• mushroommunk@lemmy.today
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    4 months ago

    Friends.

    In Seinfeld the characters are supposed to be miserable and you aren’t supposed to identify with them. People don’t go around trying to put on a Seinfeld persona (at least in my neck of the woods. If your area is different please don’t make me more depressed than I am).

    The number of people I’ve met purposely styling themselves after Joey or Phoebe is depressing and it’s more accepted because they’re “normal every day likable people”.

    Gag me with a spoon

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        4 months ago

        Honestly? Most of the jersey shore fans I’ve known have just liked to drink and dance, relatively low drama and relatively self aware. Not the most amazing people but I’ll still take them over the Friends fans I’ve known.

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    4 months ago

    I watched Seinfeld and Frasier when I was in university and I absolutely loved both of those shows, despite how the leading actors have turned out to be.

    Sometimes it’s okay to live with a bit of cognitive dissonance.

    Edit: Friends on the other hand was trite and full of stolen jokes, and mostly liberal nonsense.

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    4 months ago

    eh, they are different vehicles. friends sucks cuz its trite, common bullshit. seinfeld was actually interesting because for once the cast was supposed to be unlikable… they were all terrible people destined to be tortured by their own narcissism.