"It's almost as if..."

This way of starting a sentence really rankles me. It's the worst kind of stereotypical reddit smugness: it gussies up some trite assertion as if it's a devastating bon mot against an imagined other, against some contemptible dum-dum on the idiot team, not like us who are on team smart. It's cheap, it's oversimplifying, and even when I agree with the sentiment that follows the phrase, I resent that this kind of cheap-shot sloganeering has displaced more thoughtful conversation. It's the pyrite of insight.

(Yes, I know I'm inviting comments using exactly that phrase...)