this post was submitted on 07 Jun 2025
1374 points (99.1% liked)

memes

15366 readers
3355 users here now

Community rules

1. Be civilNo trolling, bigotry or other insulting / annoying behaviour

2. No politicsThis is non-politics community. For political memes please go to !politicalmemes@lemmy.world

3. No recent repostsCheck for reposts when posting a meme, you can only repost after 1 month

4. No botsNo bots without the express approval of the mods or the admins

5. No Spam/AdsNo advertisements or spam. This is an instance rule and the only way to live.

A collection of some classic Lemmy memes for your enjoyment

Sister communities

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
Tenthrow@lemmy.world
The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world
The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website
1374
Total lie (lazysoci.al)
submitted 1 day ago by LadyButterfly@lazysoci.al to c/memes@lemmy.world
162 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] faintwhenfree@lemmus.org 95 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

I think they explained it, the reason they could afford it was because Monica's grandmother lived there, and they've been paying 1950s rent because of rent control or something. Something similar for phoebe as well. Anyway show never explains how joey/chandler/Ross can afford those big houses.

[–] utnapishtim@sh.itjust.works 54 points 1 day ago

Hi, Chandler and joey'flat is not that big, it was actually the joke between characters often and Chandler had a good job anyway. Ross was good with money and his parents favourite so I think he got more money from them.

[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Also worth remembering that except for Phoebe. All the characters on the show grew up upper class. Like top 5% upper class.

Also Phoebe lived with her grandmother in a small apartment until her grandmother died and she got roomamates.

[–] Uruanna@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

They're not all upper class, Joey starts as a small background / ad actor, Rachel and Phoebe do small jobs like waitress and massages - Phoebe living in the street as a kid comes up a few times. (well, Rachel is born rich but she starts the series getting cut off and left with nothing - after she dumps her dad's credit cards she had) An episode has Joey, Phoebe, Rachel point out that they're poor and often out of a job so they complain that they aren't nearly as loaded as Chandler, Ross, Monica, and they have a hard time keeping up with their lifestyle. Also confirming Chandler, Ross, Monica are indeed well off. Later, Joey gets a good acting role, Rachel has a good job, and Phoebe gets a good place at some point.