> Three honest possibilities, and I’ll be straight with you about each
This. I don't know if the "honest answer" phrasing is part of the system prompt or alignment, but when people say "honestly" all the time I start wondering how honest they're being.
Former French president Jacques Chirac was famous for often adding an adverb like "naturely" to his sentences when he was lying.
Thankfully most people have better reading skills than that.
At this point, I'm starting to wonder if their honesty is even load-bearing at all?