People are ditching em dashes for double hyphens to sound less like AI
ryolu_ · x · 2026-09-30
Developer dvdsgl admits that as a former em dash connoisseur, he's caught himself using double hyphens "--" just to sound less like AI. ryolu suggests spaced en dashes (–) as a workaround that keeps good typography while dodging the telltale style mark.
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