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I would say the most unrealistic thing was #9. The disappearance of Ben always confusing to me and also what happened to Emma during when Rachel was leaving for Paris.
what about the idea that getting a high paying job is easy, or any job for that matter? whenever i ask for a job, they'd have one of these three responses: "We can't afford to be hiring new recruits at the moment."; '"We're over-staffed already"; or "you don't seem like the right fit for this job".
@@Showtunediva I will semi give Ross a pass only because Ben could have been left with Carol and her new wife! But Rachel and Emma? Emma was missing in so many episodes. And where was Emma when Rachel was leaving to Paris for her new career? She wasn’t with Ross. Emma wasn’t even in the final episode when the gang was saying goodbye in Monica’s apartment! Ridiculous
@@andrewq159 logical explanation on absent single dads or parents. It could be explained that Ben was left with carol and her wife for most of the time! But what about Rachel as a mom to Emma? Where was Emma on Rachel’s ventures? Emma wasn’t even with Ross. And Emma was not with her aunts because she was hardly ever with Monica. And Rachel’s sisters were childish spoiled brats not worthy of babysitting. Emma wasn’t with any of her grandparents. Where on earth was Emma? What kind of a mother was Rachel????
I really hope people who have watched (and love) this show know that Friends is not real but a awesome TV show for entertainment only! It’s like watching a soap opera or telenovela. It’s fiction! Although it’s nice to think that some of the stories and situations could happen…😊
Characters who may be forgotten: 1. The junior boyfriend Monica slept with 2. A girlfriend who always punched Joey 3. Numerous little girls Ross danced with 4. The cop Phoebe dated who shot a bird
@@waittillfamewtf2385 I think I only remember that the little girl Ross danced with is the one with chubby feet. Girl: faster Ross: maybe I shud stand on ur feet
I don't know what's more unrealistic, how clean New York City is, or how affordable the apartments are. And seriously, how do they have so much free time. Only in TV land, people. Do not be fooled.
Come on. An episode lasts less than 30 minutes and there are 20-24 episodes in a year. It's 10-12 hours of pure time in a year spent with friends. Not much, huh? Aren't we all spend at least 10 hours with friends in a year? My great "a-ha" moment about sitcoms was when I realized that only good or impactful moments are shown. In between their lives are as boring and tyring as everyone else's.
Exactly. It's not like the sitcom was showing every boring aspect of their everyday lives. For example, Ben doesn't need to show up every episode, we already know Ross does spend time with his son every week. He does mention picking Ben up at school and all, they don't have to actually show it.
@@kiminimuchu__ Yep. Also routine is not what we recall later from our lives. We recall silly adventures with friends or dramas or get-togethers. Essentially the whole "Friends" is what the creators remember about their 20's.
I was thinking that. Some people's days off and hours change constantly. And like you said, if we are watching an hours worth of drama, the time matches from what I can tell!
I grew up watching this. I loved watching and still love to rewatch it. Tv is an escape. Entertainment. That’s what it’s purpose is. Just enjoy the laugh and life goes on.
I've been friends with 1 friend group for almost 25 years. Still live pretty close to each other & literally hanging out with one of them while we shake our head at the silliness of this list. My other group have been close for 15 years & we talk all the time & Zoom at least once a week.
It’s definitely possible!! People have best friends since grade school and younger. But that’s not the majority. Sadly, generally, good friends drift apart due to life’s happenings. So I totally understand that subject. You guys are all the exception because it does happen. But for the most part, people drift apart like rip tides in the sea.
Divorces can be quick under the right or not so right circumstances. I had a relative who was in an abusive relationship. Her husband went overseas on a business trip. A few months later when he returned. He found out they were divorced and she and the kids moved.
This is why I watch and love Friends. Because it reminds of a time where every single detail wasn't analyzed to the top! "Monica's weight loss prompted unrealistic expectation for health and fitness" OR...it was just a funny joke that people laughed at. Friends reminds people of that nostalgic feeling where the world wasn't so overly sensitive and could actually laugh at raunchy or slightly inappropriate jokes. Not everything has to be PC.
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my wife and i had a friend group with 3 other married couples. pay discrepancy, children, and time/job all played a factor into us drifting apart. for example, im a local govt employee. my wife is a hospital administrator. we make good money. however, one couple was a doctor and IT tech. they would call us up, "Hey we're going to Cancun on the 30th. want to go?" we would respond, "ITS THE 28TH!!!"
I definitely got unrealistic expectations on adulthood, no thanks to Friends. They made us believe that a waitress and a chef could afford that apartment, even if Monica was illegally subletting it.
It's a tv show...like why are people using it as a real-life example? Also... Chandler said the apt was rent controlled...so on top of being sublet..the rent never changed from decades beforehand...so it may have been very possible
You do realize this is all fiction right? How dumb are you that you let a tv show influence your life. Smh. I love FRIENDS. But I also knew it was just a show.
