I enjoy After Hours over-analysis of pop culture cause it's clearly done for the sake of comedy. However, I can understand why someone might be sick of it since so many internet writers are taking their over-analysis seriously that it can be difficult to stomach the times when it's done for comedic purposes even when you know it's comedy.
As for the Friends being awful people, that's almost true for any sitcom. In order to create the wacky situations, characters have to go outside the bounds of what is socially acceptable behavior. Watching normal people living normal lives wouldn't be very entertaining. Sitcoms pretty much require people to pull pranks on their bosses and co-workers that would get you fired and/or arrested in real life. Even when they do cross a line, everything is back to normal at the end of the episode. They have to be over the top.
We've also raised the bar on just how terrible people have to be towards each other in sitcoms that Friends and Seinfeld are tame by comparison. You want some truly awful people, watch, "It's Always Sunny in Philladelphia." I love that show cause their actions actually have consequences.