For the record, I have been overusing em-dashes for over two decades. I picked it up from Nietzsche, whose abuse of em-dashes would makeChatGPT blush.

But now every jackass out there has hopped on the em-dash shaming bandwagon, side-eyeing every em-dash and insinuating if the suspicious em-dash wasn’t AI generated it is probably an attempt to look smart by imitating AI moves.

Well, I refuse to stop. I also refuse to stop using en-dashes with a space on each side instead of a proper em-dash. I know the rule — and I reject that rule. I have my own  typographic taste and that personal taste is what I obey, not the anonymous dictates of style guides

And while I’m making defiant declarations: I will continue proudly enjoying kale as I have since college when I bought it for fifty cents a bunch.

I can’t help it if lemming herds occasionally stampede across my land. And I’m not abandoning perfectly fine property just because it gets a little trampled. Fads come and go, but I, for one, know what I like.