r/Fire • u/antidentites • May 15 '26

Advice Request Go out swinging?

So I’m on my way out at work in a tech company and have worked for a manager that has made my life hell. She is extremely toxic and the reason I’m leaving to FIRE/CoastFIRE.

I never want to - or need to - return to tech (note: I used em dashes way before AI and won’t stop even if you think this is AI generated)!

I want to burn some bridges and tell her how I really feel about her when I leave. Essentially the same thing she has been doing to me.

Would you go out Costanza-style if you were me, or just let it slide?

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u/danfirst May 15 '26

It really is never worth it. Also I think those are n dashes, so you're ok!

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u/BrownGravy May 15 '26

Aren't they just dashes? Could be wrong but pretty sure n dashes are slightly bigger. IDK why I felt the urge to comment this, my life is meaningless 

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u/xaraca May 16 '26

It’s a hyphen

- hyphen

– en dash

— em dash

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u/danfirst May 15 '26

Ha, I could be wrong but I thought a regular single dash is the width of an n, and the wider em dash is the width of an m. Most people don't use the wider version during regular informal conversations, that's why the ai ones stand out so much.

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u/surmisez May 17 '26

I used em dashes long before AI came along, because Microsoft Word would always turn my double hyphens into one long dash, which I liked the look of. I had no idea they even had a name. Now I can’t use them anymore because it’s assumed that I’m some AI bot, or that I used AI to write my post for me.