> live in a big house
> three teenage boys crammed into one small bedroom
Nah I think they were definitely struggling a bit.
There’s a few episodes that actively showed gow much they struggle. Like one of their biggest vacations is going to a waterpark in a car that has the heater on full blast so it doesn’t cook the engine. They only eat super cheap food and mystery meat. They lived in a camper because they could barely afford to get termites removed. Hal has no money to go to a dentist. As soon as hal lost his job they are cooked. They lived paycheck to absolute paycheck. They never pay all their bills. I would say they struggled a lot. They struggled more than al bundy.
In the Flashback episode it is noted their house is smaller then their previous apartment. It also shows how they went from comfortable/upscale living to cheaper conditions with each additional child, specifically stating they had less money with each birth.
His mother is fucking abusive, that’s why.
And completely unhinged. One child joined the military to escape her. She tracked him down, charmed military personnel, and went to drag him home
That is TERRIFYING! And the family starts to dig themselves out of a hole when Hal can’t have sex, but oh no! That means he’s happy and she’s DENIED! She seduces him until he caves. She’d rather have power than stability for her and her family
There was an episode where Lois got orthotics for her shoes and became a whole new person, nicer, happier. Hal couldn’t stand that she didn’t need foot rubs anymore and sabotaged them, condemning her to a life of pain so his codependent ass could feel needed. That whole family was fucked up.
Cripes, doomed by foot fetish
And his dad is a meth dealer
Nah that was just a dream, remember?
Isn’t that Breaking Bad?
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
Anon is such a sperglord that they dont understand that all experiences are subjective. Also that its a prime time sitcom.
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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!
For you. I miss it, it was calm, the schedule was never a surprise and I never had to do 4 other people’s jobs because half the building calls off every other day. There’s far worse than office jobs, and it’s called retail.
There’s a fair few people who would straight up murder someone for a boring, stable office job.
After a few years in a boring job they’ll be ready to kill again.
