Just wasted 45 minutes on a 'human' reply that was clearly AI slop

Someone in a homebrew group posted this perfect 3 paragraph answer about pH meters, but every sentence had the same rhythm and zero typos. I called them out and they said 'good catch' in 4 seconds, which sealed it. How do y'all spot these before you waste your lunch break reading them?

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the_matthew1mo ago

Whoa, 4 seconds to reply? That's faster than I can even read their own post. That alone is a huge red flag, yeah. Good catch on the rhythm thing too, once you see it, you can't unsee it. I usually look for anything that sounds too clean or perfect, like they never once stumbled over their words. Real people leave little messes in their typing, you know? Just a tiny missing comma or an awkward phrase here and there. And if they answer back that fast, they were probably just waiting for the right prompt to drop their canned response.