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[–] mholiv@lemmy.world -2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I mean most people are going to use their phones to write messages and given you can’t physically type an em dash it would be normal to be suspicious if you see one.

Edit: turns out you can physically type them. Still, given that it’s not normal to use them it’s a sign in my book.

[–] Smokeydope@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

— try long pressing your phone keyboards hyphen key.

[–] mholiv@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Ok. You can physically type them I concede, but normal humans don’t use them. Still a sign.

I would bet that the amount of non proof writers that uses em dashes goes up just because people see that it’s associated with ai and want to be funny.

[–] LanguageIsCool@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Several friends and I have always used them. They’re such a fun punctuation mark.

[–] mholiv@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yah but your user name is “LanguageIsCool” and you talk about the fun levels of various types of punctuation. You are definitely the outlier here. A cool outlier but an outlier none the less.

[–] natecox@programming.dev 5 points 3 days ago

I also use them. They’re a tool for emphasis, like ! and 😡.

[–] Scranulum@feddit.nu 3 points 3 days ago

Nah plenty of people use them dawg. Maybe you just haven't been exposed to it.