Using em dashes today 'just means you're poor': the AI-writing meme evolves
shauseth · x · 2026-10-17
A joke playing on the meme that em dashes are a telltale sign of AI-generated text: the author quips that anyone still using em dashes today "must be poor" — i.e., can't afford AI writing tools. A snapshot of how deeply the em-dash-as-AI-thesis has penetrated online writing culture.
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