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So british adults didn't use facebook back in 2012?!

posted 7 years ago by Icelander67
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I realise they needed some sort of a 'suspension of disbelief' for that plot device of surprise wedding to work, but I just found the dad's "I don't follow facebook, I'm 45!" line absolutely ridiculous for a way to solve that. I mean, I'm closing on 50 and I "follow facebook", my dad is 75 and he "follows" facebook, my mother too and so does her bloomin' 80 years old sister, for fuxsake. *sic
As you may have guessed, this show only just hit our shores, so before I get too invested I have to ask: Is the rest going to be that lazy with the writing?

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[–] snappy_matt 7 years ago

Well I live in the UK and I have friends who are younger than 45 and don't have a facebook account, some other friends have an account but never look at facebook. To be honest, I hardly bother looking at facebook myself these days, there are only so many boring posts about cats and dogs that a man can take after all. So probably no surprise that when I watched that episode I didn't think anything of the "I don't follow facebook" line.

As for the writing in the rest of the show, there might be the occasional leap of faith (it's a comedy after all), but on the whole I think it's pretty well written. Definitely wouldn't call it lazy by any stretch of the imagination.

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[–] morn1960 7 years ago

The show has been on Netflix for at least a year