I used to use the em dash to flex my sophistication. Now I remove it from writing—even when it introduces a typo.

There is a thread today lamenting that every sophisticated text is now accused of being ai. I had this routine on a PC - I would google "em dash" and copy/paste the character into my text. I was so cool for even knowing what em dash is, how it differs from en dash, and where the names came from. This is possibly the last time in my life I am flexing that sophistication. Good bye -. submitted by /u/griii2 [link] [comments]