saturated · construct · first recorded 2026-07-02 · registers: genres
Fake candor as a rhetorical fragment: “And honestly? That's rare.” Everyone has learned to spot it; the pattern persists in social-media-register output.
“And honestly? That's damn powerful.”
occurrences per 10k words, measured 2026-07-02 (run #3, 3 current + 3 vintage models)
| current AI | vintage AI (2024/25) | humans (matched) | canon (great pre-AI prose) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pooled | 0.15 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| hn | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | |
| cooking | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | |
| parenting | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | |
| 2.31 | — | — |
| run | date | AI /10k | vs humans |
|---|---|---|---|
| #2 | 2026-07-02 | 0.07 | ×0.6 vs humans |
| #3 | 2026-07-02 | 0.15 | only in AI |
regex: \b(and |but )?honestly\?