Okay as someone that is trying to get divorced #10 is so true. But also just gotta say Ross and Rachel were toxic together. And Chandler and Monica were a vibe.
It has been said that Monica's Grandmother owned the apartment first and the apartment is rent controlled, so rent hasn't changed in god knows how long she was living there first. That however doesn't explain the guys apartment, but that one is also smaller, so maybe it just costs less. Edit: i should have watched a little further.
I’ve found that most of these are true, I lived feet away from my friends most my life, my wife was right in front of me for years before anything happened, I’ve been hanging out with my friends from middle school all the way into my 40’s, only one I agree with is divorce isn’t that quick
Almost whole list is constructed as if the series showed all of their lives as they were, which is an absurd way to look at any sitcom. The show is about the times they do manage to meet at Central Perk or hang out at Monica's apartment, those are highlights of their personal lives.
Exactly! People often forget that whatever happens on TV is not routine everyday occurrences, just highlights, cherry-picked events. Not just in TV shows or movies, on the news too. The majority of real life is boring and uneventful
What about Joey eating so much and still being at a heathy weight and good-looking? And frequently running into people you know on the streets of New York? However, times have changed a lot in the last 20 years, so maybe being surrounded with the same people throughout years was more common in the 90s.
I'm still friends with the a lot of people that I was 10 years ago. Sure, there are some new, and some who walked away, but I can count at least 6 of them who I was hanging out in 2013 and I still hang out today. Some of them get married, some of them had child, some are still single. But I think is very healthy to mantain close friends to life. Some of this friends are closers than me than the majority of my relatives. Also, most of them live close enough to my home that I can visit them just walking. Sure, we live in a small city, with no more than 200k population, but still. About life/work balance, here in Brazil we work 8 hours a day (or, most of people do. It's the law here, anything over this time is extra-hour). And, by my experience, I can say that I always want to do something after my job. And that means, meet with friends, just to hang out or go to the gym. But the coffe shop over bar, OMG, that's so true.
To be fair the one about never going to work isn't quite true. We all saw scenes at all of their jobs. Plus more than 1/2 of them could be done freelance.
@@andrewq159 I'm betting a Massage therapist, NYC Chef, Professor/Museum curator, and Actor can get paid more than a typical living wage job. If Phoebe charged 100 dollars per hour per client she could get 2000$ per week by only working 20-30 hours. Same with Monica Where I'm betting there's at least 100 Restaurants that can charge 200$ a plate. Also Joey was working solidly by the end of the show so he could have afforded regular rent while living with Rachel.
Ms Mojo wasnt even born until the early to mid 90s and trying to act like she knows what was realistic for the lives of 20/30 yr olds during that time. Girl, sit down.
The thing I found unrealistic is how they rarely locked their door, especially in a building with no doorman. You'd never do that in NYC. If it was real life, there would be at least 3 locks on that door, and they would always be used,
Well, when it came to renting Monica and Joey's places. Monica's grandmother had it before her, so it was rent controlled. And since it was her grandmother's place, she might have been paying rent from decades earlier. So even though it was the 90s, it might have been rent prices from forty to fifty years earlier. Also, Chandler paid for everything over at Joey's place, but Chandler also had an extremely well-paying job in finances I believe. He had an office with a view, a secretary, and is in leadership. He also is shown moving up the office ladder I believe. So Chandler is well off, he comes from money and is probably the best-paid of the six through the show's run.
As someone who was born and raise AND still live in NYC....you can get a rent controlled apartment for like $30 per month, HOWEVER, it's usually in the projects(low income housing) and you usually have pests(such as rats and water bugs)living with you....BUT, there's usually an annual inspection with the person listed on the lease, which, in Monica's case, would be her grandmother....so no its not realistic
My sister lived in an nice apartment where she was paying about $250 a month in Brooklyn in a nice quiet neighborhood. The apartment was sub sub sub letted to her.
If I recall correctly her Grandmother was alive and living in Europe so it's possible she could have returned for that however the onsite manager was aware of the sub letting and seemed to have gone along with it for whatever reason.
Naw, I’ve met plenty and I mean PLENTY of hot guys at random places in NYC. I am 43 so I had the pleasure of dating before people solely relied on apps. And people really did make eye contact and flirt with each other at coffee shops, restaurants, book stores, music stores, etc.
Yeah, friends is a sitcom not a reality tv show that has realistic stuffs. If you all pay close attention on the entire seasons, you notice that a lot of the episodes are set like 1 week or even 4 weeks after the previous episode. I have seen friends like 4 times and i noticed how the episodes are not continuous, it is set in 2 or 4 weeks after. I love friends even though it makes no sense like affording an apartment and have so much free time
@@charliejoson9145 A back-up is a back-up. Most people cannot quit their jobs just because. She had a safety net and thus, knows well that even when she didn't depend on her dad, she could.
