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I have been overusing em dashes and bulleted lists since the actual 80s, I'm sad to say. I spent much of the 90s manually typing "smart" quotes. I have actuall
by ekidd 10mo ago
I have been overusing em dashes and bulleted lists since the actual 80s, I'm sad to say. I spent much of the 90s manually typing "smart" quotes.
I have actually been deliberately modifying my long-time writing style and use of punctuation to look less like an LLM. I'm not sure how I feel about this.
- disillusioned 10mo agoAlt + 0151, baby! Or... however you do it on MacOS. But now, likewise, having to bail on emdashes. My last differentiator is that I always close set the emdash—no spaces on either side, whereas ChatGPT typically opens them (AP Style).
- piskov 10mo agoJust use some typography layout with a separate layer. Eg “right alt” plus “-” for m-dash Russians use this for at least 15 years https://ilyabirman.ru/typography-layout/ https://ilyabirman.ru/typography-layout/
- ksherlock 10mo agoOn the mac you just type — for an em dash or – for an en dash.
- xp84 10mo agoIs this a troll? But anyway, it’s option-hyphen for a en-dash and opt-shift-hyphen for the em-dash. I also just stopped using them a couple years ago when the meme about AI using them picked up steam.
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- qingcharles 10mo agoI'm a savage, I just copy-paste them from Unicode sites.