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jnwatson on Aug 31, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: Show HN: Hacker News em dash user leaderboard pre-...

Older people that grew up with "desktop publishing" and "The Mac is not a Typewriter" grew up with the em dash.

JKCalhoun on Aug 31, 2025 [–]

Correct. And my typewriter dad will do two dashes --.

patrickmay on Aug 31, 2025 | [–]

Son?

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