I think Friends showed us what we most deeply desire - a life without concern for work where we spend most of our time with our loved ones at a Third Place away from home and work. I agree it is not literally realistic, but it could be viewed as aspirational.

Youtuber Andrewism made an excellent video about the Third Place last week that explains what various thinkers have written about these places, and considers how we might bring them back: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MD_CMrCpBMc