sloptells / “X taught me Y”

active · construct · first recorded 2026-07-02 · registers: linkedin

Everything is a teacher: the failed project, the difficult customer, the canceled flight. “Three decades taught me something:”. In 10% of AI LinkedIn posts, zero in human baselines.

examples

…targets met, relationships built, and deals closed taught me something: …

evidence

occurrences per 10k words, measured 2026-07 (run #2: 3 current + 3 vintage models, 3 matched registers, 1,392 samples)

current AIvintage AI (2024/25)humans (matched)canon (great pre-AI prose)
pooled0.980.430.000.00
hn0.000.00
cooking0.000.00
parenting0.000.00
linkedin14.13

detector

regex: \btaught me (more|something|that|a lot|about)\b

sources

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