Where exactly in my comment did I state that I'm Black? You are just making yourself out to be a fool by assuming so. I guess if you don't like Friends that automatically means that you must be Black! LOL, now I've heard everything! And then to top it off, you are trying to use my comment to somehow prove that "you black people" don't like Friends, as if Black people are the only minority in this country. Let me let you in on another fact sweetie, Black people aren't the only ethnic group in the US who don't give a f*ck about Friends. So what's your excuse now?!
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Originally posted by Planet Mars
Nope Cosby show was just as popular with White ppl as with black audience ppl. Friends isn't as big with crossing over to black audiences as Cosby was with white audiences.
I'm black and I love Friends, as does my entire family.
ATRL once again making everything about race.
What is the problem with my comment?! The OP asked the question “Why is Friends so overrated?”. I gave an answer and explained my reasonings. Anything that is popular among White culture is viewed as the best. That is just common knowledge, like it or not. While Friends is certainly watched by many groups of people, it is especially popular among White people(at least in the US). As I said before, anything that favored by White people is considered the best. Therefore that is why Friends is considered to be the greatest sitcom when it’s really not. That is what makes it overrated. Now I’m sorry the truth about US culture is offending some of you in this thread but that’s just the way it is. It’s not ~pulling the race card!!~ it’s stating facts.
Nope Cosby show was just as popular with White ppl as with black audience ppl. Friends isn't as big with crossing over to black audiences as Cosby was with white audiences.
As you can see, you black people don't like Friends only cuz all of the main actors were white and there was never ANY black character
Prove that black people don't like Friends bc the cast is white or shut the **** up. And to think white people these days are always going on about how blacks care too much about race yet the second we don't like something so beloved to y'all we simply don't like white people.
Since you seem to know so much, explain then why I'll take Roseanne, Golden Girls, and Sex And The City over any other sitcom, black OR white? Oh that's right you can't because my preferences for TV have absolutely nothing to do with race and no butthurt Friends stan is gonna change that.
Prove that black people don't like Friends bc the cast is white or shut the **** up. And to think white people these days are always going on about how blacks care too much about race yet the second we don't like something so beloved to y'all we simply don't like white people.
Since you seem to know so much, explain then why I'll take Roseanne, Golden Girls, and Sex And The City over any other sitcom, black OR white? Oh that's right you can't because my preferences for TV have absolutely nothing to do with race and no butthurt Friends stan is gonna change that.
It is known that many black people were mad cuz of the fact that there were no black actors on that show.
It is known that many black people were mad cuz of the fact that there were no black actors on that show.
This parody proves it :
Like I SAID, prove that black people don't like friends bc the cast is white. Showing me a YouTube video of a skit is not proving your point that "you black people don't like Friends only cuz the main actors are white". You made a generalization and included me with it when I never gave any indication that I didn't like the show bc of a race issue. You made yourself look like a damn fool, congrats.
Like I SAID, prove that black people don't like friends bc the cast is white. Showing me a YouTube video of a skit is not proving your point that "you black people don't like Friends only cuz the main actors are white". You made a generalization and included me with it when I never gave any indication that I didn't like the show bc of a race issue. You made yourself look like a damn fool, congrats.
I didn't say EVERY black person doesn't like Friends.
Was I really supposed to use "Some of the black people" in this case? You are saying if I said "some" you would have understood what I was trying to say?
I didn't say EVERY black person doesn't like Friends.
Was I really supposed to use "Some of the black people" in this case? You are saying if I said "some" you would have understood what I was trying to say?
You certainly implied it though, didn't you? Don't try and backtrack on your foolishness now. You flat out said "you black people" don't like Friends, which clearly implies all Black people when you say it like that. Then again, I don't even know why anyone on here even tries explaining anything to you since you clearly are unable to have a proper discussion and can't even discern what the bottom line is due to your immense amount of ignorance (which you've been showing all over this thread). If you wanna get mad about people stating common knowledge, then you can stay upset, but at the end of the day what I and the other users have said regarding notoriety and race in American culture is the truth. So stay pressed about that!
Look, I’m gonna need you to think outside of the box for a minute and take look at the bigger picture. In the US anything that is popular amongst White people is considered to be the best. For example, “Friends is the best sitcom ever”, “The Beatles are the most talented musicians of our time”, “Elvis Presley is the father of Rock ’n’ Roll”, etc. Although The Cosby Show was definitely popular and influential, it will always be considered a “Black” show. That reason alone is why it would never be considered the greatest or ~most iconic~ like Friends is. If you're American, which I assume you are, then you should know that this sort of phenomenon is extremely common in our society and has always been that way. That is the point I was trying to make.
Yep.
Luckily, I won't deny Friends' impact, but this is so on point.
Same in the UK, Comedy Central plays loads of episodes a day probably 10 or more and they still attract good ratings.
Friends was a huge global hit, I can't at people trying to deny that.
I know this has sort of moved on in discussion, but I want to quote my old post, after writing this I went and checked to see how many episodes are airing tomorrow on Comedy Central UK and it turns out its actually 26 episodes of Friends in one day.
I think that is hilairious, it really is one of those shows that even though you have seen it a million times, you still laugh every time you watch.
You certainly implied it though, didn't you? Don't try and backtrack on your foolishness now. You flat out said "you black people" don't like Friends, which clearly implies all Black people when you say it like that. Then again, I don't even know why anyone on here even tries explaining anything to you since you clearly are unable to have a proper discussion and can't even discern what the bottom line is due to your immense amount of ignorance (which you've been showing all over this thread). If you wanna get mad about people stating common knowledge, then you can stay upset, but at the end of the day what I and the other users have said regarding notoriety and race in American culture is the truth. So stay pressed about that!
Friends is the best sitcom of all time.
The fact that it's still on TV after all these years. I'm talking on global scale, on Latin America people still watch Friends..
I know this has sort of moved on in discussion, but I want to quote my old post, after writing this I went and checked to see how many episodes are airing tomorrow on Comedy Central UK and it turns out its actually 26 episodes of Friends in one day.
I think that is hilairious, it really is one of those shows that even though you have seen it a million times, you still laugh every time you watch.
ddd
26 episodes mean 13 hours. More than half a day. Is the company owned by Jennifer Aniston?
I love Seinfeld too though, but i can't stand Kramer, i was like if i have a friend like him and when he does something stupid to my apartment, i'll punch his face all the time. Jerry is bland. But Elaine and Costanza are fiyahh.
I never got why it was so overrated on here. It was huge in ratings, sure, but people act like its the biggest most impactful show of all time when sitcoms like 'Seinfeld' and 'The Cosby Show' were bigger and had more impact? What makes 'Friends' so special?