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Em dashes and emojis

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[–] PagPag@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)

Is this a thing? Shit, I’m now going to be self conscious about using the em.

[–] bus_factor@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

If you're already breaking up over text, you probably aren't in a position to worry much about how they interpret your typography. And if they haven't noticed how you normally write there's even less reason to worry about it.

[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

using the em

That's how you can know that you're just a simulation.

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[–] bizza@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 week ago

The illiterate flocking to Lemmy to profess that they don't know how to make em dashes, therefore it's AI

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

Bullet successfully Dodged, Anon.

[–] owl@infosec.pub 9 points 1 week ago

Finally, something worse than being broken up with via text.

[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 week ago

So you're saying if I start using the long dash people will block me faster?

Love it.

[–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Apparently there's even an en dash and a hyphen.

The English language is so fucked.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

There's even the en-dash, the hyphen and the minus sign, which are theoretically all typographically distinct.

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