Is "Friends" really as stupid as it seems

[dawgman]

gawd the show seems dumber and dumber every episode I see.

[SoCalDem]

1. Yep.. The first season was ok

but after a while it got so dumb..

It's almost pathetic.. The whole premise.. a bunch of 30 somethings still living like college kids :(..Not funny...sad..

[E_Zapata]

2. They are a caricature of themselves.

pathetic.

[scucci]

3. Yes. It's horrible.

The first couple of seasons were funny but a bunch of late 30 somethings still not having a clue how to get along in life without the after school (work) coffee house meet-up is frightening. I still can't believe they are each making a million an episode. Then again, we have Britneys and Christinas making millions more so who's accounting for taste in this fucked up world.

[moof]

5. jumped the shark when,

Ross & Rachel took a break.

That & the triplets arc were really the end.

[SoCalDem]

7. The triplets thing was downright creepy..

They should have written her out for a while..

[Democrats unite]

4. To each his own

I happen to love the show.

[wyldwolf]

8. Yeah, to each his own...

..amazing how threads like this insult people.

[The Backlash Cometh]

6. True. They're all morphing into Joey.

*

[jonnyblitz]

9. wow i thought I was the only one who thought that show was pathetic

I feel much better after reading this thread..

[Enraged_Ape]

10. That "Ross" guy is the most annoying creature on the planet...

next to the guy that plays him. He has one of those voices that just sounds like he's ACHING with constipation, like he hasn't had a bowel movement in a week.

[baldguy]

11. No, its not as stupid as it seems.

Its MORE stupid than it seems.

[BiggJawn]

12. Maybe if I was 20 years younger, I could relate...

But at 46, I don't get it. There's nothing in that show that speaks to my life, but I suppose a show about a half-a-dozen people living lives of desperate isolation in their little flats wouldn't sell allergy pills, would it?

[rock]

13. I'm 59 and LOVE the show

I laugh all the way through. Guess this just show "different strokes for different folks!"

[Lydia Leftcoast]

14. I've seen "Friends" only once

and that was last Thanksgiving. The woman who hosted several of us in the apartment building for dinner is a devoted fan and would not miss the show. I didn't laugh once, and I haven't watched since.

[Breezy du Nord]

15. I'm about the only 14 year old girl who in Minnesota who doesn't watch it

Don't see why it's so great.

(But I love your sig line)

[Raenelle]

16. I like Friends. No accounting for the taste of others, I guess.

To me, sports is dumb, dumb, dumb. Your pictures of sports figures impress me as much as I would impress you if I had pictures of Joey and Phoebe and Rachel.

Here's the thing--neither sports nor light sitcoms are hugh intellectual investments. It's just about taste.