Ever been in a situation where you have to play dumb? If so, what was your reasoning for doing so? For me, there are usually three different reasons I may play dumb. First, I may do it in order to find out if someone is lying about something, although I rarely ever use this tatic. But it is an option. Second, it may be out of sarcasm, whether it is in the form of joking around or being serious. I rarely do this as well but if I do, it is just in the form of joking. And the third reason is that I don't want others to be creeped out or freaked out that I know something that, to me, seems like common sense knowledge but other people don't know and find it weird that I know something they don't. For me, this is the most common reason for playing dumb.

For example, if someone comes up to me and asks where someone else is at and it is not an urgent reason or if the person who is asking may not be known by the person they are looking for, then I usually may say I don't know even if I do know just so it won't come off as creepy that I seem to know where someone is located. Also, in certain situations, it is for security reasons too. Also other times I may just simply know something that I feel like is common sense knowledge or easy to know but others appear to not know anything, therefore, find it creepy or weird that I know something they don't. Anyone have these experiences? Anyone play dumb out of fear of coming off as creepy or freaking other people out? I usually do this out of fear and so I don't have to explain how I know, even though I feel like it is not a big deal.