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27th May '13 2:33:38 PM frijole

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F Friends - Theories grow over time because we don't accept them as absolute fact, but our best model based on current information

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* In "The One Where Heckles Dies", Phoebe repeatedly and consistently [[YouFailBiologyForever denies the Theory of Evolution]] to Ross, [[SomewhereAPaleontologistIsCrying who is a doctor of paleontology and a full-time paleontologist.]] Ross even brings in fossils to ''prove it'' to her, instead Phoebe breaks him down and makes him doubt the theory. As a doctor. Of paleontology. A man that spent several years studying fossils to become a doctor. Of paleonotology. Now, Phoebe is an oddball {{cloudcuckoolander}} and can be forgiven for not believing in evolution (being as you'd learn it in most tenth-grade science classes and Phoebe never went to school), but to actually deny it, thereby denying Ross's entire work, and disallow him from proving it to her, revealing she said she didn't believe just to get a kick out of making him doubt himself, and then gleefully forget all about it? That's pretty damn cold, Pheebs!
** There's also the fact that, Ross's "arrogant scientist" stereotype aside, it should not be that difficult to acknowledge that an accepted theory might be wrong or incomplete.  In fact, it's fundamental to understanding how science works.

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24th Feb '13 2:23:43 AM RCFU200

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* The tenth season episode "The One With Ross's Grant", featuring Greg Kinnear as Charlie's ex-boyfriend, Benjamin Hobart. Basically, Hobart is in charge of a committee to decide who gets the grant that Ross is applying for. He attempts to blackmail Ross into breaking up with Charlie (Ross calls him out on as being "crazy", but which he insists is "''romantic''"). When Ross tells Charlie about this and the two of them go to confront her ex, she ''agrees'' that it is romantic, and proceeds to ''kiss Hobart RIGHT IN FRONT OF ROSS!'' It's particularly bad since Charlie had been built up for several episodes as ideal for Ross. Hobart is said to have broken up with her (which he explains as due to fear of commitment to her); and it leaves Ross with no dignity whatsoever. It strikes one as a completely contrived incident for the sake of leaving Ross free to be conveniently paired with Rachel at the finale. Even if Ross couldn't do anything about Charlie, one wonders why he [[WhatAnIdiot failed to report what was a clear violation of ethics on the part of Hobart]], especially after losing both the grant ''and'' his girlfriend. Had he reported this, Ross could possibly have held onto his grant, at least.
* Monica's Flanderization of her neatness and bossiness hits its peak when acting as Phoebe's wedding planner in "The One With Phoebe's Wedding". She is incessantly rude to Phoebe (amongst other people) and cuts off the speeches at the rehearsal dinner midway through to fit her entirely arbitrary timetable. Phoebe, justifiably, fires Monica and decides to organise the wedding herself. Monica attempts to get her job back, but Phoebe rejects, [[GenreSavvy knowing exactly what will happen]], and Monica proceeds to delight in Phoebe's struggles. Hell of a way to treat one of your best friends on what's supposed to be the happiest day of her life.

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* The tenth season episode "The One With Ross's Grant", featuring Greg Kinnear as Charlie's ex-boyfriend, Benjamin Hobart. Basically, Hobart is in charge of a committee to decide who gets the grant that Ross is applying for. He attempts to blackmail Ross into breaking up with Charlie (Ross calls him out on as being "crazy", but which he insists is "''romantic''"). When Ross tells Charlie about this and the two of them go to confront her ex, she ''agrees'' that it is romantic, and proceeds to ''kiss Hobart RIGHT IN FRONT OF ROSS!'' It's particularly bad since Charlie had been built up for several episodes as ideal for Ross. Hobart is said to have broken up with her (which he explains as due to fear of commitment to her); and it leaves Ross with no dignity whatsoever. It strikes one as a completely contrived incident for the sake of leaving Ross free to be conveniently paired with Rachel at the finale. Even if Ross couldn't do anything about Charlie, one wonders why he [[WhatAnIdiot failed to report what was a clear violation of ethics on Hobart's part]], especially after losing both the grant ''and'' his girlfriend. Had he reported this, Ross could possibly have held onto his grant, at least.
* Monica's {{Flanderization}} of her neatness and bossiness hits its peak when acting as Phoebe's wedding planner in "The One With Phoebe's Wedding". She is incessantly rude to Phoebe (amongst other people) and cuts off the speeches at the rehearsal dinner midway through to fit her entirely arbitrary timetable. Phoebe, justifiably, fires Monica and decides to organise the wedding herself. Monica attempts to get her job back, but Phoebe rejects, [[GenreSavvy knowing exactly what will happen]], and Monica proceeds to delight in Phoebe's struggles. Hell of a way to treat one of your best friends on what's supposed to be the happiest day of her life.

