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Re:San Francisco decriminalizes psychedelics by Invictus0 on Thursday September 08, 2022 @01:29PM (#32768759)
I'm appalled by your hyphen usage
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Re:San Francisco decriminalizes psychedelics by panzagl on Thursday September 08, 2022 @03:58PM (#32771191)
Psychedelics aren't addictive- hyphens are.
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Re:San Francisco decriminalizes psychedelics by matrix12 on Thursday September 08, 2022 @01:41PM (#32768953)
Especially the joined hyphens, they represent marriage. And as in bash, means the end of options, and the beginning of arguments.
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Re:San Francisco decriminalizes psychedelics by pessimizer on Thursday September 08, 2022 @03:37PM (#32770915)
"em-dash" is the word you're looking for. I like it, it's like Céline or Bukowski were forum commenters.
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