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For a show supposedly aimed towards women.......


.......Did anyone notice that they killed off more women characters after introducing them than they killed off men? In ten whole seasons, they killed off one man and five women. Anyone notice that? Kind of bothers me.

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The characters they killed off were:

1. Mr. Heckles
2. Estelle
3. Johanna
4. Nana
5. Phoebe's grandmother

Six people killed off, one man and five women, it's almost like they expect men to live forever and women to die quick. And the reason I didn't mention people like Phoebe's adoptive mother, Pop-Pop or Aunt Phyllis, it's because they never appeared on screen. I'm just recounting the people who were introduced on screen, getting killed off. Let's stay on topic:

One man died, that was old Mr. Heckles.
Johanna's death is ironic because she died by running into traffic without looking both ways, and yet there was an episode centered around a nameless man who ran into traffic without looking both ways---but he survived!...Yeah, he looked at Monica and Phoebe, that's why he couldn't look both ways before crossing the street=!
OKAY but, little lesson in anatomy, you can survive getting hit by a car---I learned that the hard way it is not funny, it is not fun, and I also know that if you are being kept alive on life support the way that man was---you would not live, you would die in real life. They call it life support but your brain activity shuts down, your organs stop, and it's just a matter of time before your family takes you off the machine so you die permanently. Probably shouldn't be called life support anyway.

Let me know if I overlooked any character death, but it won't change a thing or matter; because I know if I forgot the death of an on screen character it would still be a woman not a man.

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You overlooked the death of Monica's face

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I'm not kidding I'm serious. Why did they kill off five women and one man if the show is aimed towards women?

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First, aimed at women? It's aimed at viewers...an age group not a gender.

Second, you act as if major characters were killed off, 2 of them weren't even characters, the never seen grandmas.

That leaves 3.

I'm shocked all the intended viewers "women" weren't outraged and didn't boycott the show.


Lamar Jackson for Heisman!

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This is a ridiculous complaint.

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Heckles, Estelle and the grandmas were all at that age where it would be no surprise that they died...and at least we got some grandmas.

Maybe women are glad there were more female roles than male!

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I thought Heckles was supposed to be about the same age as the actor was back then: in his mid-fifties.

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People in their mid 50s can die so I get the point you're bringing up because of his.

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Especially because he died from a heart attack while being outraged, banging at the ceiling with a broom stick.
I just assumed he was bitter but not really old.

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don't really see how the show was aimed at women
i mean the even split of friends male to female ratio kind of hints that's total bs, for one

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Well, put it this way...
When I was in the seventh grade, and the show used to come on Thursdays and only Thursdays, the girls at school were all saying;

"I can't wait to get home and watch that new episode of friends tonight!"

And the guys at school were saying;

"Can I come over to your house for awhile? My sister wants to watch friends again."

Now, what does that tell you?

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Nothing. That is merely one example.

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That girls had better taste in TV shows at that age.

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^^This. I wouldn't even say better, just different. I don't know where the OP gets this idea that the show was aimed towards women. Furthermore, if it were, what would the amount of character deaths matter? Unless the OP thinks women are all man haters that want men to die.

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That you're sexist for thinking only girls should watch it.

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Are you joking here? I think OP is a complete nutball, but where did s/he say that "only girls should watch it"?

Stop looking for "-ist" boogeymen.

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I don't care about any of this sh*t

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I agree with this.

What kind of stupid and pointless thread is this??


**cArNiVaLs oF fAyGo**

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I don't think it was aimed at women but by far more women watch it. Just look at the comments section of any youtube video. Overwhelmingly female. Heck, check this dailymail article and look at the comments section, all females mostly:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/you/article-2465332/Friends-Why-loving-hit-TV-20-years-on.html

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