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Comment by icedchai

4 days ago

Troglodyte here... I never use em dashes, never use semicolons, overuse ellipses and commas.

I love ellipses, it really captures that even when writing Rust documentation my mood is existential and disaffected... like a new grad in the pool, slowly burning under the noon sun on an inflatable lounger, too dazed and decadent to tap even a finger for their next paloma.

//! This is mission critical, don't remove...

Ellipses are garbage outside of dialog, and even there readers dislike seeing them frequently.

  • I agree they are inappropriate to use in formal writing. For stuff like blogs and chatting online though, they're fine.

    As a reader, I dislike seeing em dashes almost everywhere.