Honestly i hope no 3 doesnt come true for me. Ive been hanging out with the same group of friends practically every weekend for the last 6 years (im almost 25) and i really hope that doesnt change. I dont think it really will because of the specific dynamics but i would be devastated if it did. For reference i live with 3 of them (2 of which i went to highschool with) im dating (and plan on marrying) another who is twins with another all of whom have known eachother since they were kids. The last ones are the sister of my roommate and her boyfriend. I really do have the wacky complex friend group from friends
don't agree with some. Money issue was far more better adressed in Friends than in other shows of that time : how to deal with friends dispcrepency, earn its living, bills... etc. And now in 2023, after pandemia, people leave jobs easily. And we can have 10 years long friends living close to us (but probably not in NY) between 20 and 30. They separate when children arrive in a stable couple and that is realistic. The rest seems more a show !!
They struggled with all those issues in the series 😂 they are broke, work gets in the way of life, divorce was a headache. It was a look at life in 90’s not life now 😂
As a matter of fact this is the part where How I met your mother totally triumphs Friends. In How I met your mother the gang was clearly in their late 20s and moreover Life in NYC was shown as it is in HIMYM.
The title of this video is not too shocking, considering "Friends" originally aired when Generation X was going through the list, and we related to every single one of item at some point in our lives during the run of this show. So, we can relate to this list and the show. #GENERATIONXNOSTALGIA
No 1 on the list - "Friends" is not the only show who did this, with antihero lead living in a real loft (old factory) with curb shop mix of furniture.
Well, fathers (for the most part) still get to live their lives even after having children so Ross barely being with his kids on screen is not that much unrealistic.
2024, and one of the most unrealistic things in the show is rachel's career development, I worked 11 years in fashion retail and I tell you there's absolutely NO WAY someone with 0 previous experience, find a job so quick in this area, I know she was helped by Marc, which is a huge thing but millions around doesn't have a "Marc" to help them find a position, but the BIG thing is her fast growth to an executive position, again, NO WAY she could achieve this so easily, would be necessary YEARS, to reach such position, in the best of the best scenarios she could achieve a second managing position. Free time? Weekends? Time to hang out at the coffee shop? Act like is a nice chill job with 0 stress? Hahaha more than unrealistic.
Monica only pays $200?? Jack, Janet and Chrissy over on THREE'S COMPANY has to scramble $300 a month in the '70'&'80's. Both cities now a days charge more than $3k+ per month.😂
Well I come from a background where family and extended family is around more actually there was a time my aunts and her family lived across the street from my familys house but wont lie I longed for the tight friendship aspect that Friends showed but since I was more stressed and pressured of family first the friendship thing was just never going to fight in
There are plenty of situations throughout the 10 seasons that are relatable. It doesn't have to be relatable on every single aspect for people to mention how some episodes feel relatable to them.
To be fair, yes the love of your life can be right there in your friend group, and yeah plenty of people are tight friends 10+ years. Just saying. And that Ross hardly sees or mentions Ben, that kinda tracks. He has his moms. They likely have custody. And he likely ditched his weekend with him to hang out with Rachel at Central Perk.
Top 20 times friends made no sense 1. The gangs luxurious apt 2. How did they have time to hang out at central perk 3. Chandler can't cry 4. Rachel thought joey is proposing to her 5. Emily's decision to stay married to ross 6. The disappearance of Ben 7. Rachel is pregnant for over a year 8. Ross is 29 for 3 yrs 9. Joey and Monica's apt number 10. Joey keeps the 20000 dollar boat 11. The chick and the duck 12. The gangs confusing birthday 13. Chandler and Rachel greets like strangers in the pilot 14. Different wedding venue 15. Does Ross hate or like ice cream 16. Sudden disappearing sharpie ink 17. Rachel's decision to leave Barry at the altar 18. Monica's apartment door stays unlocked 19. Phoebes knowledge of French/Italian (cuz she's lost with the word su chef and don't understand Paolo's language but can teach joey fluent French and talks to his grandma fluent Italian) 20. Phoebes homelessness (why can't she just move in with her grandma sooner
1. Illegal subletting and rent control 2. Off days exist 3. Enotionally stunted 5. Marriages are worth working through for alot of people 6. Fathers realistically dont get alot of time with their kids in shared custody cases 17. Because some people fear marriage...but eant the wedding..theres a real life case of a womam that married a man an immediately pished him off of a cliff because she only wanted a wedding. 19. Pheobe only said she learned french and she picked it up conversationaly not formally so there can be gaps 20. If I remember correctly she ran off after her mother's suicide..Pheobe always hints to choosing to live on the streets..that happens more than you think.
