The Machine of Liars and Beggars

Why are there translations on the internet of what people say to what they actually mean?

I'll tell you why: there are actual living humans who manipulate everyone in their lives. 

These same people are so terrified of the truth that speaking outright truth hasn't ever crossed their minds. From the birth of a thought, they carefully swaddle it with lavish avoidance before presenting it to the world.

Who knows why? Chances are these people have been conditioned by their immediate community to do so because outright honesty is often considered a faux pas in "civilized" society, its citizens quickly having learned to circumnavigate the truth.

The greatest irony of this tactic is that it was adopted to spare others' feelings. At one point or another, these people decided that complete honesty wasn't polite, so they came up with methods to skirt around every issue until all communication seemed to be totally polite, but is actually at its most vicious.

Certainly I can't be the only one who sees this. People in "high society" are blinded by appearances, wearing wealth and reputations instead of eyes.

This is not to say all people who are wealthy are part of this diseased group.

There are good people who teach their children techniques of effective communication (a.k.a. being honest). Oftentimes, people along the entire spectrum of the "high society" group do not teach their children these techniques.

What's so wrong with being honest? Heaven knows. But people with a little more money than can avoid tickling their egos have decided honesty is beneath them. This means anyone in any socioeconomic state from the middle-class/upper-middle class to the high-class can fall into this very pit, thinking the ground above is a lie and the dirt underfoot comes from speaking the truth.

An example from the post I mentioned.
To which everyone is thinking, "Duh."

Men and women within this spectrum are those who take selfies and expect everyone to interpret them in a way different from what meets the eye. For example, a supposed female model posted on her site the difference between what she sends on Snapchat versus what she means. However, she attributes this method of hidden communication to every single girl using Snapchat.

This woman and women similar to her are the same who never learned to not act like children. The same goes for men like her, as well. Because of this arrested development, these people don't seem to understand that everyone is able to "translate" these things, and with ease. And everyone does.

It's this level of denial which leads to further ambiguity, to try and lure the truth from the people with whom they are attempting to communicate. These underdeveloped mentalities have convinced themselves that this is the best way to get to the truth, and they think everyone else in the universe feels the same way.

Social media contains a small portion of this problem. And not even the worst part.

The worst part about this poisonous form of communication is the absence of sincerity. Without sincerity, humans eventually fail at every turn, and all who employ being insincere as a tactic will always end up completely alone.

On the other end of complete insincerity is complete sincerity. Both lack the same amount of sympathy/empathy to be effective, and both lead to isolation.

Somewhere in the middle is honesty. Telling the truth in a tactful way and meaning it. You can tell when someone has been effectively honest because those who hear it are inspired to be better, whether it means improving upon or changing their lives.

This doesn't always work, though. Someone will always take offense to honesty, regardless of how tactfully it was offered. These are the same aforementioned people who never learned not to be children.

So, be honest. As honest as you can be while remaining tactful. You'll have more friends, be more respected and go further in life.

However, you'll also become painfully aware of the machinations of others. Just avoid becoming a cog in their machine, and you'll be fine.