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cppluajs
6 hours ago
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
5 hours ago
I feel for those who genuinely liked using emdashes in their writing
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grey-area
5 hours ago
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
3 hours ago
The point is that nowadays people will see anything with emdashes and assume it is slop even if it's hand written
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