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Em dashes and emojis

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[–] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 3 days ago (13 children)

How the hell do you even type an em dash?

I'm sure it's possible (I know it's easy on a touch keyboard), but if the person who sent it has never used em dashes in their life, then it's pretty definitive proof. Otherwise, it's just a big clue that you might combine with other factors.

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 6 points 3 days ago (4 children)

On a mobile phone it's super easy. Long press the hyphen button and swipe over to the dash.

On Mac it's pretty easy still, but requires a little more knowledge. Option-shift-dash. (Without the shift gives you an en dash.)

On Windows it's the completely arcane alt-0151, and only possible if you have a numpad. I memorised it like 15 years ago and have regularly used it since, but it's hard to blame people for not doing so.

No idea about Linux.

[–] real_squids@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You could make it easier on windows with an on-screen keyboard probably

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