dissident87 t1_iuijfud wrote on October 31, 2022 at 4:24 PM

The gay panic jokes are what really stick out to me. The guys freaking out at any implication they might be gay. Like the rest of the things brought up in here, it’s just a product of it’s time and it’s not a big deal but nobody would think to make those jokes today.

Latter_Feeling2656 t1_iuixtoy wrote on October 31, 2022 at 5:59 PM

Again, they're idiots. They're not supposed to be role models. Just the opposite, in fact.

It's an important point, because it goes to why the cast couldn't "diversify." The writers just didn't have the guts to make the lesbian couple a pair of idiots, which would make them funny. When Ross dated a Chinese girl and then a black girl, the writers wouldn't let them be stupid, so they couldn't be funny, and they couldn't stay around the show.