I don't know about that, but if you use three hyphens, the Lemmy Web UI will render it as an em-dash, and you can remain human!
EDIT: Unfortunately, nobody appears to have made a Threadiverse community analogous to Reddit's /r/totallynotrobots.
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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.
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!
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It's an identifier in social media, not in mainstream news.
TIL I'm ChatGPT
I'm learning a lot about myself today!
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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