Why It's Fashionable To Hate Friends Now

4. The Lack Of Diversity

By rights, the fact that Friends is set in New York should mean that it would be one of the most diverse sitcoms on TV - even in the 90s. After all, the Big Apple is a melting pot of cultures, races and identities. So it's bound to be a little strange to an audience well into the 2010s to see barely any diversity in the entire show.

Sure, Charlie Wheeler turns up for a brief run and Ross dates Julie, but neither have much character development and both disappear pretty quickly. It's not exactly ideal.

It's also interesting to note that the only really notable foreign characters are stereotypes: Paolo is a thinly-veiled Latin letch cliche, Emily's parents are arrogant lushes, and even Joey's family are a circus of Italian-American over-simplifications. Subtle, it is not.