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Not wanting to use the emdash anymore is the same energy as: oh the indie band I liked before everyone else is now mainstream, I better not like them anymore.

Shameless em dash appreciator here. I will continue to use it anytime I think it's appropriate, regardless of the current slopular culture trends.

As I've written elsewhere: if it's good enough for Emily Dickinson, it'll survive the age of LLM slop presented as "writing."

Related: fun reading for the word nerds.

"Patterns of punctuation usage are the writerly equivalent of an athlete’s go-to moves, or a singer’s peculiar timbre and range—those little dots and squiggles, in a sense, encode your voice."

Word-Slinger-in-Chief + Senior Editor /slowcore-hq + /gift-economics | GenX eldergoth | dark ambient music nerd | contemplative animist 🏳‍🌈

"Express what you want to express, on your terms, and in your words.

"If your jam is em dashes, do it! Lean in. So what if a social media script writing LLM is making everybody look like you. You can still sound like you. You just have to put the effort in.

"Writing is hard. Any tool that helps you communicate authentically is fair game. Most people will use AI for shortcuts, but others will use it to make art."

"Express what you want to express, on your terms, and in your words.

"If your jam is em dashes, do it! Lean in. So what if a social media script writing LLM is making everybody look like you. You can still sound like you. You just have to put the effort in.

"Writing is hard. Any tool that helps you communicate authentically is fair game. Most people will use AI for shortcuts, but others will use it to make art."

https://cultishcreative.com/p/long-live-the-em-dash-and-emily-dickinson-a467

Related: fun reading for the word nerds.

"Patterns of punctuation usage are the writerly equivalent of an athlete’s go-to moves, or a singer’s peculiar timbre and range—those little dots and squiggles, in a sense, encode your voice."

https://themillions.com/2018/01/regarding-the-em-dash.html

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if the only way you can tell a real user from an LLM is the emdash, the emdash isn't the problem..