Everyone in the show seems to agree that she's the worst. Even Joey hates her, and Joey is basically an oversexed Italian-American puppy dog. Even worse, she actually cheats on our beloved Chandler in season three, which is pretty shitty thing to do. As viewers, we come to agree with the Friends (as I assume we all refer to the central characters) that she's deserving of hate. Seriously, that goddamn laugh.
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We're not totally on your side, Bing, but we get that part.
But when you get past her screeching responses to humor, Janice has never actually deserved our hatred. She's never been anything but kind to the Friends and she was willing to give Chandler a shot when he was literally openly saying how much he despised her and basically just using her for sex and as a fallback. She's also the only one who's consistently willing to laugh at his terrible jokes, but that just seems to make him more full of hatred. In one episode, she helps him pack his apartment and move, even though he's just lying to her. In another, she seeks comfort with Ross after their mutual divorces, and is treated like a garbage monster for sleeping with him ... even though she and Chandler hadn't been an item for a very long time. At Chandler's request. Because he wanted nothing to do with her.
And about that time she cheated on Chandler? She made out with her husband, who she was in the process of divorcing. They actually end up getting back together, which means that, if anyone is an intruding third party, it's Chandler.
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Yeah, joke your way out of adultery, Bing.
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