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This is a place to share greentexts and witness the confounding life of Anon. If you're new to the Greentext community, think of it as a sort of zoo with Anon as the main attraction.

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[–] Boxscape@lemmy.sdf.org 73 points 1 day ago (10 children)

if so then name your thing

Sort of I guess: em dashes.

Not to talk about, but to use when writing.
Now they are apparently the hallmark of AI-generated crap.

[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Same. I learned this was a thing just the other day.

I don't use them often but do find them nicer for parenthetical remarks sometimes.

[–] mad_lentil@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 hours ago

Me too—sometimes

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