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[–] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 3 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

step one: ban everyone who writes an emdash

[–] Manticore@lemmy.nz 6 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

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 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

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 8 hours 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 18 hours ago

I love em dashes. Fuck AI.