Yishan(@yishan):TIL that the annoying tell of AI text is called a "cataphoric teaser" - the linguistic construction used to create a cheap feeling of suspense. You know: "Here's the part that nobody tells you..." "Here's what most people get wrong..." "The part most people sleep on..." A decade ago, we knew this as: "You don't believe what happened next!" "Doctors hate this one weird trick!" Alas, we will never escape the dystopia of our own making.

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2026.08.28 09:23

TIL that the annoying tell of AI text is called a "cataphoric teaser" - the linguistic construction used to create a cheap feeling of suspense. You know: "Here's the part that nobody tells you..." "Here's what most people get wrong..." "The part most people sleep on..." A decade ago, we knew this as: "You don't believe what happened next!" "Doctors hate this one weird trick!" Alas, we will never escape the dystopia of our own making.

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