fake = polite?

[erratio]

what is fakeness?

In my books, fakeness is pretending to enjoy the company of people you would otherwise rather not talk to, and making conversation. And now I'm being told, no that isn't really fake, that's just being polite. Fakeness is when you go out of your way to talk to someone to tell them lies about how good they are.
So from this I conclude that my standards of fakeness include most ppl's definition of polite. No wonder I have trouble with this whole socialising thing so often :\

Comments

[rcmasteraa.livejournal.com]

Fakeness very definitely = Polite. That night I'd have very much not liked to be there with Dan and Jaie. In fact, I don't even know how they tagged along seeing as how the group was mainly SENGers. Even afterwards Lily told me not to hang around them, and this is the person who had to work with one of them day in and out to produce CSE Revue! So don't dishearten, just be polite and bitch about them to friends later. Works for me ;)

[heinypoo.livejournal.com]

agreed... fakeness - polite
those who takes advantages of the politeness are assholes
this applies to every fakies out there
get outta my life

[mia-at-lj.livejournal.com]

I dunno. Sometimes I can feel that when you hang around them for so long and it kind of becomes the social norm it no longer is 'fake' it's just the definition of your acquaintanceship. Am I making any sense? (The answer to which is probably no)

[axl12.livejournal.com]

Politeness is often a fakery, but we do have to do that
to maintain the social order.