There's a fairly well-defined line between outright lying to someone for your own amusement/cause, and just being passive-aggressive.
The deciding factor seems to be assertiveness (or lack of).
If you aren't assertive enough to give people shit when they deserve it, you're just setting yourself up to be disrespected more. People can tell when you're being passive-aggressive, and it will generally make them more angry, more distant, and likely to respect you even less than they do now.
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