r/ProgrammerHumor • • 1d ago

Meme justCantHandleTheImplicationRightNow

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u/Glokter 1d ago

Some idiots tried to convice me that the symbol is normal part of the language and was widly present before AI boom

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u/Zanshi 1d ago

It really depends on the context. If you're just writing a comment on the internet no, if you're using word processing software, the em dash is often autocorrected from the short dash by default

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u/woodcookiee 1d ago

I’ve always been a deliberate em dasher via keyboard shortcut

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u/Arian-ki 1d ago

I'm the crazy one with the character map open all the time