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

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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.

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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!