The top 10 list I was msmojo to do hen i comes to Friends are: Top 10 Times Ross Geller's Love Life Has Been One Disaster After Another (The top 10 Friends moments where Ross Geller has proven to be unlucky in love) Top 10 Ross and Joey Moments on Friends (moments featuring Ross and Joey including the controversial Joey and Rachel storyline that near pitted Ross and Joey against each other.
This "analysis" of Friends is so stupid! Do they understand the idea of a "sitcom"?? Apparently not. I watched Friends for the laughs, not to compare it with my life. Anyway...
Clearly you don’t know anyone divorced when you say part time parenting isn’t a thing. I know multiple people that have loads of free time when the kids go with their other parent the separation for the week/weekend.
What Friends moment do you find the most unrealistic? Let us know below, and be sure to check out our video on the Top 10 Most Relatable Friends Moments: ua-cam.com/video/Uj33KaqnLWM/v-deo.html
I would say the most unrealistic thing was #9. The disappearance of Ben always confusing to me and also what happened to Emma during when Rachel was leaving for Paris.
@@Showtunediva Many fathers stop seeing their kids. Many stop thinking & talking about them as well.
what about the idea that getting a high paying job is easy, or any job for that matter? whenever i ask for a job, they'd have one of these three responses: "We can't afford to be hiring new recruits at the moment."; '"We're over-staffed already"; or "you don't seem like the right fit for this job".
@@Showtunediva I will semi give Ross a pass only because Ben could have been left with Carol and her new wife! But Rachel and Emma? Emma was missing in so many episodes. And where was Emma when Rachel was leaving to Paris for her new career? She wasn’t with Ross. Emma wasn’t even in the final episode when the gang was saying goodbye in Monica’s apartment! Ridiculous
@@andrewq159 logical explanation on absent single dads or parents. It could be explained that Ben was left with carol and her wife for most of the time! But what about Rachel as a mom to Emma? Where was Emma on Rachel’s ventures? Emma wasn’t even with Ross. And Emma was not with her aunts because she was hardly ever with Monica. And Rachel’s sisters were childish spoiled brats not worthy of babysitting. Emma wasn’t with any of her grandparents. Where on earth was Emma? What kind of a mother was Rachel????
So am I the only person that watches tv to escape reality, not see it reflected back at me?
That is exactly why 'Friends' is the most popular TV show in the world. It is comforting.
That's the reason I watch T.V
Exactly how I feel! People look waaaaay into shows/ movies & criticize them alot more now. It's so annoying.
Literally
And I watch the same shows! I need to already know how it’s gonna end 😅
Hanging out in coffee shops is better than hanging out in bars.
Agreed.
As a new yorker, I am SO SICK of trying to explain rent control. Monica's apartment was in her grandmother's name. The rent hadn't changed in decades.
You think rent doesn't increase at all in decades? Rent control doesn't mean that it never increases.
Thier rent would've increase between 2% - 4%. But remember, they are living there illegally.
Is this mojo chic serious?
Name another sitcom where the majority or even a significant amount of the plot took place at their work place?
@@mechellestewart8439- The Office, Night Court, News Radio
@@mechellestewart8439the Office, News Radio, WKRP.
I really hope people who have watched (and love) this show know that Friends is not real but a awesome TV show for entertainment only! It’s like watching a soap opera or telenovela. It’s fiction! Although it’s nice to think that some of the stories and situations could happen…😊
How boring would the show be if it was actually going for full realism...
8:08 - You consider a dollar for a cup of coffee to be expensive? You haven't bought a drink from a coffee shop since 1982!
Characters who may be forgotten:
1. The junior boyfriend Monica slept with
2. A girlfriend who always punched Joey
3. Numerous little girls Ross danced with
4. The cop Phoebe dated who shot a bird
*senior
And Fun Bobby
The cob? Phoebe dated a corn?
@@leonardolim8976 corrected, thx
@@waittillfamewtf2385 I think I only remember that the little girl Ross danced with is the one with chubby feet.
Girl: faster
Ross: maybe I shud stand on ur feet
I don't know what's more unrealistic, how clean New York City is, or how affordable the apartments are. And seriously, how do they have so much free time. Only in TV land, people. Do not be fooled.
Also their NYC is very white & 9/11 didn't happen.
God, I hope people were not just getting married in the 90s thinking "if Ross can get divorced quickly, so can we!"
Come on. An episode lasts less than 30 minutes and there are 20-24 episodes in a year. It's 10-12 hours of pure time in a year spent with friends. Not much, huh? Aren't we all spend at least 10 hours with friends in a year?
My great "a-ha" moment about sitcoms was when I realized that only good or impactful moments are shown. In between their lives are as boring and tyring as everyone else's.
Exactly. It's not like the sitcom was showing every boring aspect of their everyday lives. For example, Ben doesn't need to show up every episode, we already know Ross does spend time with his son every week. He does mention picking Ben up at school and all, they don't have to actually show it.
