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		whatagreatboy 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Researchers find evidence of ChatGPT buzzwords tur... Em-dashes are very confusing to me, can never figure out if it is a emdash or a hyphen, so I avoid them altogether.

pwdisswordfishz 4 months ago [–]

A hyphen is shorter.

whatagreatboy 4 months ago | [–]

It's very difficult to determine if the length is due to the font being used or due to actually being hyphen or emdash.

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