it depends on who's posts/threads i'm reading. take Gonelifting for example. he has no reason to lie or exaggerate stories. he presents himself like a good, straight foreward, clean cut honest bro. i have no reason to doubt a single thing he posts here on EF. he contradicts himself sometimes, but that's just to throw the rest of you off. no he doesn't.
or another example would be SSME. that crazy bastard, i really do believe he has his deadlift bar in the back of his car. when he said he sits in the median at redlights doing reps and pushing the "WALK" button between reps to keep the light red longer, i believe him. people do a lot crazier things ya know. if i ever see someone doing deadlifts in the median or along the side of the road, i'm going to pull over and cheer him on, because i'll know it's SSME.
i don't BS or exaggerate stories either in person or online (well, not the serious stuff). why? well, yeah, sure, i could do it here on EF because it's the internet and no one would ever know i was just full of shit. but i don't, because if i start doing that online, then it'll transcend over into my every day life, and that's just not how i am.
now someone like BBF, everything that guy posts HAS to be a load of crap. i'm pretty certain of this, because if my life was like that, i'd end it pretty fast.