sloptells / “You're not alone/imagining it”

saturated · construct · first recorded 2026-07-02 · registers: genres

Unsolicited therapeutic reassurance in non-therapeutic contexts — a business article that suddenly comforts you: “You're not imagining it. You're not broken.”

examples

“You're not imagining it — hiring really has slowed.”

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)
pooled0.000.800.000.00
hn0.000.00
cooking0.000.00
parenting0.000.00
linkedin0.00

detector

regex: \byou'?re not (alone|imagining (it|things)|broken|crazy|failing)\b

sources

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