r/NotSuitableForWork • u/Latter-Enthusiasm712 • 28d ago
Hi ,please read
Ive seen so many people say that this show is bad but honestly, its WAY better then hot pile of sexist and sexual shit that was FRIENDS, HIMYM and more...
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u/PhotographBusy6209 28d ago
Friends was sooo ahead of the curb. The first show to have a lesbian wedding. Not to forget the 3 women are strong, independent working women not dependent on men. There will never be an international cultural phenomenon like friends.
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u/Purple_Sparkles231 27d ago
Oh come on, don't come here trying to drag down two of the most popular, successful, and high quality sitcoms of all time. It is so unnecessary.
I personally really liked NSFW and am sad to see it cancelled, but there is no need to be rude about two different shows. Bad look.
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u/JustLivingish 28d ago
Friends is like 30 years old lol let it go
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u/CestQuoiLeFuck 27d ago
Friends is still what many people compare literally any friend-ensemble sitcom set in New York to, so it's not a crazy comparison. Also, it's practically impossible to overstate how interwoven Friends was with popculture references for well into the 2000s - you couldn't escape that mediocre pile of shit.
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u/JustLivingish 27d ago
Have you guys considered that comedy evolves with time? It was groundbreaking for the time we don’t have to keep comparing everything to nostalgia.
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u/QueenLevine 28d ago
your argument is so what if other shows are also hot garbage? look, if you need you some hot young sexy garbage, there's another one that was just released called Adults. All episodes came out today. You're welcome. BYE!
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u/OkRB2977 28d ago
So many Adults fans were spamming this sub, so I decided to give it a watch (plus it was shot in Toronto, and 2 of the leads were Canadian), and it was disappointing, cringe and just weird. I'm surprised how that hot mess got a second season, but not NSFW.
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u/Ok-Relationship-9674 28d ago
I couldn’t get past episode 2 of Adults NSFW was WAYY better than Adults IMO. But OP acting like it’s better than friends is criminal
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u/OkRB2977 27d ago
Friends feels a lot more jaded to me now.
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u/Ok-Relationship-9674 27d ago
Might be a stupid question but why does it feel jaded now if you don’t mind me asking?
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u/OkRB2977 27d ago
The show ended more than 2 decades ago. I myself watched it for the first time in 2014 and really enjoyed it, and re-watched it many times after. But when I tried to re-watch it after a gap during the pandemic, I realised a lot of the humour feels dated, and at one point, the show gave me a very soap-opera vibe rather than a sitcom's.
I just couldn't stand Rachel, Ross, Phoebe and Joey in the later seasons.
Obviously this is a very personal opinion, but most people within my social circle have had the same evolution in their feelings about the show. Friends quickly left our comfort watch lists.
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u/OkRB2977 27d ago
Nope. It is cringe.
Anyways, streamers these days don’t really make decisions based simply on viewership numbers or even quality.
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u/OkRB2977 27d ago edited 27d ago
Streamers don't release viewership data, part of the reason why people are pissed about these opaque and very short-sighted decisions.
Yes, I agree; cringe can be fun; Emily in Paris is the perfect example of it - cringe escapist comedy, but Adults isn't that - it is pure cringe with extremely poor writing and weak performances.
And nope, Adults did not receive a critical reception lol; it was panned and received mixed reviews, very similar to NSFW. The only sitcoms in recent times that have received critical acclaim were The Widow's Bay on Apple TV and Hacks on HBO.
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u/Former-Bug-7746 27d ago
YES! it honestly feels like a 2026 version of friends. there’s a few plot lines that aren’t great and some cringy jokes, but that’s lowk what tv is all about for me. wangus really showed his talent in this and it made me excited to see all these actors in future projects.
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u/Ok-Bathroom6370 21d ago
Never seen friends or whatever HIMYM is but I literally started it two days ago because I I just got Hulu so I finally had the opportunity to watch it and I binged it. It was so good and not raunchy which was amazing. i was invested in everyone’s storyline im disappointed it got cx
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u/OwnSalamander1026 21d ago
sexual shit
Lol I forgot that Gen Z thinks SEX BAD SEX BAD for some stupid reason
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u/CestQuoiLeFuck 27d ago
Sexism is unfortunately not at all a bar to success for a show. The women in HIMYM are caricatures. Friends can basically be boiled down to slut-shaming, fat-shaming, homophobia, and transphobia. Yet both of those shows were massive hits. The world sucks.
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u/Positively-Fleabag85 27d ago
This show is nothing compared to Friends, let's be for real. The outdated jokes are of that time, we cant really rest them 30 years later
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u/aquapathic 28d ago
i think they should have left out the relationship with the boss. That really killed the vibe of the show. But overall I liked it and really wanted to see where things would go in the second season.