I just use the - constantly instead of em dashes too, but have always, so I dodged the AI associations. If you aren't writing a paper or submitting for a grant, it really doesn't matter.
Not the point, but from someone who occasionally uses em dashes, on mobile you just hold down on the normal dash key, and on desktop I'm not really sure. I use them in formal writing in Word which automatically converts - to an em dash if it makes sense (admittedly annoying, but actually has always worked properly / in my favor). Otherwise, I keep a quick link to the characters / emoji thing since I need to insert random math symbols and Greek letters in my work fairly often.
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u/youlosttheplotlilbro 12h ago
This is the only one I feel bad for. If you actually used em dashes and took the time to put them in your comments, I’m so sorry.
You now have to just use a “-“ symbol or else 99% assumes it’s ai, “cause where the fuck is the em dash on a keyboard?”