Apologies to Anyone Named Brayden

This week, Marin Lately revealed the existence of the “Brayden threshold,” a powerful tool now being used nationwide to evaluate residential areas based on the number of boys with blow-dried hair who look as if they may begin dancing in formation at any moment. We would like to clarify that the name "Brayden" should not be used as shorthand for a common suburban character (a la “Karen”); it is to be reserved for urban-planning purposes only (i.e. “Terra Linda is a Brayden-centric community”).

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