A banner in the Karaj, Iran, mourning the death of Matthew Perry

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image showing A banner in the Karaj, Iran, mourning the death of Matthew Perry

Bunchberry_Plant on November 5th, 2023 at 13:54 UTC »

For context, Friends is immensely popular among young Iranians. As someone who has been interacting with Iranians regularly for the past couple of years, scarcely anyone I meet isn't at least somewhat familiar with the show. For this reason, my social media last week was filled with posts from Iranians expressing their sadness to hear that Chandler had passed away.

MegatronRx on November 5th, 2023 at 15:03 UTC »

I’ve spoken to many non native English speakers that told me they watched Friends to improve their English.

Glittering-Muffin-59 on November 5th, 2023 at 15:46 UTC »

TRANSLATION -

“Happy soul Matthew Perry”, (this means a guy who always made people laugh and was positive) “Guys, make me halal” (this means I hope I haven’t offended anyone, so I’m on my way to paradise)