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Why don't you just use the - though? I never understood the need to remember the HTML code for the emdash when there's a dash on my keyboard.
Is this like a English major habit?
Usually when people us em dashes they just type a double hyphen: -- . I think in Word and similar programs that auto-corrects to being an em dash. Either way, it makes the text more legible since single hyphens already have several different uses.
I can't speak for whiskers165 but I can type an em dash by hitting shift+altgr+hyphen, and I use it because mmmmmm longboie
Altgr is truly beautiful, more keyboards should have it