7 annoying things people are saying about the em dash

Just to get the blood a' boiling and the eyes a' rolling:

1. “Blatant red flag”  - guy on YouTube wagging his finger at us
   
   
2. “Virtually no one casually uses the actual symbol AI uses because It's not intuitively and obviously accessible” -guy on Reddit 😬
   
   
3. “The Em Dash is still socially acceptable if you otherwise write like Jack Kerouac” -guy on LinkedIn
   
   
4. “Before AI, I probably used the em dash too frequently. I now give two or three thoughts before I use it.” -other guy on LinkedIn
   
   
5. “It’s a tell” -person in comment section
   
   
6. “If I see an em dash … I assume it's AI generated and I now immediately stop reading it” -person in the comments
   
   
7. “Yep, I am 46 and never knew the name of it until AI . Never used them” -person in a forum