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All posts need to have the same title: me_irl it is allowed to use an emoji instead of the underscore _
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It’s fine, I use em dashes all the time in papers. If you do it correctly—to add more information or commentary to your overall point—instead of at random and without proper syntax you’re not going to get accused.