...Why I use extra spaces, colons, gaps and other stuff

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...Why I use extra spaces, colons, gaps and other stuff that MIGHT be sometimes mistaken as indicators that my stuff is created by AI.

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I write and create art.

I write and create art, a LOT!

I enjoy it,

I need it,

I work hard at it,

I gives me purpose,

It keeps me, Well, to be honest, I wouldn’t go as far as to say “Sane” but it definitely makes me “slightly less Insane” – which is still kinda nice…

And yet…

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Once in a while

Usually, when I'm proud of something I've created,

(Both my art and my writing)

Some random person will say something along the lines of,

"This looks like it was created by AI"

Which I suppose can be seen as either an insult or a compliment, depending on your point of view.

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The reason I get accused of this is usually along the lines of, for example...

"Reads like it was written by AI. A lot of unnecessary use of dashes, the bracketing, the semicolon."

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Now, generally speaking, I put it down to sour grapes by someone who probably has not created anything good recently or who hates my liberal politics or my empathy-driven views.

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But let's be generous for a minute,

And let us briefly suppose for now that it is not just troll spit, and that it might be a genuine question. (However, VERY unlikely that may be)

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So, instead of my usual sarcastic deflection, let me give you an honest answer.

THIS is...

...Why I use extra spaces, colons, gaps and other stuff that MIGHT be sometimes mistaken as indicators that my stuff is created by AI.

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I CAN spell,

I do have an ok vocabulary.

However...

Put simply,

I am badly dyslexic.

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BUT - I have real problems with my editing process.

Because when I scan my text before posting, I see what I want to see, I see what I thought I wrote, INSTEAD of the errors that are actually there!!

I can look as hard as I want at the word "DOSE" and still see the word I meant, "DOES".

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No spell checker, ect can adequately help.

BUT WHAT DOSE HELP, (see what I did there as a bit of self-deprecating humour) - Is using a load of extra spaces, colons, gaps and other stuff.

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The weird formatting gives me a much higher chance of seeing errors that might otherwise disenfranchise a valid argument for civil rights and human freedoms. - Because some right-wing bigot wuss douche will point at those mistakes to ignore the real issues discussed in the text.

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"Oh, you must be a thick moron! Because look at the how you misspelled 'Dissent' as 'Dessent', so your argument that gay people are real humans must also be a load of liberal crap!", - The whiny little nazi fucker cries out...

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So, I work hard and try hard and fail A LOT!

Then get up and keep going...

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So, Yes

I DO use weird formatting! - To help edit my work the best I can.

And, Yes,

I CAN look a bit weird at times!

But it is STILL better than doing bugger all and just keeping my head down!

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Now I have taken the time to write this out,

I am going to just use it as a drop-in "Cut N Paste It" response for the next time someone says something.

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I am being polite enough to give a non-sarcastic reply.

It probably won't make a difference,

Not really <shrug>

Because criticism online is rarely about the person being criticised,

And usually far more about the insecure, raging troll critic.