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		teeray 6 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Antislop: A framework for eliminating repetitive p... You can take my em-dashes from my cold, dead hands—I use them all the time.

merelysounds 6 months ago [–]

On iOS in particular the longer dash variants are easy to access — via long pressing dash.

Anecdotally, I use them less often these days, because of the association with AI.

Terretta 6 months ago | [–]

On MacOS or iPadOS keyboard, option - and option shift - give n and m dashes respectively.

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