The original post: /r/television by /u/[deleted] on 2025-01-20 21:58:25.
Honestly the title is pretty self explanatory.
I was eating in the same room as my mom watching “The Middle” and came to the realization that I hate sitcoms from the bottom of my heart. The way the family in that show acts was pretty similar to my family. So I started thinking about why people enjoy sitcoms so much, and came to the (unfounded, but I still think it’s valid) realization that people who don’t enjoy the time they spend with their family escape to enjoy the world’s fantasy families. Wasting hours watching fake families go through the process of conflict and the solutions they come to, while ignoring the conflict in your own home. Feeling fake emotions evoked by another person’s direction, avoiding real, complex emotions that come with relationships. Maybe that’s just a personal experience, maybe not. Gen Z escapes the world on their phones; ever since technology began to evolve, people get more and more scared of spending time in the real world and feeling real emotions. I like some sitcoms, but I can’t say that they’ve ever helped me in real life; I largely consider them a waste of time and an unhealthy coping mechanism.
Does anyone else feel the same?