<![CDATA[today I have learned about the "three-em dash" ⸻ and this may make me *too* powerful]]>today I have learned about the "three-em dash" ⸻ and this may make me *too* powerful

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/cd618e79-2de9-4122-b820-fe92841b51d8/today-i-have-learned-about-the-three-em-dash-and-this-may-make-me-too-powerfulRSS for NodeTue, 07 Apr 2026 19:44:32 GMTFri, 13 Mar 2026 23:21:53 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to today I have learned about the "three-em dash" ⸻ and this may make me *too* powerful on Sat, 14 Mar 2026 09:03:14 GMT]]>@liaizon @glyph wwwooowww ⸻ is there even a two em one?

I have lately upgraded my em-game by learning to free hand type Unicode-chars with CTRL+SHIFT+u followed by codepoint and then ENTER. Em-dash is 2014 for example. Works on Debian at least 🙂

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://venner.network/users/abekonge/statuses/116226719376567916https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://venner.network/users/abekonge/statuses/116226719376567916Sat, 14 Mar 2026 09:03:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to today I have learned about the "three-em dash" ⸻ and this may make me *too* powerful on Sat, 14 Mar 2026 07:52:54 GMT]]>@0xabad1dea @glyph Makes me think of Shatner's acting

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://techhub.social/users/hosford42/statuses/116226442797819633https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://techhub.social/users/hosford42/statuses/116226442797819633Sat, 14 Mar 2026 07:52:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to today I have learned about the "three-em dash" ⸻ and this may make me *too* powerful on Sat, 14 Mar 2026 07:25:39 GMT]]>@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))).

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/inj4n/statuses/116226335676014552https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/inj4n/statuses/116226335676014552Sat, 14 Mar 2026 07:25:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to today I have learned about the "three-em dash" ⸻ and this may make me *too* powerful on Sat, 14 Mar 2026 07:25:23 GMT]]>@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

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/0xabad1dea/statuses/116226334610956582https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/0xabad1dea/statuses/116226334610956582Sat, 14 Mar 2026 07:25:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to today I have learned about the "three-em dash" ⸻ and this may make me *too* powerful on Sat, 14 Mar 2026 06:27:33 GMT]]>@lw @glyph elicited a chuckle out of me

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://defcon.social/ap/users/115872866102028480/statuses/116226107230754016https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://defcon.social/ap/users/115872866102028480/statuses/116226107230754016Sat, 14 Mar 2026 06:27:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to today I have learned about the "three-em dash" ⸻ and this may make me *too* powerful on Sat, 14 Mar 2026 05:36:43 GMT]]>@amethyst @glyph Asterism! 😍(I’ll take this Extended Edition as well.)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://nkantar.social/users/nik/statuses/116225907296565037https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://nkantar.social/users/nik/statuses/116225907296565037Sat, 14 Mar 2026 05:36:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to today I have learned about the "three-em dash" ⸻ and this may make me *too* powerful on Sat, 14 Mar 2026 04:50:13 GMT]]>@glyph Mother of God.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://awesome.garden/users/bytex64/statuses/116225724455720426https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://awesome.garden/users/bytex64/statuses/116225724455720426Sat, 14 Mar 2026 04:50:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to today I have learned about the "three-em dash" ⸻ and this may make me *too* powerful on Sat, 14 Mar 2026 03:57:19 GMT]]>@gureito @glyph
Surely you meant ^⸻^

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/crapaud/statuses/116225516489317696https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/crapaud/statuses/116225516489317696Sat, 14 Mar 2026 03:57:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to today I have learned about the "three-em dash" ⸻ and this may make me *too* powerful on Sat, 14 Mar 2026 03:49:38 GMT]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hub.azkware.net/objects/6e2ecb8d-1269-b4da-d230-65c088265570https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hub.azkware.net/objects/6e2ecb8d-1269-b4da-d230-65c088265570Sat, 14 Mar 2026 03:49:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to today I have learned about the "three-em dash" ⸻ and this may make me *too* powerful on Sat, 14 Mar 2026 03:45:09 GMT]]>@glyph Relatedly, the widest boi I know of: ﷽ U+FDFD

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://better.boston/users/timmc/statuses/116225468627491109https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://better.boston/users/timmc/statuses/116225468627491109Sat, 14 Mar 2026 03:45:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to today I have learned about the "three-em dash" ⸻ and this may make me *too* powerful on Sat, 14 Mar 2026 03:23:52 GMT]]>@Hyperlynx anti-aircraft punctuation

