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Re:Severance: A closer look into the mid-century, brutalist ... by kolbebe on Friday April 11, 2025 @01:23PM (#43656230)
Dead giveaway is the overuse of em dash
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Re:Severance: A closer look into the mid-century, brutalist ... by luluthefirst on Friday April 11, 2025 @01:27PM (#43656275)
I use them a lot... Next I'll have to write like an asshole because AIs tend to be nice. :)
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Re:Severance: A closer look into the mid-century, brutalist ... by unstatusthequo on Friday April 11, 2025 @02:13PM (#43656710)
Disappointed you went with ellipses above when you could have emdashed!
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Re:Severance: A closer look into the mid-century, brutalist ... by slowmovintarget on Monday April 14, 2025 @11:41AM (#43682551)
Emdashes are for embedded asides not deserving of relegation to parentheticals. You'd need text to follow; it's not just for pausing.
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