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We love all fan theories-who doesn't enjoy trying to wrap their brains around their favorite shows and proposed alternate realities, interconnections with other shows, or time-travel scenarios?-but there's one about Friends (https://www.yahoo.com/style/friends-theory-questions-real-203000283.html) that's currently blowing our minds. Obviously, we had to share with you, dear reader. Are you ready? Are you buckled in? Do you have a nice, cool glass of water... or perhaps something stronger? Because you're going to need it. But before we begin, a disclaimer: Of course, there have been a few Friends fan theories (https://www.yahoo.com/style/friends-fan-theory-makes-us-175524263.html) swapped around before. The One Where Friends Was a Fantasy by a Meth-Addicted Phoebe. The One Where Friends Was Just a Stage-Setter for Starbucks (which, like,

...so the theory is that because on the Season 4 DVD cover Rachel is the only one with her eyes open:

Maybe the whole series was a fantasy of Rachel's that she dreamt up while the others were unaware (hence the closed eyes)

OK.... I could've told you the whole thing wasn't real, but I think it was all just a fever dream of their neighbor Cosmo Kramer.

People sure love to read into things, don't they? :rolleyes:

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