em and en dashes are pure evil. And unnecessary.
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Replying to @jameslsutter @peidran
Seriously, though - we overload apostrophes (creating the whole it's/its fiasco) but we need three different dashes?
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THREE DASHES and the nuance of use and actually typing them has confused one of the smartest people I know (
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ALL THIS in an age where most people communicate with pictographs and snapshots of the their genitals
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In conclusion - M&N dashes are - I assure you - quite unnecessary
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Replying to @popularmonster @peidran
I will henceforth replace all em dashes with pictures of genitals.
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Replying to @jameslsutter @peidran
Thank you for updating your prose to contemporary standards!
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Replying to @popularmonster @jameslsutter
to clarify: my surprise was in realizing I was not typing the character I thought I was
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I like the visual brake that an em dash makes in a sentence, and am annoyed at the use of mere dashes
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I couldn't tell you what an en dash is for without looking it up
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