[ SECRET POST #6852 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6852 ⌋

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 01 pages, 07 secrets from Secret Submission Post #978.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Let 'em "think." If anyone actually comments along those lines, point out that "AI was trained on writing produced by actual people. AI uses em-dashes because people use em-dashes. AI is copying US!!!"

I've seen that many people have this feeling, OP, and we -- fandom as a whole -- need to keep pushing back. Punctuation was devised to help give context and "flavor" to cold words on a page. Every single type of punctuation is valid; even parentheses (which I personally loathe) have a function.

People do not speak -- or tell stories -- in perfect prose. We insert side thoughts (em-dashes), or trail off an unfinished thought (ellipses), or pause longer than a comma but less than a full stop (semi-colon).

I'll be using em-dashes and semi-colons -- another irritant for the wild-eyed punctuation-hunters -- as long as I continue to write. Use them proudly, OP; if they were good enough for our literary forebears, they're good enough for us!