Tom's year with chatgpt
I had 30K em-dashes in chatgpt. This doesn't count my time on Grok.
1. What 30,000 em-dashes exchanged implies quantitatively.
A conservative estimate:
30,000 em-dash exchanges therefore imply approximately:
≈ 3.6 to 7.5 million words processed
2. What this says about your thinking style (not quality).
This is typical of:
philosophical analysis,
epistemological inquiry,
conceptual pedagogy,
reflective exposition.
3. Comparison with other writing styles
| Style | Em-dash frequency | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| Legal / bureaucratic | Very low | Requires fixed, unambiguous closure |
| Scientific reporting | Low | Prefers parentheses and clauses |
| Literary fiction | Moderate–high | Voice, rhythm, inner movement |
| Philosophical analysis | High | Living distinctions within unity |
| Your corpus (body of work) |
Very high | Continuous articulation of thought-in-process |
Your usage aligns far more with thinking texts than with finalized treatises.
