" Friends " now upsetting millienials....

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Re: " Friends " now upsetting millienials....

Post by Dazzler » Wed Jan 17, 2018 11:28 pm

john'sroseyspecs wrote:God knows what the Major from Fawlty Towers would think. He certainly couldn't take a girl to the Oval anymore.
I don't think the term 'wogs' has been dubbed or edited out as yet.
It wasn't the last time I saw it anyway.
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Re: " Friends " now upsetting millienials....

Post by welsbyswife » Wed Jan 17, 2018 11:34 pm

Imploding Turtle wrote:When a man and woman kiss on screen does that mean heterosexuality is being shoved down your throat?
A question that has very little to do with the original post which had nothing to do with people being offended by homosexuals kissing on tv. Deliberately manipulating the topic to show what a "right on" guy you are. Must be hard keeping that up all the time.
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Re: " Friends " now upsetting millienials....

Post by Dazzler » Wed Jan 17, 2018 11:34 pm

Porridge is another sit com where a few very mild derogatory terms have been edited out.

Pathetic!

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Re: " Friends " now upsetting millienials....

Post by Blackrod » Wed Jan 17, 2018 11:38 pm

Too many people looking to be offended. If you don't like stuff or find it offensive don't watch it.
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Re: " Friends " now upsetting millienials....

Post by HiroshimaClaret » Wed Jan 17, 2018 11:40 pm

tim_noone wrote:Till death us do part..is that available?
Alf Garnett! I used to love that character. Then it was Victor Meldrew.

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Post by starting_11 » Wed Jan 17, 2018 11:57 pm

Imploding Turtle wrote:When a man and woman kiss on screen does that mean heterosexuality is being shoved down your throat?
No. It's normal.

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Re: " Friends " now upsetting millienials....

Post by Falcon » Thu Jan 18, 2018 9:00 am

This article is just another stick to beat young people with.

Friends was a very well written TV show. It did suffer from a lack of diversity, but then it reflected the lack of diversity of the well off New York middle class it was supposed to portray.

However articles like this are just designed to stir up conflict between generations, as you can see in this comments section.

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Re: " Friends " now upsetting millienials....

Post by NottsClaret » Thu Jan 18, 2018 9:17 am

I don't know loads of 'millennials' but I'm fairly sure none of the ones I do know are offended by a s**t 90s sitcom. Do people who write stuff about millennials and snowflakes actually know any? Cos they sound like they spend nearly all their time talking to other grumpy, frightened middle aged people, reinforcing their prejudices, rather than speaking to anyone younger than them.

In my day, the grumpy old sods of the time moaned about us all taking drugs and listening to 'shed building' music. Everyone resents the next generation and wants to ridicule or put them down, mostly just because they're young and will decide the future while we get old and bitter and whinge in the comments section about stuff like this.
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Post by Sutton-Claret » Thu Jan 18, 2018 9:19 am

NottsClaret wrote:I don't know loads of 'millennials' but I'm fairly sure none of the ones I do know are offended by a s**t 90s sitcom. Do people who write stuff about millennials and snowflakes actually know any? Cos they sound like they spend nearly all their time talking to other grumpy, frightened middle aged people, reinforcing their prejudices, rather than speaking to anyone younger than them.

In my day, the grumpy old sods of the time moaned about us all taking drugs and listening to 'shed building' music. Everyone resents the next generation and wants to ridicule or put them down, mostly just because they're young and will decide the future while we get old and bitter and whinge in the comments section about stuff like this.
Dead right, it weren't like that when I were a lad..... :lol: :lol:

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Post by Foshiznik » Thu Jan 18, 2018 9:50 am

I'm 33 and that makes me a millenial. I grew up as a teenager when Friends was at it's peak. I can assure you, you are at least one generation too early. We came before the vlogging, vaping, non-binary, self-absorbent, self-entitled kids who are ultra sensitive.

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Post by starting_11 » Thu Jan 18, 2018 10:31 am

Ahhh 33... growing up with Fast and Furious, Max Power mag and Need For Speed Undeground.

Them were the days!

Must account for your impeccable taste in car modifying! 8-)
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Re: " Friends " now upsetting millienials....

Post by Lancasterclaret » Thu Jan 18, 2018 10:41 am

We came before the vlogging, vaping, non-binary, self-absorbent, self-entitled kids who are ultra sensitive.
I'm 44, and I think thats a bit unfair.

Mind you, the rest of the people commenting on this post have been nailed completely by Notts.

