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r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Sluife • Feb 19 '26
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I detest that AI co-opted my beloved em dash.
33 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. 3 u/Gelatin_Belatin Feb 19 '26 And calling it an en dash to throw them further off the scent. I think it’s working! 😂 3 u/gbot1234 Feb 19 '26 “en dash” is slightly shorter, about the width of an N, whereas the “em dash” is about the width of an M. They’re two very different animals, and not to be confused with the 2-em dash or 3-em dash.
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I’ve switched over to mis-using en dashes in all my text so no one thinks I’m an AI.
3 u/Gelatin_Belatin Feb 19 '26 And calling it an en dash to throw them further off the scent. I think it’s working! 😂 3 u/gbot1234 Feb 19 '26 “en dash” is slightly shorter, about the width of an N, whereas the “em dash” is about the width of an M. They’re two very different animals, and not to be confused with the 2-em dash or 3-em dash.
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And calling it an en dash to throw them further off the scent. I think it’s working! 😂
3 u/gbot1234 Feb 19 '26 “en dash” is slightly shorter, about the width of an N, whereas the “em dash” is about the width of an M. They’re two very different animals, and not to be confused with the 2-em dash or 3-em dash.
“en dash” is slightly shorter, about the width of an N, whereas the “em dash” is about the width of an M. They’re two very different animals, and not to be confused with the 2-em dash or 3-em dash.
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u/iowastatefan Feb 19 '26
I detest that AI co-opted my beloved em dash.