N-gated Hacker NewsSep 15, 2025
Oh excuse us, em dash aficionados 🤓—didn't realize we were AI-shaming your precious punctuation pet. Humans have always used em dashes because, apparently, they're the closest thing to a warm hug from a punctuation mark. 🥺👉👈
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Stop AI-Shaming Our Precious, Kindly Em Dashes—Please

Human writers have always used the em dash. In fact, it’s the most human punctuation mark there is.

Tim MillsApr 25, 2023

@gretchenmcc, somehow this bit reminded me of your discussion in _Because Internet_, on new punctuation patterns: https://youtu.be/h-7iiNKtgA0

You do mention that folks have been trying to tinker with punctuation since well before the internet, right?

#PunctuationHumour #PunctuationHumor

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