Possible Clues:

• Prelude to a perspective
• 'If you ask me...' in textspeak
• Modern "methinks"
• Modest qualifier, online
• ''If you ask me,'' in texts
• Modest texter's 'I think . . .'
• Lead-in to a point of view, online
• Texter's 'May I say'
• Texter's "May I say"
• 'If you ask me ...,' in a text