Use an en-dash instead. – is slightly shorter than — so in–between words of—a–similar nature, you can look stylishly not–a–robot.

	▲	kimixa 19 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Or British English. The Oxford style guide page 18 https://www.ox.ac.uk/public-affairs/style-guide > m-dash (—) > Do not use; use an n-dash instead. > n-dash (–) > Use in a pair in place of round brackets or commas, surrounded by spaces. I feel a number of people online started using something like the "British style", as an ascii hyphen is closer to an n-dash than an m-dash in width. And then without spaces either side looks very squished.