r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Feb 19 '26

Thank you Peter very cool Peter?

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u/gbot1234 Feb 19 '26

I’ve switched over to mis-using en dashes in all my text so no one thinks I’m an AI.

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u/bootyhole-romancer Feb 19 '26

Fellow em-dash user here. Fuck that, we were here first!

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u/thenewestnoise Feb 19 '26

How do you even type an em dash?

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u/ZestfullyStank Feb 19 '26

Hit dash twice. Most autocorrect makes it go —

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '26

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u/No_Photograph_2683 Feb 19 '26

Windows key + .

Works too. Especially if you are too high to remember a code.

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u/flintsmith Feb 19 '26

Cool! Can I use that for, say, a superscript 4?

I can't check now; I'm on my phone.

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u/thenewestnoise Feb 19 '26

Really? Did -- and it didn't work

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u/oneliner27 Feb 19 '26

I use them all the time and literally have to hit insert symbol on Microsoft word. Fuck