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# Enjoying 'Friends' again
- URL: https://balaustine.mymagic.page/enjoying-friends-again/
- Published: 2026-06-20T05:02:19.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-23T11:25:26.000Z
- Author: VM
- Tags: Life notes, dailyprompt, dailyprompt-2798, Friends, social issues, TV show, #Migrated-1787484114599, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-08-23 11:22

Daily writing promptWhat’s a book, movie, or TV show that you wish you could experience again for the first time?

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This has to be the TV show *Friends*. I feel like I know too much these days. The show hasn't aged well. Its attitudes towards fatness, sexual relations, science, and mental health are at best juvenile. Its uniform whiteness was only exacerbated by introducing the character Charlie (Aisha Tyler) in season 10\. However, I grew up with *Friends* and each of its scenes is seared into my mind. Not just that: I remember how much my sister and I would laugh over its comedy, even if it was mostly slapstick, and bond over its oft-fairytale endings to various arcs. I'd really like to enjoy *Friends* all over again without feeling the little voice in my head rearing up to critique it.