Some of you making this about race and saying only White people love Friends...
My mother's family RELIGIOUSLY watched the show while it was still on the air (never miss a re-run), and they are full-blooded, 100% Hispanic. My mom's best friend would never miss it either and she's Black, yet she loved it then and still loves it to this day. If you don't like it, fine, but there is no denying that it is the most popular and influential sitcom of all-time. The fact that the current generation even enjoys watching it while other massively popular sitcoms aren't even heard of by them shows how influential and withstanding it is.