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[–] TheCleric@lemmy.org 82 points 4 days ago (47 children)

You people think em dashes are proof of AI?

Jesus Christ that’s so fucking sad.

[–] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 4 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.

[–] RavingGrob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compose_key

If I had a nickel for each time this week, I needed to link to this, I'd have two nickels; which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.

[–] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 days ago

Okay, I must confess, I knew about that, as well as the other options in the replies. I never used any of them but I knew they exist. When I asked it was sort of as a rhetorical question. People generally wouldn't know about these obscure typing options, so I was playing the everyman.

Even if you do know it, if you don't use it often enough you forget and have to look it up again next time.

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