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Em dashes and emojis

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[-] [email protected] 56 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Many input mechanisms automatically substitute two hyphens with "–".

[-] [email protected] 33 points 3 days ago

Including this very platform.

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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[-] [email protected] 38 points 3 days ago
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[-] [email protected] 19 points 2 days ago

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

[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

Weirdly it usually turns hyphens into en dashes instead of em dashes from what I’ve seen, which makes no sense at all.

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[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Wrong scene. This is almost literally in the blade runner sequel.

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[-] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago

Bullet successfully Dodged, Anon.

[-] [email protected] 25 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Breakup via text is a blocked for life. Cowards don’t deserve your time

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[-] [email protected] 25 points 3 days ago

My keyboard has them - – — git gud

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[-] [email protected] 19 points 3 days ago

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

[-] [email protected] 14 points 3 days ago

There needs to be a "what you can do" with a green tick emoji

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[-] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

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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[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

I use em AND en dashes...

[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago

Finally, something worse than being broken up with via text.

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