active · construct · first recorded 2026-07-02 · registers: hn
“This is one of those cases where…” — the false-familiarity gesture, filing the topic into a recognizable genre of situations. 26× the human rate.
◑ appears in good human writing too (collateral score 0.16 — the closer to 1, the more it also fires on acclaimed pre-AI prose)
…This is one of those rare “boring is good” moments in tech…
occurrences per 10k words, measured 2026-07 (run #2: 3 current + 3 vintage models, 3 matched registers, 1,392 samples)
| current AI | vintage AI (2024/25) | humans (matched) | canon (great pre-AI prose) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pooled | 2.65 | 0.49 | 0.22 | 0.42 |
| hn | 6.21 | — | 0.24 | |
| cooking | 0.57 | — | 0.54 | |
| parenting | 0.27 | — | 0.00 | |
| 0.00 | — | — |
literal: one of those