I hope to clarify a curious trend that caught my attention several times over the last few weeks on LinkedIn: different people—mostly mediocre copywriters begging for employment—complained about ChatGPT’s obsessive preference for em dashes. Their prevalent sentiment was predictably negative (they still think they lost their jobs to AI instead of their own incompetence); however, as I saw more people contribute in similar ways, my own surprise grew. See, I don’t just appreciate ChatGPT’s use of e...