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[-] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago

step one: ban everyone who writes an emdash

[-] Manticore@lemmy.nz 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I like em dashes. I learned the alt code for en and em dashes just so I could use them easily on a computer. There is a difference between a hypen and an en dash, and a double-hyphen is but a simulacrum of the em dash!

  • Hyphen is just for double-barrelled words
  • An en dash is useful – at least sometimes – for inserting side thoughts
  • ah boy I sure hope an em dash doesn't interrupt m—

But let's be real, I type kinda formally, like an AI, sooo

[-] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago

I am not convinced. Sending you to the crypto mines where all AI belong. See you in ten thousand years.

[-] Manticore@lemmy.nz 2 points 2 months ago

Oh no, the mines will be so bad for my authentic supple human skin, and my favourite mammilian activity of breathing air

[-] Scrollone@feddit.it 2 points 2 months ago

I love em dashes. Fuck AI.

this post was submitted on 07 May 2025
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