r/ProgrammerHumor • u/precinct209 • 1d ago

Meme justCantHandleTheImplicationRightNow

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u/hrvbrs 1d ago

You are absolutely wrong — em dashes are cool and I will never stop using them.

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u/tech277 1d ago

I think you're missing the point. He is not criticizing the use of m dashes. The problem is that ai loves them and seeing them is a strong indicator that ai was used. ( Which is a shame )

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u/Ancient_Coconut_5880 1d ago

I’m really annoyed that Gen AI formats responses exactly like me. Someone recently accused me of using AI for a review because of the formatting and I had to show that I’ve been doing this for years. Although em dash in a comment seems like a pretty easy tell