@@kiminimuchu__ Yep. Also routine is not what we recall later from our lives. We recall silly adventures with friends or dramas or get-togethers. Essentially the whole "Friends" is what the creators remember about their 20's.
I was thinking that.
Some people's days off and hours change constantly.
And like you said, if we are watching an hours worth of drama, the time matches from what I can tell!
@@kiminimuchu__ We don't know he sees his son every week for over a decade. He stops talking about him as though he's forgotten him.
I grew up watching this. I loved watching and still love to rewatch it.
Tv is an escape. Entertainment. That’s what it’s purpose is. Just enjoy the laugh and life goes on.
#3 is definitely a realistic thing for me. I’ve been bff’s with same 2 for 35 years and we hang out all the time! Several times a week
One of my best friends,I've known since we were in pampers. ❤️
I think it's more having a big group where they're all friends with each other that's unrealistic.
I've been friends with 1 friend group for almost 25 years. Still live pretty close to each other & literally hanging out with one of them while we shake our head at the silliness of this list. My other group have been close for 15 years & we talk all the time & Zoom at least once a week.
I lived next door to my ex lol 😂 Very awkward!!
It’s definitely possible!! People have best friends since grade school and younger. But that’s not the majority. Sadly, generally, good friends drift apart due to life’s happenings. So I totally understand that subject. You guys are all the exception because it does happen. But for the most part, people drift apart like rip tides in the sea.
"Divorce is quick and easy" Ross couldn't say this 😂
Divorces can be quick under the right or not so right circumstances. I had a relative who was in an abusive relationship. Her husband went overseas on a business trip. A few months later when he returned. He found out they were divorced and she and the kids moved.
He even gives marital advice to Mike and phoebe
In one or two Korean dramas, divorce is depicted by, both parties signing an uncontested divorce paper in a divorce court, present it and voilà done.
Monica’s rent-controlled apartment is a sublet from her grandmother, as according to her, “….otherwise I could never afford a place like this”
This is why I watch and love Friends. Because it reminds of a time where every single detail wasn't analyzed to the top! "Monica's weight loss prompted unrealistic expectation for health and fitness" OR...it was just a funny joke that people laughed at. Friends reminds people of that nostalgic feeling where the world wasn't so overly sensitive and could actually laugh at raunchy or slightly inappropriate jokes. Not everything has to be PC.
Not everyone has to be an insensitive jerk, either.
@@hannahmetzger4880 the clue is in the word "insensitive" - It's all about how you take it.
I've definitely quit a job without a pla- LOL. Was it smart, no. But the job was so toxic, so I took the leap.
Me too and I did well eventually. I never regretted it.
@@carinnovick2995 same!
8:41
Yes to all.
we still make plans to hang out once every 2-3 months, even with 2 kids in the group. we love them and they know it.
It’s a fun tv show that for 30 minutes takes you away from your reality ⭐️🌟
That applies to hundreds of shows. What's special about Friends?
An unrealistic expectation is having friends in general
Not really, but spending all day every day with them definitely is.
@@dimidrugg9592 Agreed!
Oof
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I mean you say part time parent isn't a thing, wish someone told me dad that when I was a kid 😂😂
Yes, loads of fathers are part-time & a smaller number of mothers are.
Guys! It’s a TV Show, NOT a documentary. Let it go!
my wife and i had a friend group with 3 other married couples. pay discrepancy, children, and time/job all played a factor into us drifting apart.
for example, im a local govt employee. my wife is a hospital administrator. we make good money. however, one couple was a doctor and IT tech. they would call us up, "Hey we're going to Cancun on the 30th. want to go?" we would respond, "ITS THE 28TH!!!"
Sad life
I’ve literally been rewatching Friends all day
There were a bunch of other things on friends that have real-life experiences, so I'm hoping for an eventual part 2 please
I definitely got unrealistic expectations on adulthood, no thanks to Friends. They made us believe that a waitress and a chef could afford that apartment, even if Monica was illegally subletting it.
It's a tv show...like why are people using it as a real-life example?
Also... Chandler said the apt was rent controlled...so on top of being sublet..the rent never changed from decades beforehand...so it may have been very possible
A high paid chef in New York yes but her having time to have a legit social life big no
You do realize this is all fiction right? How dumb are you that you let a tv show influence your life. Smh. I love FRIENDS. But I also knew it was just a show.
@@Novakane78 The rent not increasing for decades isn't possible.
@@elijahstark3663 Yes, they appear to be earning high pay, working for short hours in ordinary jobs.
I feel like people think tv is real life...
Okay as someone that is trying to get divorced #10 is so true.
But also just gotta say Ross and Rachel were toxic together. And Chandler and Monica were a vibe.
It has been said that Monica's Grandmother owned the apartment first and the apartment is rent controlled, so rent hasn't changed in god knows how long she was living there first. That however doesn't explain the guys apartment, but that one is also smaller, so maybe it just costs less. Edit: i should have watched a little further.