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Re: " Friends " now upsetting millienials....

Post by Imploding Turtle » Thu Jan 18, 2018 10:49 am

welsbyswife wrote:A question that has very little to do with the original post which had nothing to do with people being offended by homosexuals kissing on tv. Deliberately manipulating the topic to show what a "right on" guy you are. Must be hard keeping that up all the time.

People on the right mock people on the left for getting offended by old TV shows which at the same time themselves getting offended by modern TV shows. If you can't see the relevance in what i said and the parallel i was drawing then that's a you problem, not a me problem.

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Post by welsbyswife » Thu Jan 18, 2018 11:19 am

Imploding Turtle wrote:People on the right mock people on the left for getting offended by old TV shows which at the same time themselves getting offended by modern TV shows. If you can't see the relevance in what i said and the parallel i was drawing then that's a you problem, not a me problem.
1) Don't confuse left and right politics to equate to the same thing as political correctness. Not all Tory voters are homophobic, sexist etc and not all labour voters are 'right on' lovies who get upset at old episodes of Fawlty Towers.

2) Who is offended by modern TV shows? Not many people that I can gather and if they are they can switch channel. It was you who tried to change the emphasis of the thread onto that point which is a completely different issue than the original post.

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Re: " Friends " now upsetting millienials....

Post by Inchy » Thu Jan 18, 2018 11:21 am

I think this issue is blown out of proportion by the right to exaggerate the issue and to make the left look silly. Doesn't help those people who are genuinely offended tend to shout the loudest. Also stories like this are click bate.

Equally I think people being offended by homosexuality on TV is exaggerated by the left, although to a lesser extent.


Let face it how many people have you met that are genuinely offended by Friends? How many people have you met that are offended by homosexuality on TV?


Most people are normal
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Re: " Friends " now upsetting millienials....

Post by Imploding Turtle » Thu Jan 18, 2018 11:22 am

welsbyswife wrote:1) Don't confuse left and right politics to equate to the same thing as political correctness. Not all Tory voters are homophobic, sexist etc and not all labour voters are 'right on' lovies who get upset at old episodes of Fawlty Towers.

2) Who is offended by modern TV shows? Not many people that I can gather and if they are they can switch channel. It was you who tried to change the emphasis of the thread onto that point which is a completely different issue than the original post.

I didn't try to change any emphasis. You only think i did.

And i didn't say anything of the sort regarding Tory voters or Labour voters. I said SOME on the right are reactionary bigots who get upset at the liberal media for displaying scenes of homosexual affection and mixed-race relationships in exactly the same way that SOME on the left get upset at old TV shows that make what would now be considered racist or homophobic jokes. If you can't understand how those two facts are relevant to this thread then i suggest you spend some time thinking about it.

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Re: " Friends " now upsetting millienials....

Post by Guich » Thu Jan 18, 2018 11:44 am

My kids are early teens and they're just the same as the rest of us.

They're slightly uneasy watching heterosexual kissing (not offended).
They think two men kissing is a little embarrassing and slightly funny(not offended).
They are strangely attentive when two women are kissing (not in the least offended).

Notts is right - we sometimes just wish we were young again.

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Post by Foshiznik » Thu Jan 18, 2018 12:08 pm

Lancasterclaret wrote:I'm 44, and I think thats a bit unfair.

Mind you, the rest of the people commenting on this post have been nailed completely by Notts.
With my post, I pretty much did what Notts said we all do, regarding criticising the next generation! :lol:

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Re: " Friends " now upsetting millienials....

Post by Foshiznik » Thu Jan 18, 2018 12:15 pm

starting_11 wrote:Ahhh 33... growing up with Fast and Furious, Max Power mag and Need For Speed Undeground.

Them were the days!

Must account for your impeccable taste in car modifying! 8-)
NFS Underground, Max Power, F&F, The OC, American Pie, Kerrang, Britney vs Christina, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Goldeneye64, Kenan & Kel, Papa Roach, WWF Attitude, Sister Sister and the original Ipod.

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Post by starting_11 » Thu Jan 18, 2018 12:16 pm

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I was THE DADDY at school with one of these.

If you re-enconded at 64kbps you could ALMOST fit 20 songs on it!

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Re: " Friends " now upsetting millienials....

Post by Murger » Thu Jan 18, 2018 12:50 pm

Anybody who gets upset by a comedy that's 20,30 etc years old need to grow the **** up. See thi.

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