| ▲ | broodbucket 2 days ago |
| I'd love a flag for "Show HN"s that indicate the author actually wrote it themselves so I can go back to being impressed by them |
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| ▲ | cppluajs 2 days ago | parent [-] |
| I think at this point writing like stream of consciousness / having imperfect grammar acts like a soft signal and I am inclined to pay it more attention. |
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| ▲ | broodbucket 2 days ago | parent [-] | | I feel for those who genuinely liked using emdashes in their writing | | |
| ▲ | grey-area 2 days ago | parent [-] | | Em dashes are not the problem, nobody cares about their use. Shoddy and melodramatic writing that doesn’t even make sense is the problem. | | |
| ▲ | broodbucket 2 days ago | parent [-] | | The point is that nowadays people will see anything with emdashes and assume it is slop even if it's hand written | | |
| ▲ | phil21 a day ago | parent [-] | | Certainly has changed my writing style. Now I just vastly overuse commas in inappropriate ways! |
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