Stamets@piefed.world to ADHD memes@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 3 days agoYou know you're going too far when you're using square bracketsmedia.piefed.worldimagemessage-square98fedilinkarrow-up1987arrow-down110
arrow-up1977arrow-down1imageYou know you're going too far when you're using square bracketsmedia.piefed.worldStamets@piefed.world to ADHD memes@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square98fedilink
minus-squarecircuitfarmer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·3 days agoI started using double dashes – like these right here – because then it feels more like an intentional pause with some neat stylistic touch. Mostly, I just write like I talk.
minus-squareexasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·3 days agoThat’s basically just em dashes, which these days will get you accused of being an LLM.
minus-squareCatoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·3 days agoOnly if you use a — instead of --, if they know what they’re talking about anyway. My phone autocorrects them to — so that’s fun, lol.
minus-squarereallykindasorta@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoMicrosoft Word automatically converts a double dash to an em dash too
minus-squarepsud@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 days agoAnd Outlook. My quick sig is: -- psud But on Outlook it is -- <ctrl-z>psud
I started using double dashes – like these right here – because then it feels more like an intentional pause with some neat stylistic touch.
Mostly, I just write like I talk.
That’s basically just em dashes, which these days will get you accused of being an LLM.
Only if you use a — instead of --, if they know what they’re talking about anyway.
My phone autocorrects them to — so that’s fun, lol.
Microsoft Word automatically converts a double dash to an em dash too
And Outlook. My quick sig is:
-- psud
But on Outlook it is
-- <ctrl-z>psud