As I sit here, relaxing after a long night of work, a thought came into my head about cliques and how they shape individual as well as communal behavior. We all have seen cliques in any shape, as well as maybe been a member of a so-called "clique", but the one communal group that lots of people believe is non-cliquey is the furry fandom. This fandom "believes" in this communal interest, in which has many subgroups (art, fursuit, photography, dancing, etc.) that we all belong too, but in the big picture are a cohesive social group. This got me thinking, this has to be the biggest irony in the world. No matter how hard you try to deny it, there are cliques in the fandom(yes, this is a very general observation and everyone knows this) but what makes this ironic is, why do we say we are a communal social group but there are cliques in the fandom, and if you are not apart of this so "clique" then you are looked down on and often ignored. What makes it even more ironic, are the people in the fandom who say they are not cliquey at all or that they are not "popufur", but they are usually the ones who are the most cliquey. Weird to think that, huh?