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[–] thatradomguy@lemmy.world 61 points 2 days ago (19 children)

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

[–] ansiz@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days 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.

[–] LeroyJenkins@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Ross wasn't a grad student though. he was a PhD researcher + professor. back in the 90s, that would've been a decent gig.

[–] ansiz@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I was under the impression Ross was still in a PhD program the first year, working at the museum seems like a gig for a PhD student. Worrying about the museum displays and stuff like that in season 1.

[–] odelik@lemmy.today 4 points 1 day ago

Nah, just your typical PhD paleontologist dinosaur nerd. The times they showed that side of Ross was probabaly some of the most realistic moments in the show.

[–] LeroyJenkins@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

nah there was a whole episode where people were banging next to where his dissertation was in the NYU library. he ends up banging a girl that was interested in his paper while policing the library next to his paper.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It wasn't (and still isn't) a decent gig as a young professor, especially not in a field where you can't bring in much grant money. Making even decent money in academia requires decades of seniority, and the really big bucks requires popular fame (a la Stephen Jay Gould) or enormous research grants that your institution gets to take 30% or 40% of.

[–] LeroyJenkins@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

nah back in the 90s, it was a pretty good gig. not rich rich. Ross wasn't rich rich either. but you made more money than your average Joe and society was way cheaper back then, even in new york. there were also way less phds, so there was higher demand and cost of education was way less. I dropped out of my program in the late 80s for a private sector job, but my friends that continued lived pretty decently.

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