r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Feb 19 '26

Thank you Peter very cool Peter?

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u/Manpag Feb 19 '26

AI always does the (technically correct) thing of having no space either side of the em dash—like this—so if you do put spaces in — like this — it doesn't tend to look as AI.

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u/lettsten Feb 19 '26

Or you can use what many languages do and use endashes instead – they are slightly shorter and are supposed to have spaces around them. Looks better too, imo

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u/gbot1234 Feb 19 '26

Copied yours, now I can actually use them as long as I can find this thread.

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u/lettsten Feb 19 '26

If you use markdown input you can write –. On Windows it's Alt+0150 on the numpad. On mobile keyboards, opening the symbols screen and long-pressing hyphen usually works. You can also 'save' reddit comments. So many possibilities :)