alt Hacker NewsOnly thing I found off-putting was this text: "along with an honest update".
Why is 'honest' in so much writing and speech? Does anyone think what follows is more trustworthy as a consequence?
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conception • today at 1:07 PM
It’s a claudism.
Only thing I found off-putting was this text: "along with an honest update".
Why is 'honest' in so much writing and speech? Does anyone think what follows is more trustworthy as a consequence?
It’s a claudism.
Every statement seems to need a disclaimer of honesty these days, usually in the form of "ngl".