I’ve found that most of these are true, I lived feet away from my friends most my life, my wife was right in front of me for years before anything happened, I’ve been hanging out with my friends from middle school all the way into my 40’s, only one I agree with is divorce isn’t that quick
Well it’s a tv show; it doesn’t relate to the real world.
The Cosby Show relates to the real world. And that’s another TV Show. There’s plenty of episodes to prove that. Enough said.
If her apartment was that much I would’ve raised my kids there
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Yea throughout the video I was like you this is a show right?
Almost whole list is constructed as if the series showed all of their lives as they were, which is an absurd way to look at any sitcom. The show is about the times they do manage to meet at Central Perk or hang out at Monica's apartment, those are highlights of their personal lives.
Exactly! People often forget that whatever happens on TV is not routine everyday occurrences, just highlights, cherry-picked events. Not just in TV shows or movies, on the news too. The majority of real life is boring and uneventful
HOLY SHIT!!! ROSS' DIVORCE LAWYER IS SHEPHARD BOOK FROM FIREFLY😂😂😂
Apologies for the caps, but God damn that took me by surprise 😂
What about Joey eating so much and still being at a heathy weight and good-looking? And frequently running into people you know on the streets of New York?
However, times have changed a lot in the last 20 years, so maybe being surrounded with the same people throughout years was more common in the 90s.
"With a group of people with steady jobs and Joey"
I think judging this show through 2023 eyes isn’t realistic
If you can prove that you were separated, it doesn’t take more than signing a paper to get divorced as long as you don’t have kids
I'm still friends with the a lot of people that I was 10 years ago. Sure, there are some new, and some who walked away, but I can count at least 6 of them who I was hanging out in 2013 and I still hang out today. Some of them get married, some of them had child, some are still single. But I think is very healthy to mantain close friends to life. Some of this friends are closers than me than the majority of my relatives. Also, most of them live close enough to my home that I can visit them just walking. Sure, we live in a small city, with no more than 200k population, but still. About life/work balance, here in Brazil we work 8 hours a day (or, most of people do. It's the law here, anything over this time is extra-hour). And, by my experience, I can say that I always want to do something after my job. And that means, meet with friends, just to hang out or go to the gym.
But the coffe shop over bar, OMG, that's so true.
Dude that apartment in nyc would be 2 - 3 mil these days
To be fair the one about never going to work isn't quite true. We all saw scenes at all of their jobs. Plus more than 1/2 of them could be done freelance.
But they all have a great deal of free time, as though they all work part-time.
@@andrewq159 that's the thing with freelance. You can work only part time and charge whatever you want.
@@madmartagan100 No, you can only charge as much as customers will pay.
@@andrewq159 I'm betting a Massage therapist, NYC Chef, Professor/Museum curator, and Actor can get paid more than a typical living wage job. If Phoebe charged 100 dollars per hour per client she could get 2000$ per week by only working 20-30 hours. Same with Monica Where I'm betting there's at least 100 Restaurants that can charge 200$ a plate. Also Joey was working solidly by the end of the show so he could have afforded regular rent while living with Rachel.
Wonder how Joey payed bills & Rent while chandler was gone knowing his auditions didn’t go well cuz he sucked 🤣🤣
Ms Mojo wasnt even born until the early to mid 90s and trying to act like she knows what was realistic for the lives of 20/30 yr olds during that time. Girl, sit down.
The thing I found unrealistic is how they rarely locked their door, especially in a building with no doorman. You'd never do that in NYC. If it was real life, there would be at least 3 locks on that door, and they would always be used,
Well, when it came to renting Monica and Joey's places. Monica's grandmother had it before her, so it was rent controlled. And since it was her grandmother's place, she might have been paying rent from decades earlier. So even though it was the 90s, it might have been rent prices from forty to fifty years earlier. Also, Chandler paid for everything over at Joey's place, but Chandler also had an extremely well-paying job in finances I believe. He had an office with a view, a secretary, and is in leadership. He also is shown moving up the office ladder I believe. So Chandler is well off, he comes from money and is probably the best-paid of the six through the show's run.
Thank god I didn't watch it until my late 20s when I already knew what life looks like so it didn't shape my expectations
As someone who was born and raise AND still live in NYC....you can get a rent controlled apartment for like $30 per month, HOWEVER, it's usually in the projects(low income housing) and you usually have pests(such as rats and water bugs)living with you....BUT, there's usually an annual inspection with the person listed on the lease, which, in Monica's case, would be her grandmother....so no its not realistic
My sister lived in an nice apartment where she was paying about $250 a month in Brooklyn in a nice quiet neighborhood. The apartment was sub sub sub letted to her.
If I recall correctly her Grandmother was alive and living in Europe so it's possible she could have returned for that however the onsite manager was aware of the sub letting and seemed to have gone along with it for whatever reason.
