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We often most harshly reject people who remind us of the parts of ourselves we don’t like or feel the worst about.

I would bet many of the Chunky Monkeys also see themselves as misfits and outcasts, and that’s part of what fed their dislike of Dorland.[/quote]

Certainly seems true of the Chip Cheek guy. As noted above, his desperate need to share his anecdote about how he ran into Dorland at a parent/kid class and was terrified she was stalking him (when he’d just moved to her neighborhood in LA) reeks of this need to get approval from the cool kids. And she had the audacity to be her usual charming, sunny self and offer advice and connections he admits they dearly needed to boot! The Calvin Hennick guy was also interesting. It was clear to me from some of the group texts that he knew what Larson was doing was absolutely wrong (“assy”) and hurtful to Dorland, but he simply had to rationalize it for the sake of the group dynamic (circle-jerk). [/quote]

My former colleague works in a cliquey practice group in BigLaw.  They unwind at the end of the week by having (at least pre-Pandemic) informal happy hours in their lead partner's office.  She says they wind up lingering longer than anyone really wants to, because you want to be the last to leave - everyone knows that if you are the first to leave, those who remain will start talking about you as soon as you do.  This sounds like the Chunky Monkey dynamic.  They all seem very insecure and stunted.  That's not to excuse their behavior - whatever the animating force, they have demonstrated they are crappy, cruel people.  [/quote]

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