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1. nullan+pv[view] [source] 2025-08-30 11:08:48
>>tkgall+(OP)
I was hoping to see a graph of em-dash usage over time across all comments - would be interesting to see the spike post LLM
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2. jacque+Fv[view] [source] 2025-08-30 11:12:58
>>nullan+pv
Indeed, that is interesting, the author could probably spit out that answer in seconds. As - for the most part, anyway - a traditionalist and ASCII7 adherent I find it funny to think about how this is probably also a good indicator of the age of the writer.
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3. DonHop+np2[view] [source] 2025-08-31 06:59:17
>>jacque+Fv
When I saw your name on the leaderboard, I was shocked -- I say shocked -- and I hoped that all of the messages you posted with em dashes were just quoting other people using them, and ripping them a new *.
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