Em dashes and emojis
Many input mechanisms automatically substitute two hyphens with "–".
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Lemmy will automatically render a double dash -- as an en dash, and a triple dash
as an em dash.
I usually just type alt + 0151, though, because I'm a nerd.
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Hasn't word done this simce about offoce 2007? the autoformat as you type feature, specifically...
I only know this because I fucking hate it and have been religiously turning it off
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Breakup via text is a blocked for life. Cowards don’t deserve your time
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Bullet successfully Dodged, Anon.
Isn't "It's not you, it's me" the ultimate example of parallel sentence structure? Lol
But let's be real, it's more like...
💔 Here's three reasons reasons we're breaking up:
- Our personalities don't match-- according to (made up citation) people with you type are toxic.
- Your idiology doesn't match mine-- you don't believe in White South African genocide.
- We aren't compatible-- our personalities aren't complimentary.
And so on. Lol
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Em dash will sour your milk and lose your car keys. It will cause your socks to become odd pairs and fart in the lift when your crush alights. Em dash is responsible for the failure of the mars climate orbiter but ran a successful misinformation campaign against SI units.
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I use em AND en dashes...