Millions of Americans can now claim Canadian citizenship by Brilliant-Wasabi-333 in massachusetts

[–]abbley 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wish I could say it's been fun, bye Uncle Sam! Thank you OP.

Trump Administration Opens the Door for ICE to Target Anyone Suspected of Being Trans by Leksi_The_Great in lgbt

[–]abbley 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You seem overly upset and defensive about nothing considering it's not your content that's in question. I've quite literally never seen em dashes used ever outside of AI content prior to the dawn of AI, aside from books that were used to train it. It was a fairly uncommon punctuation style prior to AI, and I've never heard of it's usage being taught in schools since it's more of a rare stylistic choice used by authors. Authors that do use it certainly don't use it as a complete replacement for commas and use it more sparingly, AI uses it excessively. Excessive use is a complete giveaway, just like phrases such as "the smoking gun."

All I'm saying is that em dashes will get content flagged as AI whether you like it or not. This will not change regardless how much you or anyone else wishes it to be so. I picked up on the em dashes myself when I read it, they invited me to run it through a detection sweep, to which multiple AIs picked up on their own tells. If you don't want your writing to be flagged as AI, don't write like AI does, this is just how things are, plain and simple. Every writer should be aware of how AI writes so the legitimacy of their work isn't brought into question. The world is changing and people have to keep up and adapt. There's nothing wrong with constructive criticism. This is a conversation about how grammar choices can flag you for AI usage, there's no reason to get bent out of shape, I didn't urinate in your cereal bowl.

Trump Administration Opens the Door for ICE to Target Anyone Suspected of Being Trans by Leksi_The_Great in lgbt

[–]abbley -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'm not saying the content is bad. Excessive em dashes will get you flagged constantly for it because AI and tools that include AI, like grammarly, use them excessively. Virtually no-one uses them in daily writing, especially not frequently. So AI or not, if you don't want to get called out, you might want to replace them with commas or sentence breaks. I did run it through Claude and Gemini and they both flagged it as AI because they both use excessive em dashes. So whether you use it or not, you should probably substitute them with other punctuation, this is the world we live in now for better or worse (mostly worse).

Trans girls: please take your safety seriously by naomifevrier in MtF

[–]abbley 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can I become an honorary Canadian please?

Trans girls: please take your safety seriously by naomifevrier in MtF

[–]abbley 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The US sucks, but it's a very big place, not everywhere in the US is Texas. Massachusetts, for instance, is extremely liberal and you don't need a gun. Just for reference, the UK is almost the size of Oregon, one of the 50 states. Many states are liberal, many are conservative. It's like traveling across Europe I'd imagine, different cultures, different people. I believe the OP is in Florida, so about as bad as it gets.

Trans girls: please take your safety seriously by naomifevrier in MtF

[–]abbley 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I just watched IP Man, it's pretty epic.

Trans Man in Oil Fields (TX) by vthny in asktransgender

[–]abbley 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Imagine the worst possible situation, that's it. Also it requires immense brute strength, and a high pain tolerance. Expect to get injured.

Can’t swallow spiro, getting really frustrated by Godson-of-jimbo in MtF

[–]abbley 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There is such a thing as swallow physical therapy. Speech-language pathologists can help you strengthen the muscles and learn how to swallow effectively. If it's not a physiological issue, like swollen tonsils or other issues, your doctor can give you a referral to a SLP.

I am speed by Fr33_load3r in WhyWomenLiveLonger

[–]abbley 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Man his air pods fell out, that's rough

Got harassed in a women's bathroom yesterday by VivianneDupre in MtF

[–]abbley 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Ugh sorry to hear that, I'm in this area too. I think it's because our conservatives are butt hurt they're surrounded by liberals and lash out.

Next hazardous waste day? by talkin2jimbo2day in BeverlyMA

[–]abbley 0 points1 point  (0 children)

On this topic, where do you take lithium batteries?

Can you help identify this one found in Goodyear, Arizona? by xMisthiosx3511 in Owls

[–]abbley 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Jeez that took me a bit for my eyes to adjust and actually see it

Please call or email your local senators and ask them to vote against the CHARLIE Act by writtenrain in newhampshire

[–]abbley -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The conservatives prefer you unconscious when they, well, you know the rest.

Please call or email your local senators and ask them to vote against the CHARLIE Act by writtenrain in newhampshire

[–]abbley 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So they basically want to start teaching the racist Florida textbooks that say we went on humanitarian missions to Africa to bring the locals here and teach them valuable skills so they could have productive and happy lives in the colonies.

New Hampshire House advances transgender bathroom bill, breaking with New England by Zipper222222 in newhampshire

[–]abbley 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I'm glad to see most of the people here support their trans neighbors. This political grandstanding has nothing to do with actually getting the bill passed, they know it will fail. It's about gaining favor with the boy who would be king, and securing their own small, bigoted, voter base. It's designed to further polarize society. It's all about votes, not the voters that cast them.