Explaining the concept of a white lie to Justin

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Me: It's a lie that's not told to hurt somebody, or to get something for yourself, but to spare somebody else's feelings. Like, if a friend put on clothes that made them look terrible you could say, "That doesn't look good on you" because they can change, but what if they got a really, really awful haircut? They can't do anything about it, right? So you might say something like, "It doesn't look that bad," even though that's a lie.

Justin: Or you could say, "It doesn't look too bad, but maybe you should wear a hat until it grows out, because it does look a little bit bad."