Divorces can be ugly.

But the thing is that people being cut off aren’t part of the cult anymore. Starting the conversation with the in group name is not just bad form, it probably also starts the rest of the people wondering if that name means anything anymore.

Maybe nobody is actually a Plaid except the board members. The rest of us are merely The Help, being coddled to extract more concessions from us.

More often than you'd think. The best retort to "We're all a family" is "You obviously haven't met my family, or you wouldn't be saying that."

My family cut out the underperforming father when I was younger. Does that count?

But like, who at this point is not cynical enough to fall for this? I guess brand new college grads.

When I worked at Amazon, it was all "Amazonians" like I'm supposed to feel some kind of kinship with the 1 million+ people who work there. Plus the cheap branded clothing. Ugh.

It happens.