I use em dashes quite often—I find them useful. Also, I have severe ADHD—which may be the reason why…
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I often type double dashes -- they collapse into an em-dash.
IDC, but if its overly verbose it probably is
I only really use them when two dashes autocomplete as an Em dash
Probably from all the content theyve stolen from legal assistants and IP departments