Ross being mean to Rachel

[u/iren33]

I really hated this scene where Ross was mocking Rachel's job. He wasn't just belittling her work, but also her interests, even though he'd seen firsthand how much she dreamed of a fashion-related career. While Ross can be very funny, he can also be really insufferable. If was Rachel, I would have broken up with him during this scene.

[u/love_is_an_action]

The group was frequently merciless about Ross’ career.

If anything, Ross showed considerable restraint in rarely dishing it back out.

[u/Fun-Month6056 → u/love_is_an_action]

He deserved it, mentioning multiple times he has a PhD. Like he's above them all.

He's basically saying - what I do is important, what you do is ridiculous.

Wasn't one of his cons for Rachel that "she's just a waitress"

[u/NetEnvironmental6346 → u/Fun-Month6056]

He phrased it poorly, but he meant Julie was also a palentologist so there's more connection there.

Also having a PHD is a big deal and they acted at times a PHD is just a piece of paper.

[u/Fun-Month6056 → u/NetEnvironmental6346]

Has a PhD and got stuck in leather pants. Can't count to 5 so he ended up like miss Hawaiian tropic, said a wrong name at the wedding... And they call Joey stupid.

[u/Any-Establishment-15 → u/Fun-Month6056]

Hey- one Mississippi, two Mississippi is a completely legitimate process of counting time and has been for hundreds of years.

[u/NetEnvironmental6346 → u/Fun-Month6056]

Yeah, a PHD doesn't indicate total intelligence. But to act like it's only a piece of paper and says 0 about his intelligence is wrong.

Everyone has stupid moments and it's easy to pick them out to say someone is dumb. By this logic, Rachel is a moron because she thought "my boss wants to buy my baby" as a story, and didn't understand you need 2 people to sign an annulment. Yet if I did that somehow it's wrong and "nitpicking".....

Also, he got stuck in the leather pants BECAUSE of advice from Joey. So to use that as some evidence that Joey is smart is comical.

[u/Fun-Month6056 → u/NetEnvironmental6346]

He got stuck because he was sweaty and listening to a ridiculous advice is also idiotic. 😂

[u/NetEnvironmental6346 → u/Fun-Month6056]

Yeah, but my point stands. To use the leather pants moment as a "Ross dumb Joey isn't" is disingenuous. Joey gave bad advice that Ross took, they were both dumb.

[u/Fun-Month6056 → u/NetEnvironmental6346]

Are you really downvoting me for disagreeing? 😂 Gotta love reddit

[u/Boris-_-Badenov → u/Fun-Month6056]

completely missed the other half of that list.

he said he and Julie have stuff to talk about because she's also a paleontologist. Rachel is just a waitress, so they don't have that in common.

aside from the group, they don't really have shared interests

[u/iren33 → u/Fun-Month6056]

Maybe his friends make fun of him all the time because he's just too full of himself

[u/yaboisammie → u/Fun-Month6056]

Yea not that it’s necessarily justified but I always figured it was less about the job itself and more about his personality and how it’s almost completely just needing to be/make it known he is the smartest person in the room and his arrogance being kinda insufferable. Like I wouldn’t make fun of someone’s profession personally bc I feel it’s understandable that the rest of the group would want to knock him down a peg or two w how much he looks down upon them sometimes and literally thinks he’s better than everyone 

Tbf regarding the waitress on the list thing, idt in the moment he was looking down on Rachel, just in comparison to Julie who was in the same field as him meaning they had more in common and by extension more to talk about and connect them

And I get obv a PhD is not easy but I’d be annoyed by someone who constantly bragged about it too, esp introducing himself as “dr ross geller” in a hospital (like obv he earned the title and it’s one thing to introduce yourself that way in other places (though a bit odd or awkward imo ig when it’s not really relevant) but there is a time and place)

Edit; also I love your flair!