In the dystopian future, full length shirts are a sign of weakness.
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So use e.target if you want the thing they actually clicked on (child element). Use this if you want the dropdown container. I haven't done jquery stuff in such a long time I forgot how many weird things it does.
If you understand people, we're not that complex. And often the thing we really need, more than anything, is to be understood.