24th Feb '13 2:21:38 AM RCFU200

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* Monica as Phoebe's wedding planner in "The One With Phoebe's Wedding". She incessantly rude to Phoebe (amongst other people), cutting off the speeches at the rehearsal dinner midway through to fit her entirely arbitrary timetable. Phoebe, justifiably, fires Monica and decides to organise the wedding herself. Monica attempts to get her job back, but Phoebe rejects, [[GenreSavvy knowing exactly what will happen]], and Monica proceeds to delight in Phoebe's struggles. Hell of a way to treat one of your best friends on what's supposed to be the happiest day of her life.
* 'The One with the Shark', where Monica walks in on Chandler masturbating to porn; he jumps up and quickly changes the channel to a shark documentary. Despite seeing how he panicked and jumped, it never occurs to Monica that ''maybe he changed the channel''; she honestly believes he ''[[RuleThirtyFour gets off to sharks!]]'' Whaaat?
* The sheer On and off and on and off and on Ross and Rachel. Their shouting matches were initially quite upsetting to watch and very dramatic, especially the infamous one in "The One The Morning After" due to Ross having sex with the coffee shop woman in the previous episode, believing him and Rachel to be "on a break", which takes up a considerable amount of the second half of the episode and resembles a genuine argument. As the series go on, however, and the shouting-matches increase in frequency from season to season, the viewer becomes more and more compelled to bash their heads together and tell them in no uncertain terms to [[PrecisionFStrike shut the fuck up]].
* Phoebe managed to out-crazy herself and believes that her dead mother returned as a cat. She refuses to return the cat to its rightful owner, an ''eight year old little girl.'' When Ross calls her out on this, she gets mad at him for being "intolerant" of her beliefs! The other characters, while they secretly agree with him, do not support him. And, as if Ross wasn't being humiliated enough, he is forced to ''apologize to the cat''.

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* Monica's Flanderization of her neatness and bossiness hits its peak when acting as Phoebe's wedding planner in "The One With Phoebe's Wedding". She is incessantly rude to Phoebe (amongst other people) and cuts off the speeches at the rehearsal dinner midway through to fit her entirely arbitrary timetable. Phoebe, justifiably, fires Monica and decides to organise the wedding herself. Monica attempts to get her job back, but Phoebe rejects, [[GenreSavvy knowing exactly what will happen]], and Monica proceeds to delight in Phoebe's struggles. Hell of a way to treat one of your best friends on what's supposed to be the happiest day of her life.
* 'The One with the Shark', where Monica walks in on Chandler masturbating to porn; he jumps up and quickly changes the channel to a shark documentary. Despite seeing how he panicked and jumped, it never occurs to Monica that ''maybe he changed the channel''; she honestly believes he ''[[RuleThirtyFour gets off to sharks?!]]''
* The sheer On and off and on and off and on Ross and Rachel. Their shouting matches were initially quite upsetting to watch and very dramatic, especially the infamous one in "The One The Morning After" due to Ross having sex with the coffee shop woman in the previous episode, believing him and Rachel to be "on a break", which takes up a considerable amount of the second half of the episode and resembles a genuine argument. As the series go on, however, and the shouting-matches increase in frequency from season to season, the viewer becomes more and more compelled to bash their heads together and tell them in no uncertain terms to [[PrecisionFStrike shut the '''hell'' up]].
* Phoebe manages to out-crazy herself and believes that her dead mother returned as a cat. She refuses to return the cat to its rightful owner, an ''eight year old little girl.'' When Ross calls her out on this, she gets mad at him for being "intolerant" of her beliefs! The other characters, while they secretly agree with him, do not support him. And, as if Ross wasn't being humiliated enough, he is forced to ''apologize to the cat''.

