“Good people get along and do good things and get credit for it” is not how you make a thrilling drama, lol. I would much rather watch an actor who is a sociopath play a character who is also a sociopath in House of Cards.

Lol. That would be such a boring TV show.

I’d be down to watch a dark comedy about kkk wizards.

Then we’d find another way to identify the top of the social heirarchy and watch shows about them

Holy shit dude, just tell your friends how you feel. Say “hey, I feel like we’ve been drifting apart the last few years, and I don’t like it. What’s up with that?” Then, go from there based on responses. It’s literally that simple.

Yep, very normal.

But I will point out this obvious fact: being normal FUCKING SUUUUCKS.

So yeah, if you wanna spend the next 30 years trying to make water cooler banter and polite "hello"s at the gym substitute for real human connection, sure, be normal.

But if you want to have a not-shitty life, then do what is necessary to preserve your existing relationships and cultivate new ones.

Right. Like, first of all, stop watching tv.

Second of all, there is tons of TV about normal people. Like, most of it.

Third, yes, the rich and powerful are overrepresented on tv. Why? Because people like to watch that shit. They know what their own lives are like, and they are boring - people want to watch a show that is interesting. Being rich and/or powerful is an easy way to make a story compelling, and gives writers an obvious way to make up ludicrous plot points.