MU Peeves Thread
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My em-dashes, my semicolons, and my words of more than three syllables. Ain’t giving them up in order to write ‘less like AI’. LLMs are mimicking me, not the other way around.
Any pronouns. Come to Chincoteague. We have ponies. http://keys.aresmush.com
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Wait, is this a thing? Oh, fuck AI. That’s how to give sentences flavor! Nuh uh. A million percent not changing.
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I’ve had to turn the auto-convert feature off in Word for when I do my – (that is two hyphens, often converted to a dash of some kind, be it en or em. I never learned the difference.) because it was getting pulled up by the anti-AI checker on my submitted work and it’s easier to just… not deal with that.
He/Him. Opinions and views are solely my own unless specifically stated otherwise.
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@Pavel said in MU Peeves Thread:
I’ve had to turn the auto-convert feature off in Word for when I do my – (that is two hyphens, often converted to a dash of some kind, be it en or em. I never learned the difference.) because it was getting pulled up by the anti-AI checker on my submitted work and it’s easier to just… not deal with that.
Em Dash (—):
Roughly the width of a capital letter M. It’s used to create a break in a sentence, similar to how you’d use parentheses or colons.
En Dash (–):
Roughly the width of a capital letter N. It’s used to connect two words or show a range of numbers.
That’s literally it.
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@Aria said in MU Peeves Thread:
@Pavel said in MU Peeves Thread:
I’ve had to turn the auto-convert feature off in Word for when I do my – (that is two hyphens, often converted to a dash of some kind, be it en or em. I never learned the difference.) because it was getting pulled up by the anti-AI checker on my submitted work and it’s easier to just… not deal with that.
Em Dash (—):
Roughly the width of a capital letter M. It’s used to create a break in a sentence, similar to how you’d use parentheses or colons.
En Dash (–):
Roughly the width of a capital letter N. It’s used to connect two words or show a range of numbers.
That’s literally it.
oh my god i have literally never known why they were called Em and En, this is mind-blowing. and will ACTUALLY be helpful in remembering which is which
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@Aria said in MU Peeves Thread:
@Pavel said in MU Peeves Thread:
I’ve had to turn the auto-convert feature off in Word for when I do my – (that is two hyphens, often converted to a dash of some kind, be it en or em. I never learned the difference.) because it was getting pulled up by the anti-AI checker on my submitted work and it’s easier to just… not deal with that.
Em Dash (—):
Roughly the width of a capital letter M. It’s used to create a break in a sentence, similar to how you’d use parentheses or colons.
En Dash (–):
Roughly the width of a capital letter N. It’s used to connect two words or show a range of numbers.
That’s literally it.
Monospace fonts mean they are indistinguishable, wheeeee.
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@Pavel said in MU Peeves Thread:
I’ve had to turn the auto-convert feature off in Word for when I do my – (that is two hyphens, often converted to a dash of some kind, be it en or em. I never learned the difference.) because it was getting pulled up by the anti-AI checker on my submitted work and it’s easier to just… not deal with that.
This is why I have this much >< (it’s zero) faith in anything “AI” at this juncture, including detection methods. If an en-/em-dash user is getting flagged for actually using them correctly, then I don’t know what else to tell you other than look at this GIF to illustrate my point:
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@Aria I’m going to just go with my usual standard of randomly throwing a dash of some kind in and hoping Grammarly doesn’t yell at me.
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@Pavel said in MU Peeves Thread:
hoping Grammarly doesn’t yell at me.
Grammarly won’t yell at you now that it’s LLM based. It loves those em-dashes.
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@MisterBoring I actually use LanguageTool now but I imagine it’s much the same.
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cringes me out a little when someone uses racial/ethnic identifiers in a character desc, but like only for characters of color? lots of ppl don’t seem to feel they need to specify if the character is white but then very pointedly emphasize if a character is black/Asian/etc. weird to me.
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@Artemis This was a habit of one of the worst players I ever met, whom simultaneously constantly talked about what an advocate and ally she is. Very handy for fingering her stealth alts. She also talked about her terrible marriage and sought comfort in others OOC. Talk about a messed up cluster of wrong coping mechanisms. She’s still out there, too. Deeply institutionalized.
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@Artemis I can definitely understand the cringe, but I think the general “people don’t feel they need to specify if the character is white” thing is why people may feel the need to specify that their character isn’t white. If white is the apparent default, I can see why folks may feel the need to emphasise the difference.
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@Pavel heard, but like that’s sort of what long-form descs are for? if im describing a black character for example i’ll include their skin tone, hair texture, etc and let people draw their own conclusions, same as i’d do with a white char. Otherwise, kind of gives the vibe that anything other than white is out of the ordinary and that feels sus and lame. Also worth noting that appearances can be misleading and ppl could maybe afford to assume less off visual cues alone.
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@Artemis That’s fair, but you’re also one of those weirdos who enjoys writing (and reading) descs. I much prefer concision, so I guess it’s just a case of different tastes and preferences.
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@Pavel Can we not call her a weirdo, man?
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I just remembered another one of my MU Peeves:
When the actual Staff of the game (especially any Builders or Builder adjacent staff) runs a major plot event in a Generic RP Room with no description.
WHY THE HELL DID THEY BOTHER DESCING A GRID ANYWAY?
