exclusivity is the essence of a clique
I don’t know a single person who admits to being in a clique, yet we all agree that they exist.
I think we can discard the academic definition of clique to go with the emotional definition. That would be: A group with an understood, insider set of rules, into which, I do not fit.
Really, there isn’t a Jelly I dislike on an individual basis. I can relate on some level to every single one. There is an atmosphere that surrounds this place when bad vibrations are going on and I’d hate to be the newb to wander in during those times.
Yes, @Jeruba we are all individuals, but to say that we aren’t influenced by the tone of people we know is naive. I know you are not that. We do have a communal influence on the atmosphere here.
That said. I hate to fight with y’all. May I invite you to one of @mazinger88’s orgy threads for some angry, make-up lurve?