@@nikkidarkangelpnope8400 oh ok
I always quit jobs with no PLA-
I guess some people like to jump from planes, but I like to do that.
I like how pla- caught on with the commenters 😀
Monica's apartment was rent controled cuz they believed her grandma was still living there... Idk how Chandler and Joey afforded theirs though
Naw, I’ve met plenty and I mean PLENTY of hot guys at random places in NYC. I am 43 so I had the pleasure of dating before people solely relied on apps. And people really did make eye contact and flirt with each other at coffee shops, restaurants, book stores, music stores, etc.
But most of these hot guys don't look for 43 y.o. women.
I don't live in New York.
People definitely hit on me everywhere I go. So I dunno.
@@lorettaknoelk3475 You must be very attractive.
@@Whoeverwhateverwhenever She described how things were back in the day when she wasn't 43
We don’t watch for the reality we watch it to escape our reality’s
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Yes to all 😂
same here. my secret is i don't have any friends!
I’m Hispanic. I grew up with most of my family and friends within walking distance. And we always just nocked and walked in. Lol. I miss that
Yeah, friends is a sitcom not a reality tv show that has realistic stuffs. If you all pay close attention on the entire seasons, you notice that a lot of the episodes are set like 1 week or even 4 weeks after the previous episode. I have seen friends like 4 times and i noticed how the episodes are not continuous, it is set in 2 or 4 weeks after. I love friends even though it makes no sense like affording an apartment and have so much free time
But no one bases real life on a half hour comedy show. Hilarious to watch the video and the comments.
I watch tv to escape realities of life not to do a masters on why Friends are unrealistic..
Rachel's financial back-up is her wealthy dad.
But she decided that she didn't want to be held up by his money thus she "painfully" cut her credit cards
@@charliejoson9145 A back-up is a back-up. Most people cannot quit their jobs just because. She had a safety net and thus, knows well that even when she didn't depend on her dad, she could.
Honestly i hope no 3 doesnt come true for me. Ive been hanging out with the same group of friends practically every weekend for the last 6 years (im almost 25) and i really hope that doesnt change. I dont think it really will because of the specific dynamics but i would be devastated if it did.
For reference i live with 3 of them (2 of which i went to highschool with) im dating (and plan on marrying) another who is twins with another all of whom have known eachother since they were kids. The last ones are the sister of my roommate and her boyfriend. I really do have the wacky complex friend group from friends
don't agree with some. Money issue was far more better adressed in Friends than in other shows of that time : how to deal with friends dispcrepency, earn its living, bills... etc. And now in 2023, after pandemia, people leave jobs easily. And we can have 10 years long friends living close to us (but probably not in NY) between 20 and 30. They separate when children arrive in a stable couple and that is realistic. The rest seems more a show !!
They struggled with all those issues in the series 😂 they are broke, work gets in the way of life, divorce was a headache.
It was a look at life in 90’s not life now 😂
Omg Chandler and Monica ship was awesome since season 1 you can feel the love 😂❤
As a matter of fact this is the part where How I met your mother totally triumphs Friends. In How I met your mother the gang was clearly in their late 20s and moreover Life in NYC was shown as it is in HIMYM.
The title of this video is not too shocking, considering "Friends" originally aired when Generation X was going through the list, and we related to every single one of item at some point in our lives during the run of this show. So, we can relate to this list and the show. #GENERATIONXNOSTALGIA
No 1 on the list - "Friends" is not the only show who did this, with antihero lead living in a real loft (old factory) with curb shop mix of furniture.
Well, fathers (for the most part) still get to live their lives even after having children so Ross barely being with his kids on screen is not that much unrealistic.
He stops seeing & even mentioning his kids.
The biggest mystery is why Ross do not take a job in Paris and move there instead of Rachel not going there. For starters, does she still have a job?
2024, and one of the most unrealistic things in the show is rachel's career development, I worked 11 years in fashion retail and I tell you there's absolutely NO WAY someone with 0 previous experience, find a job so quick in this area, I know she was helped by Marc, which is a huge thing but millions around doesn't have a "Marc" to help them find a position, but the BIG thing is her fast growth to an executive position, again, NO WAY she could achieve this so easily, would be necessary YEARS, to reach such position, in the best of the best scenarios she could achieve a second managing position. Free time? Weekends? Time to hang out at the coffee shop? Act like is a nice chill job with 0 stress? Hahaha more than unrealistic.
What does no pla mean?
So you don’t need Friends, you need documentary drama about living in NY? Of course sitcoms are unrealistic, that’s not what they are about
Monica only pays $200?? Jack, Janet and Chrissy over on THREE'S COMPANY has to scramble $300 a month in the '70'&'80's. Both cities now a days charge more than $3k+ per month.😂
Well I come from a background where family and extended family is around more actually there was a time my aunts and her family lived across the street from my familys house but wont lie I longed for the tight friendship aspect that Friends showed but since I was more stressed and pressured of family first the friendship thing was just never going to fight in
Its called COMEDY!
