I couldn’t connect at all with those series because of this.
omg * THEY’RE ffs
A lot of those shows have aged pretty badly in terms of what “struggling” looks like. The idea of a boring office job being some awful fate is also kinda dated.
At least shows like the Simpsons were self aware about this.
A boring office job is an awful fate, we should bring that perception back!
There’s a fair few people who would straight up murder someone for a boring, stable office job.
There’s a lot of starving children in Africa who would be ecstatic with a job that paid American minimum wage, that doesn’t mean anything.
genius IQ
Many studies show that having a higher intellect correlates with higher unhappiness. In many cases, the text of the show itself is explicitly about how Malcolm’s intellect either makes him a target or itself causes problems.
Someone who’s life is really not that bad whining because they think it’s terrible? That sounds pretty common to me, especially for suburban teenagers