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What Friends storyline wouldn’t work today?

88 replies

KyraLittle · 16/09/2019 21:07

  • Ross not wanting Ben to play with a Barbie
  • Monica sleeping with an underage boy
  • Monica being slut shamed
  • Joey and Chandler finding breast feeding gross

Sure there are loads more.

I do love the show though Grin

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Quaffy · 16/09/2019 21:08

Laughing at Chandlers dad for being transgender!

Aprinceinapaupersgrave · 16/09/2019 21:09

The ugly naked guy recurring joke.

Iputthescrewinthetuna · 16/09/2019 21:10

I am sure there are tons, I can think of none

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Flairhead · 16/09/2019 21:10

Sandy the male nanny and Ross feeling weird about hiring him

ALemonyPea · 16/09/2019 21:11

Chandlers dad being criticised for being gay

Rachel would not have gotten off the plane. I'm still angry all these years later.

Evilmorty · 16/09/2019 21:12

Fat Monica

TheOnlyLivingBoyInNewCross · 16/09/2019 21:13

Fat shaming younger Monica.

BernadetteRostankowskiWolowitz · 16/09/2019 21:13

Ross' ex wife marrying another woman being shocking.

Rachel just waltzing onto a plane to Athens aiming to join Ross on his honeymoon when she wasn't booked onto it.

BernadetteRostankowskiWolowitz · 16/09/2019 21:13

Surprise twins.

BakedBeeeen · 16/09/2019 21:14

Laughing at Chandler's housemate Eddie who obviously had mental illness.

Mymycherrypie · 16/09/2019 21:17

The way Chandler treated poor Janice.

Bitchfeatures · 16/09/2019 21:17

The episode I'm watching right now, where Chandler is mistaken as gay and he's pretty offended.

Pheobe dating a stalker.
The Monica fat jokes.
Ugly naked fat guy probably wouldn't be called that now.
The leering over women.
The girls using binoculars to spy on a naked man across the street!

Sizeofalentil · 16/09/2019 21:48

Boasting about how all the models at a party would be drunk and easy due to their low bmis

Wavyheaded · 16/09/2019 22:48

Rachel's voice and 'accent' when talking about Julie.
Comments about Monica's braids done in the bahamas

Original poster
KyraLittle · 16/09/2019 23:13

“Rachel's voice and 'accent' when talking about Julie.”

Why? I don’t remember it being racist if that’s what you mean

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lifeinthedeep · 16/09/2019 23:16

Any airport scene

TeaAddict235 · 16/09/2019 23:19

The lack of diversity of the actors wouldn't cut today. The US is extremely multicultural, where are the black, Asian, or Latino cast members? Full time, not just for a few episodes.

Yawn

SarahTancredi · 16/09/2019 23:20

The " we were on a break" thing.

Once its over its over you have no claims to that person fuck off with thinking they owe you some kind of explanation as to who they saw slept with or spoke too.

TeaAddict235 · 16/09/2019 23:20

Yes some members were of Jewish heritage, but that still doesn't show enough representation.

chandlersagirl · 16/09/2019 23:24

Ross and Elizabeth dating for definite

Ledehe · 16/09/2019 23:27

Joey's treatment of women and all his one night stands. Admits to giving a fake name (Ken Adams) and/or number sometimes. Leaves Rachel/Chandler to get rid of them in the morning. Disgusting

100PercentThatBitch · 16/09/2019 23:29

The endless gay jokes

VolcanionSteamArtillery · 16/09/2019 23:31

Pretty much all of it

ZeldaPrincessOfHyrule · 16/09/2019 23:33

Most of them. I don't think Friends has aged that well at all, some of it is really cringe now.

RosesAndRaindrops · 16/09/2019 23:41

Still love Friends!
Proper go to comfort watching Grin
Definitely the male nanny one (was on telly the other week, had been censored a lot!)