The Art Of Honesty

Normally, when telling someone the honest truth about something they don't want to hear, one attempts to make said truth sound as docile as possible. The unorthadox person, however, when being honest, is truly honest and doesn't bother with trifling things like feelings. The truth needs to be heard as it actually is. Misleading someone into thinking something is not as bad as it seems only leaves them ignorant. Now, if someone is bleeding to death in your arms and asking you, "How bad does it look?", by all means, lie. But for the normal everyday lifestyle, be scathingly honest. See where it gets you. You may end up with a few less friends and a few more people slightly afraid of you, but with enough practice, you'll be able to adjudicate the correct times to use your blunt honesty and deem each individual situation worthy or unworthy of the real, harsh truth.

Situations in which bent truth is appropriate:
-The example stated in the above paragraph.
-If a friend has been crying for hours and states that she looks like shit, saying, "No, no. You don't, you're beautiful still" may be alright.
-If someone asks you if you have money which you do not wish to give.
-When someone is irritated at something they own being used without permission (usually applicable with girls and hair/lotion/brush/makeup/clothing products) and the blame is being thrown on you.

Situations in which brutal honesty is appropriate:
-If your spouse asks if they have gained weight. They can't lose the weight if they don't have outsiders reassurance that it's there.
-Adultery.
-If someone looks like shit in the outfit they chose. Now, this particular one is pretty tricky. You could tell them they're not looking their best or you could tell them that what they are wearing is the worst thing you've ever seen adorning a human body in your entire life. It really just depends on the person.
-If someone, he or she, is being a complete asshole or bitch. Bitches and assholes should not be tolerated. Now a friend should definitely be handed some slack if they're having a bad day, ONLY if they are good, normal people under good, normal circumstances. If you should come across someone who is a bitch or an asshole all the time simply because that is their nature, cut them no slack. Attack with your words, for they are powerful, and likely something that the bitch or asshole has not heard very often. Usually, in a bitch or an asshole's case, most people are afraid to say what they really want to say to BitchAsshole because they fear the repurcussions. However in a circumstance in which you destroy them completely with your words and shut them down to the point where a retort isn't even possible, others will be on your side because they dislike the person as much as you, and you will probably gain a lot of points with a lot of people. And a lot of people will be under the impression that your balls have grown to a gargantuan size when really all you were was honest. See how this works out for the best sometimes?

The hardest part is technique, knowing for whom, how, when and in what tone of voice to excersize real honesty. And with practice, anyone can get there. Honesty is not for everyone. If everyone went around speaking the horrible truth to everyone else, the world would be a chaotic mess. A select few in the school of fish may say to the others, "We are most likely going to be hooked, gutted and cooked when we least expect it."