alt Hacker News> I just can't feel confident in any form of self report
How do you decide what to eat when you are out with friends if asking them for their opinion is out?
Or do you ask but then spend all night afterwards worrying that maybe they lied and you should have gone for tacos instead?
Seems exhausting, why not trust people a little?
People admit they lie on surveys. There have, somewhat ironically, been surveys about this: https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-29206289
I'm afraid struggles with dishonesty about what they want to eat is a somewhat common relationship problem: https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinfuriating/comments/sydaj0/w...