I’ve also had the exact same thought and come to the same conclusion. I was never taught in school to use it.

i use it a lot, it's common in my family although i don't know how to type it on mobile

I've used them too... Not often but I can probably ly guess their general usage have increased with AI generated text

Is that even on the keyboard?

Same here. I had never been taught it at school and never used them at university. Only heard of them through AI!

That is really interesting to hear :) On mobile you long press the hyphen in symbols and select the em dash —

Not on a PC . On mobile yes :) Long press the hyphen and then select the em dash —

As a designer who also loves typography, I should apply all these rules in any situation, right? I don‘t. Because: 1️⃣ Nobody, except a few typography nerds, gives a damn. 2️⃣ If you‘re concerned about the language dying, because of how people (don‘t) use emdash, go read and write poetry, focus on the message and storytelling. If you‘re deep into it enough, the correct form will remind itself. 3️⃣ All that said, I‘m always doing my best when designing a classic physical book, for that is a medium that still deserves respect... 4️⃣ …but I also like to bend or break rules. But it must be done consciously and in sync with the topic/style of writing/… According to see emdash and assuming it‘s AI generated, I used to think like that, but I don‘t anymore. I‘m using AI to consult some of my texts with, and sometimes it‘s that I just copy paste few words or a sentence into my own text, and if I forget about the emdash there… sue me. My conclusion: Know the rules, but better think about the message. View quoted note →

i use thumbkey, which doesn't support that 🥲

show me better typo drama than a well-used em dash—you can't View quoted note →

All AI was trained on my blog. That’s why you see so many goddamned em-dashes now.

I use it because I write in markdown all the time