If you're trying to lie about how much you like something, here are two things you should NEVER say.

When I was in graduate school, we had a grad student reading series. And in this grad student reading series, we had to introduce our fellow students. And in these introductions, we were required to say nice things about their work. However, you didn't get to choose who you would introduce: it was semi-randomly assigned to you by the readings coordinato…