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nice em dash -- how do I generate that in the text box?

but you're burying the lede: "We are also likely past some serious tipping points—" == we're doomed, just slowly, and we desperately need to be doing something to slow down or stop this metaphorical bus before it falls off a cliff



On *nix, <Compose> <-> <-> <-> (or install a Mac-like layout and AltGr+Shift+<->).


This is a bad cop-out, honestly. Every macOS for at least 11 years—and iPhones for a similar length of time—have automatically changed dash dash space to an em-dash. Edit -> Substitutions -> Smart Dashes to toggle the behavior. Here's an 11-year-old video discussing the feature. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZrkDetAmpE


I see the replies to the literal question, but I think the parent was pointing out the possibility of the grandparent post being AI generated. The em dash is one of the common indicators.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/comments/1fx12q1/is_an_em_d...


And all of the replies to the literal question are reasons not to take that as a sign of an AI-generated post.


On iOS: long press the “-“ keyboard button to access variants of longer lengths like “–“ and “—“ (and also a “•”).


On macOS, you can do alt+shift+hyphen to get one: —.


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