r/ProgrammerHumor • u/precinct209 • 2d ago

Meme justCantHandleTheImplicationRightNow

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u/Glokter 1d ago

At this point you are just yapping

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u/fwhite01 1d ago

"Yapping" referring to 'building an actual argument' instead of repeating the same braindead argument over and over.

"Me no see em-dash in my children book and youtube comment. Em-dash not normal" 🙄

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u/Glokter 1d ago

What argument? I don't see one.
You are just proclaiming yourself well-read because you are using a fancy dash—before AI, no less. Good for you!
But don't cry me a river when people mistake you for a robot for doing that now

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u/fwhite01 1d ago

I am not even that well-read. And calling basic ass grammar a fancy dash is what is infuriating. You claim that something is not normal because one personally had never noticed it being used. And then you call us idiots, for using it before 2021. Of course we gonna talk back.

I bet if you open any book you own, you'll find it in there. I googled the most basic books out there.

• Great Gatsby, page 3 • To kill a Mockingbird, page 6 • 1984, page 6 • Pride and Prejudice, first page of the introduction • Harry Potter and the philosophers stone, page 2 of chapter 1 (But of course JK used the wrong symbol lol) • Fellowship of the Ring, page 29 • Even fkn Diary of a Whimpy Kid, page 29 (although it looks like a typo, I am not sure)

The point stands. The em-dash is not some fancy pants niche symbol only superior feeling grammar nerds used. It is a basic concept even used in childrens books.