Post #44766
2025-12-09 09:18 UTC
While the post might of course be generated, it’s a bit stupid that the use of dashes has become something of a (useless) shibboleth. It’s a valid typographical feature with distinct use cases and has been used for centuries. It’s fallen out of style lately, but it’s usage is quite in character for a 84 yo intellectual. The quote marks are also not weird, and if the post would have used bullet points instead of paragraphs for structure, you’d probably would have mentioned that, too.
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@deHaga@feddit.uk 2025-12-09 09:27
Yea, scientists like to write papers and use the fancy em dash, most people don’t even know how to type one. It’s also formatted in the exact way chatgpt does it’s mind numbingly shit one pagers
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@webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 2025-12-09 11:00
I like to use dashes myself but the combination of overuse with other tells does make me suspicious. Which isn’t bad, even an intellectual can write things wrong. I didn’t think dashes where out of place here, but i did get a real ai vibe of the last paragraph. Is this something Bernie is really considering or is something to round up a generated list of scary scenarios. (Which are all existing valid concerns still)