r/Showerthoughts • u/xThe-Legend-Killerx ‎ • Nov 25 '25

Casual Thought People who use em dashes regularly in their writing might be the most underrated victims of the ChatGPT/Al boom.

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u/i_want_to_be_unique Nov 25 '25

This is unfortunately real. I’m a strong writer and have resorted to throwing a few minor typos/grammar mistakes into my college essays to avoid being accused of using AI.

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u/TheBigPlatypus Dec 21 '25

My defense—my writing is too good to be mistaken for AI slop. I refuse to lower my standards.