You literally can just long press the normal hyphen on the iOS keyboard, probably similar in Android


So, you saw an em dash in a sentence and immediately screamed “AI!”? Hold up. That long, dramatic line — yeah, that one — has been around way before ChatGPT slid into your DMs. Writers have been using em dashes for centuries to spice things up, create vibes, and break the rules in the coolest way possible.

Here’s the tea: the em dash is a tool, not a tell. Just because an AI uses it doesn’t mean it’s some secret signature. You know who else uses em dashes? Literally every author who’s ever wanted to sound clever, casual, or just a little chaotic.

So next time you spot an em dash, don’t panic. It’s punctuation, not a personality test.

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    15 days ago

    and then you want to close it with a smiley (or is it emoticon (I never really used that term even back in the day … and today everyone just calls them emojis :))) and it looks like a triple chin