I present to you one of the biggest lies said by millions worldwide every day:
"Nice to meet you."
A true grown ass man does not fib nor embellish, except when describing fish length. However, this seemingly innocuous greeting is no more than empty puffery.
My deepest problem with NTMY is actually not in its untruthfulness. The problem lies in the brevity by which most first encounters are followed and the lack of opportunity to retract your niceties should the situation turn sour. In most NTMY circumstances, the other individual is met only briefly and may disappear from memory shortly thereafter.
However, if the receiver of your NTMY should, for instance, spoil the cranial comfort of a ballcap or besmirch the name of a beloved ancestor, you should be afforded an opportunity to retract what you thought was a pleasant greeting.
Grown ass men deserve this opportunity for frankness, and to be deprived of such is nearly a more grievous crime than the little white lie of "Nice to meet you."
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