It’s a comfort show that’s still popular. But for some people they just don’t get it. Kinda like how the office is a comfort show. Why do people still watch them? Not sure, I don’t get the appeal. But it’s pretty common to have a comfort show and that’s probably fine.
I’ll watch Friends over the Office personally. This is despite the fact that I think the Office is more creative in some ways. Reason is all the cringe, particularly around Michael. So I’ll watch things like the Jim pranking Dwight compilation on YouTube, but I won’t watch the show again. But Friends is completely OK background noise. You don’t have to pay attention to it. You’ll just notice the funny bits sometimes while you’re doing other things. You won’t be like “shit I missed the last episode, now I have to go back” because it doesn’t matter what happened usually.
I don’t disagree that it died when he left, nor that he was the star of the show.
It’s not humor that offends someone that I can’t tolerate, it’s the cringe. Maybe it’s because I was awkward growing up and I still sometimes blurt out things I shouldn’t (I blame ADHD for this one, I often don’t realize what I’ve said before I said it). Michael has the parts of my personality that I’m the most insecure about, amplified 100x.
You can directly make fun of me as a person and I’m not offended. Call me a planet, tell me I’m an idiot in some creative way, for any number of the stupid things I’ve done in my life, whatever… But Michael’s cringe just… hurts my soul.
I honestly don’t get all the love for the show. It was the stereotypical sitcom that was super generic and not all that funny. I was always completely bored by it.
And the salamander didn’t say anything bad about it. It said there’s better shows. Are you going to try and claim that Friends is better than Breaking Bad or the first 8 seasons of Game of Thrones?
Simple feel good comedy is just a distraction from reality. Even worse, with their semi fantasy “this is how real world is” style, they are actually hurting society making people think they are living in this fantasy society.
Go for Silo, severance and Invasion. Those shows offer way more reality based society even while being full-on fantasy.
Because it wasnt simple, and its got a lot of old culture in it that doesnt always hit the same way as it did then.
Its a product of its time, and making fun of it is sort of like making fun of older generations for whatever reason.
I will say I dont like how apparently women needed to be under 100 pounds to be considered attractive back then, and it bums me out knowing that Chandler’s actor was struggling with addiction during a chunk of the show.
It does have some really well written bits though, but its usually not the ones people bring up most often.
The fact that a lot of men now appreciate big booty bitches? I don’t think I’d ever find a woman under 100 pounds attractive even. That’s basically underweight.
I’ve come to realize over the years that most TV is problematic, but you can still be consciously aware of it and still enjoy what you like within that context. I think it’s worse if you watch it, but have no idea that it’s problematic. My dad watches big bang theory sometimes, and that show is incredibly misogynistic for laughs. He has no idea, he thinks the humor is normal. He just takes a lot of that stuff in completely unexamined. My point being, if you are consciously aware of something being problematic, it makes your consumption of it more responsible.
I don’t like it, but it’s plenty well written, it’s obvious why people like it. I think people just like to hate on things they don’t like, it can be fun to be negative with no substantial harm, like complaining for fun.
What’s up with h all the hate for Friends these days? It’s a simple feel good comedy that got laughs, why hate on that?
I loved friends, still do
I never watched it, but it always looked bad.
How do you think it compares to Fresh Prince or George Lopez?
It’s a comfort show that’s still popular. But for some people they just don’t get it. Kinda like how the office is a comfort show. Why do people still watch them? Not sure, I don’t get the appeal. But it’s pretty common to have a comfort show and that’s probably fine.
I’ll watch Friends over the Office personally. This is despite the fact that I think the Office is more creative in some ways. Reason is all the cringe, particularly around Michael. So I’ll watch things like the Jim pranking Dwight compilation on YouTube, but I won’t watch the show again. But Friends is completely OK background noise. You don’t have to pay attention to it. You’ll just notice the funny bits sometimes while you’re doing other things. You won’t be like “shit I missed the last episode, now I have to go back” because it doesn’t matter what happened usually.
Michael was the star of the show and it died when he left.
A couple of my redditbrained friends agree with you, though. I don’t think they can tolerate humor that offends anyone.
I don’t disagree that it died when he left, nor that he was the star of the show.
It’s not humor that offends someone that I can’t tolerate, it’s the cringe. Maybe it’s because I was awkward growing up and I still sometimes blurt out things I shouldn’t (I blame ADHD for this one, I often don’t realize what I’ve said before I said it). Michael has the parts of my personality that I’m the most insecure about, amplified 100x.
You can directly make fun of me as a person and I’m not offended. Call me a planet, tell me I’m an idiot in some creative way, for any number of the stupid things I’ve done in my life, whatever… But Michael’s cringe just… hurts my soul.
I honestly don’t get all the love for the show. It was the stereotypical sitcom that was super generic and not all that funny. I was always completely bored by it.
And the salamander didn’t say anything bad about it. It said there’s better shows. Are you going to try and claim that Friends is better than Breaking Bad or the first 8 seasons of Game of Thrones?
I like that when you mention better shows you choose 2 shows that are not at all light hearted, funny or comparable to Friends in any manner.
Why watch friends when you can watch 2 shows that have many fucked up things happen in them
I hate them all 😶
Game of Thrones only had 4 seasons though. Shame they never finished it.
First 5?
Yess, everything after was horseshit
Yes
It is cringe 😄
Simple feel good comedy is just a distraction from reality. Even worse, with their semi fantasy “this is how real world is” style, they are actually hurting society making people think they are living in this fantasy society.
Go for Silo, severance and Invasion. Those shows offer way more reality based society even while being full-on fantasy.
Because it wasnt simple, and its got a lot of old culture in it that doesnt always hit the same way as it did then.
Its a product of its time, and making fun of it is sort of like making fun of older generations for whatever reason.
I will say I dont like how apparently women needed to be under 100 pounds to be considered attractive back then, and it bums me out knowing that Chandler’s actor was struggling with addiction during a chunk of the show.
It does have some really well written bits though, but its usually not the ones people bring up most often.
What makes you think this has changed?
The fact that a lot of men now appreciate big booty bitches? I don’t think I’d ever find a woman under 100 pounds attractive even. That’s basically underweight.
Kill All Others
Big mood. Only old sitcom besides Seinfeld that can still make me snort-laugh at times.
I mean, as someone who grew up watching and loving friends, it’s extremely problematic.
I’ve come to realize over the years that most TV is problematic, but you can still be consciously aware of it and still enjoy what you like within that context. I think it’s worse if you watch it, but have no idea that it’s problematic. My dad watches big bang theory sometimes, and that show is incredibly misogynistic for laughs. He has no idea, he thinks the humor is normal. He just takes a lot of that stuff in completely unexamined. My point being, if you are consciously aware of something being problematic, it makes your consumption of it more responsible.
Blackface for nerds.
I don’t like it, but it’s plenty well written, it’s obvious why people like it. I think people just like to hate on things they don’t like, it can be fun to be negative with no substantial harm, like complaining for fun.
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