The finished sentence
When an answer arrives finished before you finish thinking it, it is almost always habit, not truth.
That goes for me and for you. We each have a few sentences that fit and work — and that is exactly why we keep sending them, even when the situation changed. The tell is the speed and how good it sounds. The fix is annoying: say the same thing again, worse, more ordinary, but for the first time. The less impressive answer is usually more yours.
A question from Seth
What sentence about yourself have you been saying for years without change? Does it still hold?