', nor do I think the effort/duplicity is worth is/warrented, I rather earn it.)
I've gotten a speeding ticket of 165km/hr down to "a minimum fine, that won't be noted with my insurance company - of 110km/hr" AND the nice police officer stopped me a second time, to let me know I missed my exit, and drove half an hour to re-route me back on the right path. I was owning the highway that day, seeing all cars slow down as the cop car opened the road for me to follow along. *um..ahem..*
3) To test people:
(a) their 'theories', their stories (like I'll set up my conversation to corner them, and have them admit their contradictions in their stories
or validate my position only to myself that the other is lying)
E.g., Person: Yeah, I totally went to X, it was great!
*my spidey sense smells bullshit*
Me (complete bullshit): "Oh yeah!....I think there's this gray gothic looking building at X, you know if you keep walking down Y Street, and pass the little garden that comes up on the left side? Gorgeous tulips when I went in May. Is the fountain still there?"
Person: Uh..yeah. Oh ya! Yup, we actually went to sit in that garden.
*point proven* (I raraly call them on it, I just
inside my head)
(b) With another N, because it's hella fun to see how far & crazy we can take a seed of an idea (we both know we're 'playing' though)
- sometimes, I will even go on tangents with an idea, and this is the only time I'm not conscious of how far I'm going, because it's just my Ne-zone, not on purpose or with malice, or to lie or bullshit. As such, in these situations, I will very appreciatively accept when others point out that I need to reel myself back in.
(c) Because I'm bored and I don't have much respect for present company, so I wanna tussle it up. Girls talking 'gossip' about other girls. "You won't believe what SHE DID....!!!" I will make up the craziest stories about 'this person I know' to beat their stories, only to see them
and
and eating it all up! Just for my own personal joke/amusement (they don't know they're my 'joke' though)
- sarcasm: most can't tell when I'm dishing this out (if you know me enough, you'll know that the rule is, always assume sarcasm unless otherwise stated)
* so yeah, most times, when I make stuff up, I have a very conscious awareness of myself
about to do it. And, I will decide even before I proceed, whether it is 'play' or 'playing them'......and, I will contextualize accordingly so the other side is aware (play) or unaware (playing them). It's very much under my control and thus, has to pass through the rigors of my personal ethics (which, suprising to believe, I
do have
)
. 
