Who is your favourite character from Friends?
 

Ahhh, yes, who would you choose from these fine people?

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For me, it's definitely Chandler, hands down.

It was close between Chandler and Rachel, but I went with Chandler.

Hey...
how you doin'?

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I don't think I can choose. I've gotten obsessed with every character one time or another.
I think my favourites would be a tie between Monica in her extreme neuroticism and Chandler self-destructing awkwardness, third is Phoebe and then comes Ross.

Still it's depending on the season. Ross has his moments (specially when he was playing his "music" and the recurring "WE WERE ON A BREAK!!"), so does Pheebs and her smelly cat.

So I don't think I can vote on this one :/

I like Monica because she's hot. I couldn't care less about the other ones. And don't play the Rachael card.. She reminds me of feces for some weird reason, so I could never get into her.

Never really watched the show in any dedicated fashion. Just caught episodes here and there for a few years, but I think all three of the guys are douchebags, with chandler being the least douchey of the bunch, but still with plenty of douche. I mean.. there's a lot of clean vag on that show. But yea... Monica is/was fun to watch.

Yeah I love Monica as well, in fact probably every character except for Phoebe for some reason. She just plainly pisses me off. If I had to subject myself to an order, this would be it:

Chandler > Joey > Monica > Ross > Rachel > Phoebe

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My inequality of Friends:
Joey>Chandler>Ross>Phoebe>Monica>Rachel

Yea I think Phoebe was only second in doucheness to Ross. It was embarrassing to know Ross existed, even in fictional television shows. And Phoebe was just too dumb to even take pleasure in laughing at without feeling like you're going to hell. She was borderline mentally retarded. Then Joey... poor guy.. poster child of a large percentage of the population of males, but he somehow managed to make that population look better by being completely void of any common sense.
Rachael, couldn't stand her whole act. I'd never be able to date a girl that dependent on absolute shit.
Monica was hot enough for me to not really focus on her character's flaws, so I can't really bring any to mind.

But yea, sorry for being the pessimistic asshole. It's pretty much the only thing I'm passionate about. Being a pessimistic asshole.

You...skipped Chandler... :confused:

Who?


Point made.

But, he's the best character man.

He's the one who makes the smallest impression on me. He actually makes no impression on me at all. It's why I don't rank him.
It's probably good though, because if he did make an impression on me, I'm pretty sure it would be a negative one. All I can say is he's not as annoying as most of the other ones.

I wonder if that's a good thing... haha. Why is it that it sounds like you don't fancy Friends that much? Just a thought, lol

Well.. it's just... I mean.. I can watch it if I have absolutely nothing to do, but I never went out of my way to like, acquire the seasons or make time to see the episodes on TV. It was always just a kinda happenstance that I'd end up watching episodes and from what I viewed, it's just not so entertaining. Kinda pushes into overly unrealistic cheesy territory.

What's with the over thought man? It is cheesy as fuck, but that's why I think I like it. I think that's why everyone likes it. If I want something serious to watch I'd put on natgeo or some shit like that.

I don't mind things being light-hearted... but I can't hate the characters at the same time. It just doesn't work for me.

Aw, but Arrested Development is such a great show!

Love them all, but Rachel or Chandler. No, definitely Chandler. Hands down. He's my soulmate :love:

Ehh, I guess I could understand. I just kinda find them all to be likable actually but to each his own

Indeed.

I agree with this. I cant really see why you wouldnt like it but each to their own. I've found that Friends is a pretty likeable show though, just in general. I personally love it, but I dont usually meet people who can find something negative about every character. Its quite a skill you've got there Dali :D

I've been training my entire life.

It shows. Keep up the good work! :thumb:

I'm happy you didnt have anything bad to say about Chandler, as Chandler is the man :D

Yeah... he just kinda picked 'em up and shot them down, lol

Its unusual really. Basically everyone I know loves Friends. Its just the general good vibes around Friends, everybody likes it and everybody likes someone different. Dali just... dares to be different, I guess. :laughing:

I have this one friend who doesn't like it and well.. he can go fuck himself, lol

I'm a people critic. Even moreso than a music critic or an art critic or an ideals critic or a philosophy critic or a politics critic. I just seem to have more of an interest in having people and their behaviors under a microscope than anything else. I guess a lot could be said about that, in context with distracting myself from my own flaws, but I'm the harshest critic of myself and to me, it's healthy.

It's just easier to say something about fictional characters like the ones in Friends because they're fictional and won't hurt anyone in particular, but they're also representations of the people who identify with them on certain levels and I think that speaks more to my interest than sitting around idly and watching someone else live their fake lives.

The only person who I know that doesnt like it is my mum. And I dont really think thats counts, seeing as her idea of a good tv show is Coronation St and 24 :laughing:

You put much more thought into this that I do. When I watch Friends I just watch it, I dont really analyze. But thats not the point.

It is healthy, and I see where your coming from. I'm a bit of a critic myself, but of more superficial things, not really judgement of character. Im far too lazy for that. I'm interested in your philosophy critisism though. I took a course in it not to long ago and I'd like to hear your opinion on the whole matter, if thats okay? :)

Well I don't particularly criticize philosophy in general. I'm more a critic of certain human tendencies to subscribe to certain philosophies and how it reflects on them. But that's a whole different can of worms that needs its own thread and populous, complete with convenient examples.

Anyway, I never get enjoyment out of just idly watching something on TV. The majority of the stuff I watch is either educational or thought-provoking. I do like comedy as well, but that's sort of a mood thing for me. Otherwise, there needs to be some kind of stimulation.

I think the characters in Friends though, are made to be so vastly different from one another that they are supposed to appeal to people in some way or the other. What one character might lack, another might possess. This is just what I always thought when I was watching it. In my case, seeing I as absolutely abhor Phoebe, some other person might connect with that character almost as much as I hate them. So I guess at least one character on Friends should be agreeable to you in some way.

I guess in Dali's case, Monica's hotness agrees with him..lol

I just don't think their personalities, interactions and experiences with each other are realistic enough to relate to in any way that would make me care about them.

Well at least thats something...

Ive often had conversations about Friends and which character we are most like, and people rarely like to be compared to Ross or Monica, which I find strange, as I find both their characters very funny. Pheobe's alright, she and Joey are quite similiar. Except Joey is cute and loveable, while Pheobe has no excuse for her dumbness. Either way, I still like her character. I mostly get compared to Chandler, simply because I'm very sarcastic. But so are Ross, Rachel and Monica. Yet Chandler seems to be associated with the dry comments :confused:

Well when me and my friends talk about that same question I'm kind of compared to being a cross between Ross and Chandler. I think I don't mind the comparison though, sounds fair. I love sarcasm and academia related stuff, so I'm actually content with it.

Thats a good one though, paleontology's (sp?) cool! I'm Chandler and Rachel, meaning I'm sarcastic and shallowish. Though my friends put it much more nicely :laughing:

Lmao, you're shallow? Well at least we also have that common. And hey, what are friends for? lol :p:

I mean, I dont think I'm that shallow, but thats what Rachel was in the early Friends episodes. My actual friends put its this way "Your quite sweet but naive like early Rachel..." aka: shallow. -.-

And friends are too sugar-coat blows like 'Your shallow' :laughing:

Naive = shallow, who'd a thought.. lol. I know for a fact I'm a sarcastic asshole and people aren't really shy to point it out :laughing:

Not that, but in the sense that when the show first started, Rachel was the superficial, shallowish one. She improved a lot though. I like to think I am too :D

And your not an *******, are you? You seem very cool to me :)