I plug/unplug from my display several times daily, since the MBP connected to it travels with me. Granted, the end of the cable in the monitor typically doesn't

I plug/unplug from my display several times daily, since the MBP connected to it travels with me. Granted, the end of the cable in the monitor typically doesn't move¹ ¹well, one of them. The crap LG monitors we have constantly forget about the peripherals that are attached, and one easy way to fix this is to detach/reattach the peripheral. I suspect that the company is never going to RMA these devices, sadly.