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Taking Back the Em Dash

July 25, 2026 · Originally posted on LinkedIn

I. am. FURIOUS. (stay with me)

I finally installed the /humanizer skill this week (don't judge).

Two drafts in, it was sanding down my writing style, my voice, all of it to a nub. My "furthermores," my "on the other hands," my 3-beat phrasings.

Dude. That's a rhetorical device. Plus, Caesar did it first. Ever heard of "veni, vidi, vici"?

Let's be honest, though. This isn't really about words I shouldn't use. It's about not being allowed to use em dashes anymore.

Generalized AI has censored me.

So I'm making my stand, here, today: we're taking back the em dash — who's with me?

P.S. Yeah, I took it too far, I made posters. With AI.

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