Leslie John

Have you ever looked at pornographic material?

Have you ever made a false insurance claim?

Have you ever cheated on your tax return?

Have you ever claimed to have education that you didn't actually have?

While in a relationship, have you ever flirted with somebody other than your partner?

Have you ever taken credit for someone else's work?

Have you ever let a friend drive after you thought he or she had had too much to drink?

Have you ever lied about your income to someone?

Have you ever called in sick when you weren't sick?

Have you ever pretended not to see a beggar to avoid being seen as stingy?

Have you ever gone on a date only to make somebody else jealous?

Have you ever drunk so much that you got a hangover?

Have you ever littered in a public space?

Have you ever failed to do chores in a shared house or apartment?

And have you ever failed to tip a waiter in a country in which tipping is customary?

These are the questions, and these I've more or less said them in a decreasing order of sensitivity.

That's what I would think, too.

But again and again, like across all of the research I've done, the one thing that really surprises me is

is how forthcoming people often are.

It almost seems like people really want to reveal.