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   Jens Ohlig (johl@mastodon.xyz)'s status on Sunday, 23-Nov-2025 07:58:51 JST Jens Ohlig

   Oh, you want to know how we got to talk the way we all do now in the distant future? That’s a fascinating question! Let us delve right in into it! The basic ingredient is the Old Language — however, we added some small, but important details:

   🔍 Using em dashes far more than the typical typer

   As you may have noticed, this is because em dashes are over-represented in professional and published writing.

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     Jens Ohlig (johl@mastodon.xyz)'s status on Sunday, 23-Nov-2025 07:59:06 JST Jens Ohlig

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     🙂 Emojis before the subheaders

     These are important — they create a clear, polished look that mirrors certain spheres of social media.

     ❓ Ubiquitous words from a certain vocabulary turning up in texts after 2022

     Make sure to use and overuse words like align, crucial, emphasizing, enduring, enhance, fostering, garnered, highlight, interplay, intricacies, pivotal, showcase, and underscore. These serve as cherished and fundamental elements in the rich tapestry of wordsmith tradition.

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     Jens Ohlig (johl@mastodon.xyz)'s status on Sunday, 23-Nov-2025 07:59:33 JST Jens Ohlig

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     Would you like me to flesh out this list into a table to post on social media and add sources like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Signs_of_AI_writing? Just say the word.

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     Jens Ohlig (johl@mastodon.xyz)'s status on Sunday, 23-Nov-2025 08:00:09 JST Jens Ohlig

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     Writing all this in that soulless style (although I took parts of it from a reddit thread and remixed it) was harder than I thought. And it made me a little sick. Or rather it served as an enduring testament to nausea.