Em dashes are fucking amazing

LessWrong published an essay passionately defending the em dash. The author argues that this punctuation mark — which sets off asides and creates dramatic pauses — allows writers to express complex thoughts within a single sentence. The piece compares using em dashes to assembling writing like LEGO bricks, and addresses concerns about em dash use signaling AI-generated text by noting that humans type them just as easily. Per the essay, em dashes are underutilized compared to other marks and deserve wider adoption.

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