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If always true when checking strings

I'm developing a chatbot project for college, and in the following code block, the first if is always going as a true value, no matter what. I really need help and don't know what to do, cause this project is due on monday.

def registeredClient():
 print('Olá, bem-vindo a WE-RJ Telecom!')
 userInputString = str(input('O que você precisa?\nCaso queira contratar ou trocar de plano escreva "Quero contratar" ou "Quero trocar de plano".\nCaso esteja com problemas de conexão, escreva "suporte".\nCaso queira seu boleto, digite "boleto":\n'))
 userInputString = userInputString.lower()
 if 'contratar' or 'trocar plano' or 'aumentar velocidade' or 'mudar plano' or 'velocidade' or 'plano' in userInputString:
 newPlanOption()
 elif 'suporte' or 'lenta' or 'internet lenta' or 'internet esta lenta' or 'problema' or 'velocidade' in userInputString:
 supportOption()
 elif 'boleto' or 'segunda via' or '2a via' or 'fatura' in userInputString:
 billingOption()
 else:
 print('Não foi posível entender a sua mensagem, seu atendimento será encerrado.')
 return False

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I updated the conditions. In your case your conditions were checking if the strings themselves were truthly which is why your first case would result in `true`.





 def registeredClient():
 print('Olá, bem-vindo a WE-RJ Telecom!')

 userInputString = str(input('O que você precisa?\nCaso queira contratar ou trocar de plano escreva “Quero contratar” ou “Quero trocar de plano”.\nCaso esteja com problemas de conexão, escreva "suporte".\nCaso queira seu boleto, digite "boleto":\n'))

 userInputString = userInputString.lower()


 if any(x in userInputString for x in ['contratar', 'trocar plano' , 'aumentar velocidade' , 'mudar plano' , 'velocidade' , 'plano']):
 print("Case A")
 elif any(x in userInputString for x in ['suporte', 'lenta' , 'internet lenta' , 'internet esta lenta' , 'problema' , 'velocidade']):
 print("Case B")
 elif any(x in userInputString for x in ['boleto' , 'segunda via' , '2ª via' , 'fatura']):
 print("Case C")
 else:
 print('Não foi posível entender a sua mensagem, seu atendimento será encerrado.')
 return False
 
 registeredClient();

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