[–] 3 points 2 weeks ago*

tl;dr: spaces around em-dash tell nothing about text being LLM-generated

Non-tl;dr ahead:Shouldn't em dash be not surrounded by spacesβ€”like thisβ€”as per grammatical | punctuational | formatting | typography rules? I've always tried to use em-dash as seen fit (at first relying on some websites to turn two consecutive hyphens -- like here -- into one. Though at first I didn't even notice, and now actively despise how it looks like without spaces, so mostly use it like in the post β€” here is an example. LLMs are supposedly good at these writing things, as I've heard.

Did a little web search and yeeeeeeeeeah. Apparently there exist "styles" which suggest both variants, with the more general rule just being consistent. At least for English. In my language spaces are required (except between dates), so apparently it's not so much about personal preference.

So yeeeeah, it actually tells nothing about this rambling being AI-generated, LLMs (looked through my usage too) use both variants. Sorry if I wasted your (reader) time, hope you learned a little along the way.

Still won't read original post.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

    You see, I am an actual incel, I'd like to be in relations, have deep emotional connection, intimacy, sex, and some actual responsibilities in life to make me less of husk of a human, but I am a sore loser, so it'll never happen. So I'd probably happily downvote your post (I have to, I guess), but for better or worse I am on instance that doesn't allow downvoting at all, and I still feel it is kinda waow based, so I won't jump to another one just for you. Sorry for not fulfilling your desire, no downvote from me.

    Don't know anything about original point of downvoting legit posts, can't help with this too.

    Also no, I do not live in basement, just different room in same apartment as my mom.

    Addition: you post on comms I don't follow, what do you expect? 🀣

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 child)

    I have the money to go out on my days off (salary somewhere between median and mean for my country). I never do. I (partially sick) lay in my bed rn and scroll Lemmy feed. Usually it's also videogames and youtube.

    Imagine having the will to do anything beyond necessary.

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