The Office is not funny

[Caldari Ghost]

I started watching the office show recently and its nothing but people talking about boring trivial stuff and acting awkward. Their behavior doesnt make any sense and they seem to get upset over nothing all the time. How do people find this entertaining? Just people getting upset and acting super petty. And somehow this show seems to be super popular. Wtf is so interesting about it?

[Phénomènes Mystiques]

"The Office" is an interesting mixture of different genres. The show is not meant to be "funny" specifically, or bluntly funny, nor funny at all.

There is comedic relief but the show was not meant to be funny.

Both versions, US and UK, are not meant to be funny with one being more satirical than the other. Both shows, however, are supposed to be relatable and debatable.

There is a heavy-handed notion about how mirror opposites can unify as a team.

[GhostyOsty]

Jim Halpert After committing multiple felonies and ruining Dwight's Life. *looks at camera*

[Poyzo]

The Office doesn't have a laugh track to tell you when to laugh, so it's understandable why some folks don't like it.

[OoOoOoooOOoOoorgle]

It's popular among normies because most normies have settled for ♥♥♥♥ office jobs, and the show gives them lots to identify with and plenty of relationship drama. I'm not sure if any of the fans even like it for the humor; I never hear them talking about jokes - just who wanted to ♥♥♥♥ who and who got in the way.

Normies love relationship drama, I guess.

[Soap]

Messaggio originale di Caldari Ghost:

I started watching the office show recently and its nothing but people talking about boring trivial stuff and acting awkward. Their behavior doesnt make any sense and they seem to get upset over nothing all the time. How do people find this entertaining? Just people getting upset and acting super petty. And somehow this show seems to be super popular. Wtf is so interesting about it?

That's the problem with humor. If you don't get the jokes, you don't get to laugh at them. It's unclear why it doesn't make sense to you. Not really anywhere to go on that front without knowing more. Though at first glance I suspect the fact that they have character flaws isn't really the issue, as all well written characters have flaws.

It's an old, yet very popular show. So, there likely are people who've written about the humor of it. I suggest doing some research if you really want to understand it. There's actually a great variety of humor in the show. Perhaps even reading a short book that discusses humor on a general level would be helpful to understanding the show better.

Also worth noting that with many such shows, people who don't start with episode 1 have more trouble getting into a show or finding it funny.

[Duck Twacy]

Messaggio originale di Caldari Ghost:

I started watching the office show recently and its nothing but people talking about boring trivial stuff and acting awkward. Their behavior doesnt make any sense and they seem to get upset over nothing all the time. How do people find this entertaining? Just people getting upset and acting super petty. And somehow this show seems to be super popular. Wtf is so interesting about it?

Like most of TV today, it is a stupid show that shows people behaving crazy or irritating.

Before television and radio people with money used to go to the mental hospital to watch and laugh at the patients.

That's essentially what you're seeing today. And it's been like that since the Fox network got established in the late 80s, and the other networks and production companies followed the trend.

Before TV showed people you identified with who met with criminal or crazy people, and how they overcame those challenges. Now it's just strictly showing crazy people doing crazy and obnoxious things. TV always has been a waste of time, but never more so than now.

[Caldari Ghost]

Messaggio originale di Poyzo:

The Office doesn't have a laugh track to tell you when to laugh, so it's understandable why some folks don't like it.

uh but neither does stargate and i find that show funny. You could say the camera work in the office still has certain behaviors that function as visual laugh tracks too, so thats why i know the parts that are supposed to be funny but arent.

[Coinkydink]

It sounds like it is made for people who flow naturally with being corporate office drones all their life

[Delta]

Watching The Office made me fart so bad once....That is all.

[Bing Chilling]

nether is rick and morty but here we are.

[talemore]

I hope they make one about drones on train stations. You know people are basic when the model is standing still and never talk or be in crisis when someone is delayed to the train.

[Liquid Inc]

It's the definition of cringe...

Messaggio originale di Duck Twacy:

Like most of TV today, it is a stupid show that shows people behaving crazy or irritating.

It's made like that so you laugh *at* the actor themselves, not because of what they're doing or why.

Take Kenny Everrett's DIY man... You laugh because of the silliness of it, not at Kenny's acting. In The Office, the joke IS the actor.

[the vampire of time and memory]

lol people who don't get comedy really do cope a lot huh

[talemore]

The joke is the show. These actors need work and we provide them. Let the drones do what they best at.

The dog may watch the tv and see pictures moving but there's nothing funny about it.

You're basic. You the cog in the machine who is well oiled with grease in the hair.

[apathy]

Americans have a weird sense of humor.

They think Rick and Morty is still funny and relevant, and Bob's Burgers is somehow "hilarious".