Why I Love "Friends"

Maybe I'm not qualified to be talking about TV shows, because I usually don't have the time or energy to actually put effort into following a show. When all my friends talk about Breaking Bad, Orange Is the New Black, and The Office, I basically have no idea what they are talking about. One of the only shows I have ever cared to follow is one that existed before I did, and that is Friends. Below are the following reasons why Friends is the only show that tempts me to waste all my time binge-watching in my bed, and why I relate to it more than anything else on Netflix.

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Chandler is basically the fictional embodiment of how all men feel about love once they hit twenty-five, as well as how all women feel at pretty much all ages.

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My diet as a broke college student who loses her wallet all the time is basically exactly the same as Joey's, no matter what.

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Rachel Green never fails to make me feel like I'm slightly less alone since a lot of the time, she is either equally as alone, or messing up dates.

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Despite her quirkiness and eccentricity, Phoebe always knows what matters most at the end of the day. You know, aside from cleansing people's auras.

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Monica freaking out at work is pretty much exactly the same thing as me freaking out everywhere I go in my life.

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Ross trying to get out of a speeding ticket is the same as me trying to get out of any trouble whatsoever. And failing. Failing so much.

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Monica's simplicity and frankness with Chandler is how I aspire to talk to boys one day. Emphasis is on the last two words of that sentence, since I definitely don't have that kind of courage yet.

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Also, Ross and Joey's reaction is the same one my conscience gets when I try to have serious conversations with guys.

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Chandler's mindset supports everything I believed to be true in high school when my parents asked me what I was doing out so late.

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Last but not least, Monica's welcoming Rachel to actual adult reality makes me feel both warm and fuzzy inside, and beyond depressed that I actually have to live in it.

Next time you're bored, lonely, and unlucky in life, start watching Friends! They make being bored, lonely, and unlucky look like a lot of fun.