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Comment by socialentp

5 days ago

Irrefutable eh? As someone who has used em dashes in my writing my entire life, these comments drive me crazy! Where exactly do you think that they learned to do that?

E.g. 2018: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17598113#17598506

Banana battery: zinc nail, copper penny, spark— lunch powers the clock.

> these comments drive me crazy

Have you not noticed the em-dash in my comment?

  • Okay yeah you whooshed me. I’ll take the L. I must’ve been too busy reaching for my pitchfork