Because anything that even slightly differs from the standard American phrasing of something must be "LLM generated" these days.

With the em dashes I see you. But at this point idrc so long as it reads well. Everyone uses spell check…

I add em dashes to everything I write now, solely to throw people who look for them off. Lots of editors add them automatically when you have two sequential dashes between words — a common occurrence, like that one. And this is is Chrome on iOS doing it automatically.

Ooh, I used “sequential”, ooh, I used an em dash. ZOMG AI IS COMING FOR US ALL

Anyone demonstrating above a high-school vocabulary/reading level is obviously a machine.

Ya—in fact, globally replaced on iOS (sent from Safari)

Also for reference: “this shortcut can be toggled using the switch labeled 'Smart Punctuation' in General > Keyboard settings.”

Sometimes I want to write more creatively, but then worry I’ll be accused of being an LLM. So I dumb it down. Remove the colorful language. Conform.

Fuck 'em.

Always write what you want, however you want to write it. If some reader somewhere decides to be judgemental because of — you know — an em dash or an X/Y comparison or a complement or some other thing that they think pins you down as being a bot, then that's entirely their own problem. Not yours.

They observe the reality that they deserve.

You’re absolutely right. It’s not my problem, it’s their problem.