I've always felt the popularity of Friends and Seinfeld (and the copycats) killed marriage.
TV always showed dating as something kids did. When you show adults dating forever it creates a mentality that its normal to be in your 30s+ and still having relationships and "trying to find the one". In every other generation that would be seen as hopelessly past marriageable age. Even Gen Xers got hitched quicker. TV created all the "rules" of dating that people think of, like "three dates and then you have sex" or all the shit of male/female friendships, going "on a break", etc.
TV does this for drama and entertainment of course, but people see it at absorb the message whether they realize it or not. One of the most conservative guys I knew was still a raging Friends addict who constantly talked about the show like the characters were real people, like they were his friends.
You proved the point. You were bamboozled by Jew fanfic about how great things were in the 90s as they insidiously trained you with proto woke values you still claim as good. No thanks
I've always felt the popularity of Friends and Seinfeld (and the copycats) killed marriage.
TV always showed dating as something kids did. When you show adults dating forever it creates a mentality that its normal to be in your 30s+ and still having relationships and "trying to find the one". In every other generation that would be seen as hopelessly past marriageable age. Even Gen Xers got hitched quicker. TV created all the "rules" of dating that people think of, like "three dates and then you have sex" or all the shit of male/female friendships, going "on a break", etc.
TV does this for drama and entertainment of course, but people see it at absorb the message whether they realize it or not. One of the most conservative guys I knew was still a raging Friends addict who constantly talked about the show like the characters were real people, like they were his friends.
You proved the point. You were bamboozled by Jew fanfic about how great things were in the 90s as they insidiously trained you with proto woke values you still claim as good. No thanks