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Originally Posted by Toy Soldier
We disagree again; a story being identical every time it’s told is indicative of it being rehearsed. A better (still not perfect) way to pick out a memory from a rehearsed lie is for the pertinent details of the story to always remain consistent, but for the way the story is told to CHANGE, indicating that the person is wording it as it comes to mind but still explaining the details consistently. If the wording is always the same, the wording isn’t being generated in the moment from the memory. That “whoosh” and always using the same gestures tells me the exact opposite of what it tells you. He’s memorised a script for his version of events.
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That's quite a leap. A story told the same way every time must be a lie.
You ignore his baseline and his illustrators and go for gut feeling because he's a good actor.