I hate so much that while I read your reply this particularly phrasing was grating to me.
There's nothing wrong with it, and I have no doubts you, whoever you are, wrote it.
What annoys me to death is that a perfectly fine language construct is tarnished to a point that a mere glance reflexively caused me to wince, and I had to actively interpret it as fine.
The root comment brings insight and value and stakes out a human position. I don’t see a need to snipe from the hedges
I am annoyed at my slop detector firing at something completely benign.
This does make me wonder if consuming AI writing will cause the style to be subconsciously picked up.
I am also actively avoiding the same construct you used (not X; Y). It is particularly annoying as I used this very frequently as a rhetorical tool.
And ultimately, I think this is sad. Communication is now less optimal as one has to evaluate if the other is just regurgitating AI. Ideas are important, but so are their shape.