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It's all part of the cult of personality. "We're all a family." Remind me, when was the last time your father just cut out half of the family?
by woeirua 4y ago
It's all part of the cult of personality. "We're all a family." Remind me, when was the last time your father just cut out half of the family?
- Swizec 4y agoMy family cut out the underperforming father when I was younger. Does that count?
- notpachet 4y agoIt happens.
- triyambakam 4y agoAnd it's considered dysfunctional or abusive
- chrsig 4y agoMore 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."
- Tommah 4y agoI used to say that it's a bad idea to go into business with family.
- hinkley 4y agoDivorces 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.
- dimmke 4y agoBut 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.