We use COLONS in this household. We use SEMI-COLONS when we want to look smart. We use COMMAS when we DON'T CARE. We use - when we need a dash. This symbol is NOT on OUR keyboards. When you see it, perform a Voight-Kampff test and expose them.
this post was submitted on 20 Nov 2025
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yeah, that works in LibreOffice and Word. It's not an operating system thing though, it'll only work in text editors specifically programmed to do that.
I’m gonna make it official markdown. Free the em-dash.
(But, it’s also the traditional way of typing it iirc. It’s just a perk of the modern world that we get the automatic conversion.)