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[–] zzffyfajzkzhnsweqm@sh.itjust.works 32 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Or when your additional content (like this) comes with another additional content (like previous example but with another parenthesis (eg. this example)). And now no one can read my sentences.

[–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 weeks ago

Woo! Nested parentheses for the win!

[–] moakley@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Back in the days of instant messenger, there was a girl I'd talk to for hours. We just connected in a way that we always had more to say to each other, about everything.

I'd say something in parentheses, and she'd respond in parentheses, and sometimes we'd end up holding two entirely different conversations at once.

I don't have a lot of regrets in my life, but some of them involve her.

[–] ghen@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago

I've done this face to face with a friend ONCE and it was the best conversation I ever had. I'll never be able to replicate that high.

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

It made perfect sense to me (especially since I always have the urge to do the same thing)

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 4 points 2 weeks ago

Combine connectors! Use dashes, semicolons, square brackets, etc.

[–] TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago

I wanna just make like a reddit type forum

like this, this is an example

but I don't think reddit invented this type of forum

I don't know who did

it would be very fun

but also pretty confusing for others

it probably isn't a good idea

[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 30 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Parenthetical asides are like cooking with garlic (or vanilla, or chocolate chips): I'll add keep adding them until the ghosts of my ancestors tell me I've added enough, and there's nothing you can do to stop me.

[–] lilith267@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

YES GARLICCCCC! I add so much garlic to all my cooking but it tastes so good with so many things. And ive always found it weird how little vanilla most people put in their baking to the point you cant taste it at all-

[–] Opisek@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The issue is, vanilla in very expensive :(

[–] lilith267@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Theres actually quite a few options to get around the expensive price of vanilla! If you have a costco membership kirkland bulk vanilla is much cheaper per oz then regular stores tiny bottles of vanilla, or you can use imitation vanilla instead (ive heard good things but havent used it myself), or my favorite option is to just make vanilla yourself: it takes a couple months and is expensive upfront but its also cheaper then buying extract + its dead simple (seal vanilla beans and vodka together and wait)

Sadly Im not making my own vanilla anymore but when I did it tastes the exact same as any store bought version. Plus you can customize the taste (some ppl like to use Bourbon instead of vodka)

[–] Danquebec@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Vanilla beans are cheaper than synthetic vanilline??

[–] kuberoot@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 weeks ago

They said cheaper than vanilla extract, the synthetic stuff is probably still cheaper. Though there is a possibility, since the materials and production will have a cost...

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I’m over here in the corner playing with my semicolons.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I can never decide whether to use a hyphen or a semicolon; I'm sure there are rules for it but I don't know them. Usually I just use whichever one I didn't just use in the previous sentence - seems to work pretty well.

[–] Opisek@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Small detail: Hyphens are only used for hyphenation and for connecting words. In place of the hyphen you used in your sentence, you would place the em dash with no spaces around it—like this. There is also the en dash for ranges like "people of ages 0–18 are considered children".

I think maybe I will just stick with hyphens so nobody thinks I'm a chatbot.

[–] MudMan@fedia.io 14 points 2 weeks ago

I realize a lot of this comes from being a non-native English speaker from a language that looooves its subordinate clauses, but subordinate clauses aren't bad or scattershot and there's nothing inherently wrong with them.

English has just decided that the period point is the only acceptable punctuation for stylish writing and I have to disagree. I promise a thought can have more than one part and still be valid.

The number of novels in the world written in a single sentence is enough to have a top three and still argue about it.

[–] fading_person@lemmy.zip 11 points 2 weeks ago

To be fair, the parenthesis in the op are unnecessary, since the term 'because' will act as a connective. They could be a simple comma instead.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 9 points 2 weeks ago

I feel called out (since I tend to add parentheses for some extra context of something I'm talking about)

[–] goldfndr@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 weeks ago

It's stunning that only one response (so far) has included parentheses.

[–] BagOfHeavyStones@piefed.social 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I woulda used a hyphen instead in this case.

[–] sheogorath@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

And now people are accusing you of using ChatGPT.

[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

I’ve been accused twice so far! I never use that AI slop!

Besides, it took off after I turned 35. I’m officially in “get off my lawn” territory on this one.

[–] svcg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The difference is that ChatGPT will use genuine em-dash and en-dash characters, whereas people who are not typography nerds will substitute a hyphen character for everything.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It looks really bad if you don't use an actual em dash imo

[–] svcg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 weeks ago

Be gone, or else I shall say "keming" to you! /j

[–] unconsequential@slrpnk.net 6 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Ah yes but what about the parenthesis inside of the parenthesis inside of the parenthesis?

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 3 points 2 weeks ago

They're alright. Remember that Linus's kernel announcement email came with nested parentheses.

[–] aarRJaay@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

ALL. THE. TIME.

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

I've taken to using footnotes when the parentheticals start getting complicated.

[–] Red_October@piefed.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

But also sometimes the bonus thoughts are too important to leave out but not important enough for their own sentence.

[–] RedSnt@feddit.dk 5 points 2 weeks ago

Alternatively, and this is what I like about Danish, one can just use commas to insert relevant side tangents. I can't get around using parentheses every now and then though (I just think they're neat)

[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Just to add to the pile of, "I think I might have ADHD cause this is what it do".

FML 😑

[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 weeks ago

I constantly re-read what I write, to find a way to express myself with a few parenthesis as I can. I sometimes feel I write in 3D (which is how I think, BTW).

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Or “I need to add a quote by a hypothetical speaker to emphasize sarcasm or other emotion.”

[–] Zwiebel@feddit.org 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I hear em-dashes are all the rage

[–] SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You don't have to be a LLM to use them--they are for everyone!

[–] TrippaSnippa@aussie.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago

You're absolutely right — em dashes are for everyone!

[–] Rcklsabndn@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

: David Foster Wallace has entered the chat from beyond the grave:

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Footnotes within footnotes...

[–] Rcklsabndn@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

First time I saw the † used in a non-scholastic work. Loved every page of it.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I didn't finish it (Infinite Jest, I'm assuming)... I remember there being moments that I thought were funny or whatever, but in all it was just frustrating and masturbatory imo.

[–] Rcklsabndn@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I think maybe, I had Stockholm syndrome. As he dipped deeper and deeper into madness, I felt like, were he still alive, I could help him.

Healthy? No.

But could you quote a work of fiction that strikes you similarly?

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago

House of Leaves maybe

[–] Harvey656@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Someone finally put it into words! (And by finally I mean in 2022 but yeah. Finally)

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I definitely do this all the time with my work emails and IMs

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

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[–] Aneb@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Wow shit I always think I'm the only one who wants to do it then I realize I might need a semi colon instead because then I'm breaking up my thoughts correctly and it doesn't look weird usually though it's after rereading my super long run on sentences. Did you guys get that?