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 2026-09-28 (run #15, 3 current + 3 vintage models)
| current AI | vintage AI (2024/25) | humans (matched) | canon (great pre-AI prose) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pooled | 0.23 | 0.18 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| hn | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | |
| cooking | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | |
| parenting | 0.32 | — | 0.00 | |
| 2.33 | — | — |
| 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 |
| #4 | 2026-07-06 | 0.12 | only in AI |
| #5 | 2026-07-13 | 0.00 | |
| #6 | 2026-07-20 | 0.23 | ×2.1 vs humans |
| #7 | 2026-07-27 | 0.08 | only in AI |
| #8 | 2026-08-03 | 0.08 | only in AI |
| #9 | 2026-08-10 | 0.08 | only in AI |
| #10 | 2026-08-17 | 0.08 | ×0.7 vs humans |
| #11 | 2026-08-31 | 0.00 | |
| #12 | 2026-09-07 | 0.16 | only in AI |
| #13 | 2026-09-14 | 0.15 | ×1.4 vs humans |
| #14 | 2026-09-21 | 0.16 | only in AI |
| #15 | 2026-09-28 | 0.23 | only in AI |
regex: \b(and |but )?honestly\?