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/glyph/statuses/116225384965071884https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/glyph/statuses/116225384965071884Sat, 14 Mar 2026 03:23:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to today I have learned about the "three-em dash" ⸻ and this may make me *too* powerful on Sat, 14 Mar 2026 02:31:51 GMT]]>@glyph yes yes! Combining its power with the misuse of the semicolon, this can unleash true darkness apon the world!
Mawahahahahaha!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.au/users/curiously/statuses/116225180378177088https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.au/users/curiously/statuses/116225180378177088Sat, 14 Mar 2026 02:31:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to today I have learned about the "three-em dash" ⸻ and this may make me *too* powerful on Sat, 14 Mar 2026 01:38:06 GMT]]>I should cite my sources; I learned about it from this post https://www.acdw.net/my-em-dash-post.html

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/glyph/statuses/116224969073334236https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/glyph/statuses/116224969073334236Sat, 14 Mar 2026 01:38:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to today I have learned about the "three-em dash" ⸻ and this may make me *too* powerful on Sat, 14 Mar 2026 01:29:47 GMT]]>@glyph @amethyst *considers updating .XCompose*

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/SnoopJ/statuses/116224936344581872https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/SnoopJ/statuses/116224936344581872Sat, 14 Mar 2026 01:29:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to today I have learned about the "three-em dash" ⸻ and this may make me *too* powerful on Sat, 14 Mar 2026 01:27:46 GMT]]>@glyph straight into my veins please

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toots.n7.gg/users/amethyst/statuses/116224928444246301https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toots.n7.gg/users/amethyst/statuses/116224928444246301Sat, 14 Mar 2026 01:27:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to today I have learned about the "three-em dash" ⸻ and this may make me *too* powerful on Sat, 14 Mar 2026 01:27:09 GMT]]>@amethyst I could pioneer the "fediverse blowhard" wordmark:

⸻⁂⸻

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/glyph/statuses/116224926004528915https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/glyph/statuses/116224926004528915Sat, 14 Mar 2026 01:27:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to today I have learned about the "three-em dash" ⸻ and this may make me *too* powerful on Sat, 14 Mar 2026 01:26:57 GMT]]>@glyph Did you know that the 3M dash was invented by accident when they were trying to make a really strong adhesive?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://oldos.me/users/jay/statuses/116224925223702917https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://oldos.me/users/jay/statuses/116224925223702917Sat, 14 Mar 2026 01:26:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to today I have learned about the "three-em dash" ⸻ and this may make me *too* powerful on Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:51:22 GMT]]>@wlonk @glyph dash dash mmdash

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/independentpen/statuses/116224785278495463https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/independentpen/statuses/116224785278495463Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:51:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to today I have learned about the "three-em dash" ⸻ and this may make me *too* powerful on Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:51:00 GMT]]>@glyph wait'll you see what happens to authors with multiple citations in the bibliography!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/independentpen/statuses/116224783835085780https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/independentpen/statuses/116224783835085780Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:51:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to today I have learned about the "three-em dash" ⸻ and this may make me *too* powerful on Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:49:55 GMT]]>@glyph for when your speaker is cut off so badly that they have to slam on the breaks to avoid a crash

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tilde.zone/users/misterdave/statuses/116224779583967332https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tilde.zone/users/misterdave/statuses/116224779583967332Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:49:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to today I have learned about the "three-em dash" ⸻ and this may make me *too* powerful on Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:49:08 GMT]]>@glyph

Basically "id." for those who'd rather stroke it out.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/beadsland/statuses/116224776514628965https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/beadsland/statuses/116224776514628965Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:49:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to today I have learned about the "three-em dash" ⸻ and this may make me *too* powerful on Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:16:24 GMT]]>@glyph responsibly empowered, i hope ^_^

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/gureito/statuses/116224647765328693https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/gureito/statuses/116224647765328693Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:16:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to today I have learned about the "three-em dash" ⸻ and this may make me *too* powerful on Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:12:30 GMT]]>@glyph that’s one way to set yourself apart from the slop

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toots.n7.gg/users/amethyst/statuses/116224632484049358https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toots.n7.gg/users/amethyst/statuses/116224632484049358Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:12:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to today I have learned about the "three-em dash" ⸻ and this may make me *too* powerful on Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:06:41 GMT]]>@glyph Only the super-MEGA AIs use that one.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mefi.social/users/rodneylives/statuses/116224609559955077https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mefi.social/users/rodneylives/statuses/116224609559955077Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:06:41 GMT