SRSLY #29: The One Where They Take it Seriously
The Links
4:40 – Ross
The Ross is the Worst tumblr.
Buzzfeed count the ways Ross is The Worst.
19:02 – Economics
A blog that tries to figure out who the hell earns how much?
How much money would Joey really have made?
How much did Joey owe Chandler? One fan's theory.
And what you were all wondering: how much would one of those apartments really cost?
29:30 – Political correctness
Salon and Slate on Chandler's homophobia.
The most homophobic moments from the show.
Transphobia and trans erasure in Friends.
A defence of Friends as "straightforwardly pleasant".
43.08 – Friendship
The One With All The Quantifiable Friendships.
55.58 – Legacy
The brilliant Bim Adewunmi on the show.
The hunting of the snark: Friends, 20 years on.
The Telegraph on the show's televisual legacy.
Vogue on Seinfield v Friends, after they aried.
Vice on why Friends turned us into horrible people, because it's Vice, isn't it.
Plus
In defence of Janice. We're all Janice truthers now.
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