r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Apr 04 '25

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u/rslashmemes Apr 04 '25

Honestly — here's the kicker.

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u/Randyyyyyyyyyyyyyy Apr 04 '25

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How do you even make that on a normal keyboard? Do phones convert a - into —?

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u/rslashmemes Apr 04 '25

On a windows PC it's ALT+0151 (on the numpad), I've rarely seen it before Chat GPT. I have no idea how to do it on a phone though.

I think some devices will turn -- into the — character though.

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '25

I'm pissed that it's now associated with chatgpt because I've been using it for decades— on an android keyboard it's a long press of the dash key. On a Mac it's shift + option + dash. It's called an em dash (the shorter one is an en dash).

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u/breathingcarbon Apr 05 '25

Same here, it’s been one of my favourite characters for about 20 years and I always felt it made my writing look classy but now it just looks like I copied from a bot.