Say what you will about “friends” but all of the memes about how dumb and unrealistic it is have in-universe explanations
Monica can afford that giant apartment in manhattan on a chef’s salary because she’s living there illegally, it was her grandmother’s rent-controlled apartment and the landlord doesn’t know her grandmother doesn’t live there anymore
Rachel isn’t fired from the coffee shop despite being overtly terrible at her job because her boss has a crush on her
They hang out with Ross because he’s Monica’s brother and they have to
What was the explanation for why it wasn’t funny
they’re new yorkers