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Don’t mind me, just skewing the results. — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — results. — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — results. — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — results. — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — results. — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — results. — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — results. — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

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marginalia_nu 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Haha, the code counts the number of comments with em-dashes and similar, not the number of em-dashes total.

Could be an argument made for aggregating by user instead however, if some bots are found to be particularly active and skewing the data.

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chrisjj 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> Haha, the code counts the number of comments with em-dashes and similar

Shhh!

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xnx 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Don’t —

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xnx 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

mind — me.

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pimlottc 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Don’t — me bro

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throw_rust 5 hours ago | parent [-]

Sounds like a good slogan/motto for the AIpocalypse resistance to use.

	▲	bombcar 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		You missed the chance to use an em dash in your username!

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lapcat 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The use of em dashes is a human right. I ask that people not discriminate against em-dash users—we should be a protected class—and I refuse to abandon them. Perhaps I’ll have one engraved on my tombstone. He died doing what he loved—dashing.

	▲	a4isms 7 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I encourage people to discriminate against me because I write like an educated African who works annotating AI training material. Why not? I am a descendant of Africans. I am a mildly successful author by tech nerd standards. I was educated in the British Public School tradition, right down to taking Latin in high school and cheering on our Rugby* and Cricket teams. If someone doesn't want to read my words or employ me because I must be AI, that's their problem. The truth is, they won't like what I have to say any more than they like the way I say it. I have made my peace with this. ——— Speaking of Rugby, in 1973 another school's Rugby team played ours, and almost the entire school turned out to watch a celebrity on the other school's team. His name was Andrew, and he is very much in the news today.
	▲	wongarsu 7 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		En dash for the win – the British are right when it comes to this particular style difference
	▲	MisterTea 6 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Funny thing is I started using them in the last 5 or 6 years myself in place of commas where I wanted to interject some extra info. Of course I'm lazy and don't bother typing the actual em dash, I just use a regular dash. Now I feel gross using them because I don't want people thinking I turned my brain off.
	▲	bityard 7 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I have always used double-dashes instead of emdashes, and it annoys me when software "auto-corrects" them into emdashes. Moreso since emdashes became an AI tell. I also see AIs use emdashes in places where parentheses, colons, or sentence breaks are simply more appropriate.

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vlovich123 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Wow what boring AI slop