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it's a shibboleth. In the same way we stopped using Pepe the frog when it became associated with the far right, we may eschew em dashes when associated with com
by calvinmorrison 1y ago
it's a shibboleth. In the same way we stopped using Pepe the frog when it became associated with the far right, we may eschew em dashes when associated with compuslop
- lxgr 1y agoI never understood why so many people would yield their symbols and language that quickly and freely to others they dislike. In other words, I really hope typographically correct dashes are not already 70% of the way through the hyperstitious slur cascade [1]! [1] https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/give-up-seventy-percent-of-the-way https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/give-up-seventy-percent-of-...
- lazide 1y agoThe alternative is… what? ‘Defending’ against the use of Em-dashes by LLMs? Or people reacting to that? You might as well be sweeping a flood uphill. Tilting at windmills at least has a chance you might actually damage a windmill enough to do something, even if the original goal was a complete delusion.