It's baffling that many fans say that Friends is very relatable.
NOT TO MANY FANS ARE BLACK PEOPLE IM GUESSING
There are plenty of situations throughout the 10 seasons that are relatable. It doesn't have to be relatable on every single aspect for people to mention how some episodes feel relatable to them.
To be fair, yes the love of your life can be right there in your friend group, and yeah plenty of people are tight friends 10+ years. Just saying. And that Ross hardly sees or mentions Ben, that kinda tracks. He has his moms. They likely have custody. And he likely ditched his weekend with him to hang out with Rachel at Central Perk.
Top 20 times friends made no sense
1. The gangs luxurious apt
2. How did they have time to hang out at central perk
3. Chandler can't cry
4. Rachel thought joey is proposing to her
5. Emily's decision to stay married to ross
6. The disappearance of Ben
7. Rachel is pregnant for over a year
8. Ross is 29 for 3 yrs
9. Joey and Monica's apt number
10. Joey keeps the 20000 dollar boat
11. The chick and the duck
12. The gangs confusing birthday
13. Chandler and Rachel greets like strangers in the pilot
14. Different wedding venue
15. Does Ross hate or like ice cream
16. Sudden disappearing sharpie ink
17. Rachel's decision to leave Barry at the altar
18. Monica's apartment door stays unlocked
19. Phoebes knowledge of French/Italian (cuz she's lost with the word su chef and don't understand Paolo's language but can teach joey fluent French and talks to his grandma fluent Italian)
20. Phoebes homelessness (why can't she just move in with her grandma sooner
1. Illegal subletting and rent control
2. Off days exist
3. Enotionally stunted
5. Marriages are worth working through for alot of people
6. Fathers realistically dont get alot of time with their kids in shared custody cases
17. Because some people fear marriage...but eant the wedding..theres a real life case of a womam that married a man an immediately pished him off of a cliff because she only wanted a wedding.
19. Pheobe only said she learned french and she picked it up conversationaly not formally so there can be gaps
20. If I remember correctly she ran off after her mother's suicide..Pheobe always hints to choosing to live on the streets..that happens more than you think.
@@Novakane78 off days exist but not all together. Exception is joey Phoebe and Monica bc they nighttime/occasional workers
@@leonardolim8976 yea but we aren't talking everyday...we are talking on whatever occasion they do line up
6. I’m guessing the disappearance of Ben happened due to the Sprouse twins leaving acting.
@@Showtunediva they had their own show
I feel like #6 only happens in the films.😅
Yes I agree 200 percent. 😂😂
If you want realism, watch a documentary.
#RIPMatthewPerry
Omg Phoebe looks like Barbie 😂
The top 10 list I was msmojo to do hen i comes to Friends are:
Top 10 Times Ross Geller's Love Life Has Been One Disaster After Another (The top 10 Friends moments where Ross Geller has proven to be unlucky in love)
Top 10 Ross and Joey Moments on Friends (moments featuring Ross and Joey including the controversial Joey and Rachel storyline that near pitted Ross and Joey against each other.
I'm sorry, I was watching until the dating point and you do realize it's a tv show, a sitcom? :D
Its almost like, it is fictional
ITS TV ITS FICTION NOT REALITY I WATCH THIS TO GET AWAY FROM REALITY FOR ABOUT 30 minutes
My big one is how they can eat everything they want without any worry about weight gain
That’s why I loved HIMYM more. It was funny plus more realistic. ❤
I think u missed the mark on this count down. Is tv, people are beautiful, streets are clean and not dangerous, etc. Definitely a miss this time.
what about how Rachel got a job at Ralph Lauren without any experience?
Maybe just maybe it’s a tv show and it’s not reality.
Chandler and monica try to get a baby
My two best friends live next store to each other and we’re not in college
omg its a TV show. didn't your mother ever tell you tv is not real
I´d like to debate number 5 hahaha
Yup getting a job is joke and we're broke
Divorce do not take a year. In sweden they take much shorter time
That's a weird Video. Seriously ridiculous. Shame on this video. ITS A SITCOM
I stopped watching....people do realise TV is not real...watch mojo really trying here.
This "analysis" of Friends is so stupid! Do they understand the idea of a "sitcom"?? Apparently not. I watched Friends for the laughs, not to compare it with my life. Anyway...
Sorry, but it's tv. It's a sitcom. If anybody honestly expected it to be their reality, they're a fool.
It's not labeled as reality TV for a reason.
Shit even reality TV is fake
Clearly you don’t know anyone divorced when you say part time parenting isn’t a thing. I know multiple people that have loads of free time when the kids go with their other parent the separation for the week/weekend.