today I have learned about the "three-em dash" ⸻ and this may make me *too* powerful
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today I have learned about the "three-em dash" ⸻ and this may make me *too* powerful
@glyph for when your speaker is cut off so badly that they have to slam on the breaks to avoid a crash
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today I have learned about the "three-em dash" ⸻ and this may make me *too* powerful
@glyph wait'll you see what happens to authors with multiple citations in the bibliography!
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@glyph mmmdash, by Hanson?
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today I have learned about the "three-em dash" ⸻ and this may make me *too* powerful
@glyph Did you know that the 3M dash was invented by accident when they were trying to make a really strong adhesive?
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@glyph that’s one way to set yourself apart from the slop
@amethyst I could pioneer the "fediverse blowhard" wordmark:
⸻⁂⸻
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@amethyst I could pioneer the "fediverse blowhard" wordmark:
⸻⁂⸻
@glyph straight into my veins please
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@amethyst I could pioneer the "fediverse blowhard" wordmark:
⸻⁂⸻
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today I have learned about the "three-em dash" ⸻ and this may make me *too* powerful
I should cite my sources; I learned about it from this post https://www.acdw.net/my-em-dash-post.html
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today I have learned about the "three-em dash" ⸻ and this may make me *too* powerful
@glyph yes yes! Combining its power with the misuse of the semicolon, this can unleash true darkness apon the world!
Mawahahahahaha! -
@Hyperlynx anti-aircraft punctuation
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today I have learned about the "three-em dash" ⸻ and this may make me *too* powerful
@glyph Relatedly, the widest boi I know of: ﷽ U+FDFD
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today I have learned about the "three-em dash" ⸻ and this may make me *too* powerful
When you really want to emphasize that the dash represents a moment of silence when read out loud -
@glyph responsibly empowered, i hope ^_^
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today I have learned about the "three-em dash" ⸻ and this may make me *too* powerful
@glyph Mother of God.
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@glyph straight into my veins please
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@glyph the ummm dash
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today I have learned about the "three-em dash" ⸻ and this may make me *too* powerful
@glyph I see this turbo-dash in Chinese a lot, to distinguish it from the common character 一, but it does make the pauses feel more dramatic to me
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today I have learned about the "three-em dash" ⸻ and this may make me *too* powerful
@glyph I am more the bracketting type (I might have used it (grammatically (utterly) wrong but (on occasion) (even hree layers (or even more) deep))).
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@glyph I see this turbo-dash in Chinese a lot, to distinguish it from the common character 一, but it does make the pauses feel more dramatic to me
@0xabad1dea @glyph Makes me think of Shatner's acting
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(I’ll take this Extended Edition as well.)
