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Em dashes and emojis

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[–] JaymesRS@literature.cafe 144 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (36 children)

You can pry my em dashes — which I use regularly in writing because I love them — from my cold dead hands (To be fair, I really like parenthetical statements too, could be an ADHD thing).

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 20 points 3 days ago (25 children)

Humans just use dashes - they get the point across and don't require esoteric button presses.

[–] RisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Some phones turn hyphens into an em dash.

Fuck using an alt code though, I'm just gonna use a comma even when I shouldn't

[–] dabaldeagul@feddit.nl 2 points 2 days ago

I use the EURKey layout, right alt becomes a modifier key that, among other changes, turns the dash into an em dash. It's really nice, also for diacritics and such.

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