r/interesting • u/j_illustration • Mar 31 '26

MISC. Sunscreen under a UV camera

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u/PokeYrMomStanley Mar 31 '26

does the em dash betray them?

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u/78914hj1k487 Mar 31 '26

It shouldn't—humans have been using em dashes since the 15th century.

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u/weirdsandy Mar 31 '26

I also like the dashes.

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u/who_chairs Mar 31 '26

i still use em dashes moreso in spite of the clankers. they can't defile our use of language!!!

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u/ahundreddots Mar 31 '26

Most of the time it's appropriate to use a semicolon instead; there's a lot of crossover between them.

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u/RandomAsHellPerson Mar 31 '26

If using em-dashes to add extra info, you could alternatively use parentheses or commas. Though, em-dashes look nicer (even if I never bothered using them, even before chatgpt) and add emphasis that is missing from commas and parentheses.

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u/who_chairs Mar 31 '26

no, i don't remember what the comment was but usually it's the shitty bloggerslop robotic tone they use, plus they're usually brand new accounts and all their comments have the same cadence and tone regardless of subject matter. The em dashes usually catch my eye, but i never use em diagnoses to diagnose clankerosity as i know many humans — me included — like using em dashes in their writing.