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[–] thatradomguy@lemmy.world 61 points 3 weeks ago (19 children)

Chandler being able to afford paying for rent AND providing for Joey is also incredibly unrealistic.

[–] ansiz@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago (10 children)

Chandler's job was just made to be some generic finance sector job, right? It's definitely possible even today, but he'd be working a lot more hours. You'd never see him on the show.

Ross being stable even as a PhD grad student seems a lot more unrealistic to me. He even loved on his own. But maybe it was family money.

[–] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Ross wasn’t a grad student; He had his doctorate. Initially he worked at a museum of natural history, then eventually got fired (for screaming at his boss) and went to work at the university as a professor. Either way, in the mid-90’s, he would have been comfortable.

[–] ansiz@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

I mean they mentioned he and Chandler graduated in 1991, so if Ross got a PhD in 3 years that is probably a record, lol. I was always under the impression he was in a PhD program the first season of Friends and that's why he was working at the museum.

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