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maybe people have now see the em dash in use enough that they're observing it's greatness in real usage!!!!
/s
-f pour one out for the em-dash, it's reputation has been tarnished
I wondered the same, really.
I used to underuse it, but now, using it anywhere is enough to draw ire, so I've essentially gone to zero. :)