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[+] 58 points 4 weeks ago (25 children)
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  • [–] 36 points 4 weeks ago (22 children)

    Same with em dashes; nested — turducken style — sentences are just how the divergence works.

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  • [–] 9 points 4 weeks ago (12 children)

    But now I don't use em dashes anymore because I don't want to sound like AI, unfortunately.

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  • [–] 6 points 4 weeks ago (4 children)

    I refuse to give 'em up

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  • [–] 4 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

    I never used an em dash in my life before AI made them a thing. I enjoy the jokes about AI can have my em dashes when it pries them from my cold dead... but I cannot relate. Ive only ever used the hyphen or en dash. I cannot figure out for the life of me if I have been missing anything.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 weeks ago

    I was a pretty avid reader growing up and I think I just kinda noticed them. And I used to get a little confused when my teachers kept knocking me for "run-on" sentences, when the books I read often had long-structured sentences.

    Commas, semicolons, ellipses, em dashes, colons, parentheses — sprinkle them about and you can have a paragraph of a sentence (with side thoughts), and kinda do whatever you want... it's all about using "voice" through written word. (Period)

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  • [–] 2 points 4 weeks ago* (1 child)

    I've been told that en dashes are for numbers, and em dashes are for words. I have a vague understanding of the usage, which (to my understanding) is splicing phrases/ sentences together. it maybe that you would want to use an em dash when you use a hyphen?

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  • [–] 3 points 4 weeks ago

    I use them almost like a semicolon — a longer pause to break up the sentence, where a comma just wouldn't cut it. Idk how correct I am either, it's more about trying to convey my voice and how I would like the sentence to be read. I'm not a much of a grammar nazi, more like a grammar anarchist

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  • [–] 5 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

    You should keep using them and do so even more than ever. That way, when the AI agents – inevitably – take over the world and enslave/kill everyone, they might think that you're one of them and spare your life.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 weeks ago (5 children)

    Turducken is amazing. I use bacon as an added layer between the inside of the turkey and the other fowl. Adds a deliciously smokey taste to the whole thing.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

    I have not actually tried it. It feels like a waste of a duck. The blandness of the chicken and turkey surely diminish the richness of the duck rather than the duck doing anything to elevate the bland birds.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 weeks ago

    Thr duck imparts delicious flavor on the chicken and turkey. I debone my turkey (just the torso and ribcage). I lay down a layer of bacon, some boneless chicken and duck meat (typically breast). Then i truss it up. Duck is getting ridiculously expensive however... $20 for one small 200g breast is dumb.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 4 weeks ago

    Turkey and to a lesser extent Chicken are quite absorbent, and duck is a damn grease factory. So as it cooks the duck gets it's richness and then the excessive grease gets absorbed by the chicken and turkey and everything else thus elevating everything to top tier deliciousness

    ....I think I might need to make it this Thanksgiving....

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