Me with American Dad et al. They’re just soul-crushingly mean-spirited.
Friends is a funny show. But I’ll say that after season 5, it got progressively less and less funny.
hey, i liked friends
It’s not for everybody and it’s certainly not nuanced or pointed humor at all, but it’s funny and it holds up.
pointed humor
Nipples did augment the jokes.
Me with Seinfeld.
the liquid hearty meal will not be given to you
Honestly, I love friends, but I would never recommend it to younger audiences.
Humour is a very personal choice, and like colors, not everything being fun for the same people. On top of that, A TON of today’s humour descends from friends, so the jokes feel dated and simple, but they were the literal origin of many tropes, at the time it was perfection, like a chewing gum.
And most importantly, nowadays people (specially chronically online people) can’t just sit back and relax, they are always being judgemental little pricks to feel superior to everyone else, while not even trying to contextualise the time when what they are seeing was made.
Not to mention how sad it is that all the media, no matter the genre, have to pass their stupid moral compass (whether the progressive one or the conservative one). The whole sit back, relax and have a laugh is lost to them.
Is a very sad reality of hyper judgement they lived in, probably fueled by the cancer that is social media. I’m sad for them, they keep chasing the internet points thinking it will make them happy somehow, they don’t just watch something, they keep filling the checklist to then “have something to say”.
I’m so happy the internet was not a thing when I was growing up, what a brain worm I dodged, just in time to enjoy it as an adult as well. I’m really sorry for the young people today.
Very interesting take I never thought about that at all. What about just what you consider “good” or “bad”? You think it’s better to watch whatever is in front of you/ available and have no criticism for it ? I’m most critical of media I enjoy most but not in a judgement social media way you are picturing
as always there is nuanced to everything, if I see a comedy or horror I’m not going to hold it to the same standards as a drama that is trying to convey a message, there will be a limit if it goes against my values in a crazy way, and I’ll stop watching it, but my main mentality is not there, I don’t watch it from a “defensive” position, so my alarms don’t go off as easily as other people’s, and I assume more good intent by default, which allows me to enjoy more of them, even if they “make fun” of my way of thinking or morals.
Being able to laugh about yourself or your beliefs without thinking you are “helping the other side win” in some kind of imaginary online culture war is quite healthy actually.
I was talking about objectivity and whether media is good in a sense of writing, execution and delivery. I will always give something the benefit of the doubt like you said, give something a try because you obviously never seen it. But why watch something that is clearly low effort and poorly thought out or planned? All that seems like an attention/ cash grab especially ones that try to appeal to a specific moral audience while disregarding any other viewers. My example is any show aimed at a straight white male that is very obviously disregarding any possible other viewer I consider poor writing and not well thought out.
My example is any show aimed at a straight white male that is very obviously disregarding any possible other viewer I consider poor writing and not well thought out.
This seems a bit reductionist, though I guess it depends on what you mean by “disregarding any possible other viewer”. Any examples?
If you mean racism and sexism, then that’s obviously bad. But I don’t see anything inherently wrong with having a target demographic
I think you are reading into it too much, a show, like friends that is very simply written for one target demographic means it is not very good. That’s all . I consider this a bad show that isn’t very funny. Instead of accepting it because everyone I know likes it or it’s on cable television.
If you go in with the predisposition that it won’t be funny, then of course it won’t be. Go watch something else.
I don’t think it’s the funniest show on earth, I don’t think it’s even an amazing show, but it has its moments. Pretending otherwise for internet points is cringe.
> character says something obnoxious and pauses
> canned laugh track lasts just long enough to not overlap dialog magically
> repeat
I have never seen that gif before but god do I hate it
Me watching Seinfeld
Seinfeld has that absurdist edge that other sitcoms lack, it has aged particularly well apart from Jerry Seinfeld being a nonce.
Same, but funnily enough I love Curb Your Enthusiasm. Jerry Seinfeld just doesn’t land with me while Larry David does.
It’s one of those shows that you have to watch when it first came out.
I actually disagree. I’ve gone back to watch it and find it very cozy. It’s like I’m flipping through cable in the 90s and, oh, a show I’ve not seen!
That’s because we’re old. It’s okay grandma, I’m grandma too.
See Game of thrones
You mean when you are a child?
No. You let your little children watch shows about sex? That’s weird.
You can Add in Always and Community too under love it.
Ongo Gablogian knows you don’t need a laugh track to make the viewer laugh.
Ongo plays it subtle… Very subtle.
Most of the shows is just laughing sound in the back for comedy
I Don’t like american humor i think
Parts of Friends are funny, but overall it has way too much manufactured drama with Ross and Rachel to be enjoyable.
Rachel is the fucking worst.
