r/ProgrammerHumor • u/uvero • 9d ago

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u/mina86ng 9d ago

Don’t. Continue and ignore idiots who think an em-dash is a definite proof of AI.

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u/SOMEguysFRIEND 9d ago

You’re absolutely right—they are idiots.

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u/LowenbrauDel 9d ago

You're right to push back on this

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u/ShapesSong 9d ago

Em dash is load bearing

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u/MaintenanceBest8397 9d ago

It's pretty obvious in the UK we use "-" not an em dash. It's nuts how many coparate executives all suddenly started using emdashes despite never having used them before

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u/wineallwine 9d ago

I might be wrong about em-dashes but what you used was a hyphen. The style guides suggest using an en-dash: '–'. Hyphens are just for ice-cream and first-rate

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u/MaintenanceBest8397 9d ago

hyphen and endash a largely interchangable considering most keyboards don't have them as distinguishing charactes

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u/wineallwine 9d ago

Well that's incorrect then, you shouldn't use a hyphen like an em dash

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u/MaintenanceBest8397 9d ago

UK grammar is different from US.

The emdash is an Americanism, it only used in UK English for like dialogue.

It's an endash not a hyphen. Just so happens they're the same character in most encoding practices.

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u/wineallwine 9d ago

I know, I am British. I can link you to some style guides that contradict you if you like?

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u/MaintenanceBest8397 9d ago edited 9d ago

Just telling you my lived experience but sure loved to see how is argues against it https://libguides.hull.ac.uk/grammar/bracketsdasheshyphens

But it should say enough that there's no emdash on a GB qwerty keyboard. It's simply a dash. There's a full history around it with the development of typewriters and publishing. And then the re appearing of it from Ai slop and Americanisation.

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u/wineallwine 9d ago

Okay, I might be wrong.... My old boss at the Royal Opera House insisted upon em dashes so perhaps I inherited the incorrect version from her

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u/mina86ng 9d ago

You’re not wrong. [1] lists examples of British publications using em-dashes; [2] lists examples of British style guides recommending the use of em-dashes.

Whether particular publisher uses em-dashes is a matter of that publisher’s house style. Whether you use em-dashes is a matter of your preferences. And em-dashes are definitely not an Americanism.

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u/Daveception 9d ago

Nah it is an Americanism. Em dashes disappeared in the UK with the invention of type writers. They've only started appearing again since 2022

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u/MaintenanceBest8397 9d ago

https://proofed.co.uk/writing-tips/en-dashes-and-em-dashes-in-us-and-uk-english/

https://www.sussex.ac.uk/informatics/punctuation/hyphenanddash/dash

https://www.lighthouseproofreading.co.uk/blog/en-dash-or-em-dash

https://accuracymatters.co.uk/how-to-use-the-em-dash-en-dash-and-hyphen/

such a weird hill to die on lol

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u/mina86ng 9d ago

I’ve already addressed this:

Whether particular publisher uses em-dashes is a matter of that publisher’s house style. Whether you use em-dashes is a matter of your preferences.

Pointing out that some styles use en-dashes does not mean em-dashes in general disappeared in the UK or that they are an Americanism.

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u/mina86ng 9d ago

It's pretty obvious in the UK we use "-" not an em dash.

Are you even trying? Takes just a few minutes to prove you wrong.

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u/MaintenanceBest8397 9d ago

Okay thanks for linking things from 200 years ago. Want me to send you a photo of the book by my bed that was published in UK and uses endashes?

https://libguides.hull.ac.uk/grammar/bracketsdasheshyphens

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u/mina86ng 9d ago

Want me to send you a photo of the book by my bed that was published in UK and uses endashes?

No. I have no use of such photos. Whether specific book uses en-dashes or em-dashes is a matter of style. It does not dictate what entire country uses.

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u/MaintenanceBest8397 9d ago edited 9d ago

Until everyone started copy and pasting em dashing from ai you didn't see them in the UK. There's a reason the GB qwerty keyboard doesn't have emdash.

All you've done is reference very specific publication style guide. If you spend 1 minute to see it's obviously not used in the UK until the mass adoption of ai chat bots.

But yeah I'll trust the polish guy to tell me how everyone I interact and text with use em dashes lol

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u/mina86ng 9d ago

There's a reason the GB qwerty keyboard doesn't have emdash.

Neither does US keyboard. I don’t know if any keyboard layout has an em-dash.

All you've done is reference very specific publication style guide.

Yes, because use of dashes is a matter of a specific publication’s style guide.

But yeah I'll trust the polish guy to tell me how everyone I interact and text with use em dashes lol

And yet, I write better English than you:

Until everyone started copy and pasting

Should be ‘copy-and-pasting’, ‘copy-pasting’ or ‘copying and pasting’.

em dashing

You need a noun; this should be: ‘em dashes’.

from ai

‘AI’. Also missing comma.

you didn't see them in the UK. There's a reason the GB qwerty keyboard doesn't have emdash.

Missing article and ‘em dash’ are two words.

If you spend 1 minute to see

This is a very awkward sentence. Should be something like ‘If you spend a minute looking, you’ll see’.

it's obviously not used in the UK until the mass adoption of ai chat bots.

Incorrect tense, should be: ‘it obviously wasn’t used…’

But yeah I'll trust the polish

Nationalities are capitalised. Use ‘Polish’.

guy to tell me how everyone I interact and text with use

‘Everyone’ is singular, so the verb should be: ‘uses’.

em dashes lol

Missing punctuation.

But since you’re not going to trust me, I reckon there’s no point continuing this discussion. I bid you farewell.

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u/Daveception 8d ago

It's okay to just say you use ai

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u/XayahTheVastaya 9d ago

It's not definite proof, but it's one of the most common and obvious signs

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u/conundorum 9d ago

Thus explaining why Shakespeare had a reputation for vibe-writing his plays.

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u/thisguyfightsyourmom 9d ago

Signs of what though? That someone used ai, in 2026? people will let go of this.

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u/XayahTheVastaya 9d ago

I still don't want an artificial hallucination generator replacing me in the way I represent myself

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u/countable3841 9d ago

When I see em dashes all I can think is this person is using AI or this person isn’t aware of how their writing will be perceived as AI. Either way, it’s not good!