[newscombinatorY]

I understand getting triggered by em dashes in a comment section - nobody uses them like that, right? But in an editorial piece? That's where you expect to see them. At least that's what I thought...

[JadeNB]

You can check out the HN em dash leaderboard to see that people definitely do use them in comments. (I was pleased to come in at #16.)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45071722