13th Feb '13 5:00:00 AM RCFU200

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* The 10th season episode with Greg Kinnear as Charlie's ex-boyfriend. Basically, he is in charge of a committee to decide who gets a grant that Ross is applying for, and he attempts to blackmail Ross into breaking up with Charlie (which Ross calls him out on as being "crazy", but which he insists is "''romantic''"). When Ross tells Charlie about this and the two of them go to confront her ex, she ''agrees'' that it is romantic, and proceeds to ''leave Ross for her crazy ex-boyfriend, and starts kissing him RIGHT IN FRONT OF ROSS!'' It's particularly bad because Charlie had been built up for several episodes as ideal for Ross; her ex is said to have broken up with her (which he explains as being due to a fear of committing to her); and it leaves Ross with no dignity whatsoever. It strikes one as a completely contrived incident for the sake of leaving Ross free to be conveniently paired with Rachel at the finale. This also falls squarely into WhatAnIdiot territory: one wonders why Ross failed to report what was a clear violation of ethics on the part of Kinnear, especially after losing both the grant ''and'' his girlfriend. There probably wasn't anything he could have done about Charlie; but if he'd reported Kinnear's behaviour, he could possibly have held onto his grant.
* Monica as Phoebe's wedding planner in "The One With Phoebe's Wedding". Not only is she incessantly rude to Phoebe, even cutting off the speeches at the rehearsal dinner midway through to fit her entirely arbitrary timetable, but she's also shown to delight in Phoebe's struggles after Pheebs (justifiably) fires Monica and has to organise the wedding herself. Hell of a way to treat one of your best friends on what's supposed to be the happiest day of her life.
** And then proceeds to guilt Phoebe back into giving her her job back, smugly grinning while Phoebe tries to sort everything out. On her wedding day. Literally the day she gets wed. Monica is usually quite an annoying character, but that just takes the cake.

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* The tenth season episode "The One With Ross's Grant", featuring Greg Kinnear as Charlie's ex-boyfriend, Benjamin Hobart. Basically, Hobart is in charge of a committee to decide who gets the grant that Ross is applying for. He attempts to blackmail Ross into breaking up with Charlie (Ross calls him out on as being "crazy", but which he insists is "''romantic''"). When Ross tells Charlie about this and the two of them go to confront her ex, she ''agrees'' that it is romantic, and proceeds to ''kiss Hobart RIGHT IN FRONT OF ROSS!'' It's particularly bad since Charlie had been built up for several episodes as ideal for Ross. Hobart is said to have broken up with her (which he explains as due to fear of commitment to her); and it leaves Ross with no dignity whatsoever. It strikes one as a completely contrived incident for the sake of leaving Ross free to be conveniently paired with Rachel at the finale. Even if Ross couldn't do anything about Charlie, one wonders why he [[WhatAnIdiot failed to report what was a clear violation of ethics on the part of Hobart]], especially after losing both the grant ''and'' his girlfriend. Had he reported this, Ross could possibly have held onto his grant, at least.
* Monica as Phoebe's wedding planner in "The One With Phoebe's Wedding". Not only is she incessantly rude to Phoebe, cutting off the speeches at the rehearsal dinner midway through to fit her entirely arbitrary timetable (amongst other things), but she's also shown to delight in Phoebe's struggles after Pheebs (justifiably) fires Monica and has to organise the wedding herself. Hell of a way to treat one of your best friends on what's supposed to be the happiest day of her life.

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21st Dec '12 4:29:24 AM CantNotLookAtThisSite

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* In "The One With the Birth Mother", Chandler and Monica are mistaken for a doctor and a reverend on some adoption forms when she meets the potential mother of her child. Rather than deciding to correct the mistake, like a sane person would, Monica goes into full-blown JerkAss mode and decides to fake being a reverend just so she can get the woman's baby. In the end, Chandler brings Monica around and talks the woman into giving them the baby ([[OutOfCharacterMoment showing surprising compassion considering his own character]]) after she understandably storms out on them for lying, but come on.
* In "The One Where Heckles Dies", Phoebe repeatedly and consistently [[YouFailBiologyForever denies the Theory of Evolution]] to Ross, [[SomewhereAPaleontologistIsCrying who is a doctor of paleontology and a full-time paleontologist.]] Ross even brings in fossils to ''prove it'' to her, instead Phoebe breaks him down and makes him doubt the theory. As a doctor. Of paleontology. A man that spent several years studying fossils to become a doctor. Of paleonotology. Now, Phoebe is an oddball {{cloudcuckoolander}} and can be forgiven for not believing in evolution (being as you'd learn it in most tenth-grade science classes and Phoebe never went to school), but to actually deny it, thereby denying Ross's entire work, and disallow him from proving it to her, revealing she said she didn't believe just to get a kick out of making him doubt himself, and then gleefully forget all about it? That's pretty damn cold, Pheebs!

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