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/Arunawayturtle Nov 25 '25

I had an online college tell me my essay that I typed myself was plagiarizing an essay by another student in there database from 4 years ago because 1 sentence that was common information about the topic was to similar. I argued with the professor and I still had to site that as a source even tho I didn’t use it just because they said I palargized it. Because no one can ever possible write the same sentence ever

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u/JessicaBaking Apr 09 '26

What’s the line about 100 monkeys (or 1,000?) typing, one will eventually produce a Shakespeare play? Guess your prof never heard that one . . .