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You don't want to believe people use em dashes? Why is that?

• viccis 1y ago
  Because they overwhelmingly don't
  • fragmede 1y ago
    in your software computing ecosystem and of people you've had this discussion, they don't, but the computer magically replaces - with — in various places, so obviously some people do, in some places. And then you have nerds who still put two spaces after a period, or know the difference between ... and … Do they not exist either? The only reason you think that they overwhelmingly don't is due to your biased lived experience.
  • jibal 1y ago
    Logic fail. e.g., people overwhelmingly aren't trans, but that doesn't mean that there aren't trans people.
  • thomascountz 1y ago
    No one is claiming that they use em dashes overwhelmingly…