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people keep talking about how "em dashes" are evidence of ai. i use them all the time. am i a computer now? (lemmy.world)

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edit - honestly not a troll. is it the specific formatting of "em" dashes? i know for sure we use them all the time. or at least i do. but they're just dashes to me, so..

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (9 children)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

2E ?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

This whole topic makes me realize I put disjointed thoughts in parentheses within other thoughts way too often. Maybe em dashes are literary functions for people with ADHD to write the way they think?

/s, sort of, I would say I'm ADHD, but too stubborn to seek a diagnosis.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

don't worry - i do a lot of the same things (well, sometimes..). it's all good - and the true beauty of language is the freedom to express it aS y0U w!sH!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah idk. It's one of those things I fix into proper sentence structuring when I feel like writing more formally. Otherwise there may just be random parenthesis (like this with interesting thoughts) cluttered in occasionally - sorta lazy.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

No, you are not a computer.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

there's a use for the em dash. it is mainly on reports and literature. i just don't see it on the casual internet much.

from what i read, it is the use of realm and delve that have strong leanings of ai bias.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Em dashes are hyped up, but most people aren't writing up bulleted lists themselves for a random email.