• tomkatt@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    An em dash is an emoji.

    The fuck it is. Em-dashes have existed in literature and text since long before the existence of computers and are a traditional form of textual form pause length:

    • comma (,) - one beat
    • em dash (–) - two beats
    • semicolon (;) - three beats
    • period (.) - four beats