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It's Always Sunny presents itself as a workplace comedy about friends running a bar, but it's actually a sustained study in human awfulness. The show feels like watching terrible people make terrible decisions with zero self-awareness or growth. There's a specific discomfort that comes from laughing at characters who would be genuinely unpleasant to know in real life.

The experience is consistently uncomfortable in a deliberately crafted way. You're laughing at people who are racist, sexist, selfish, and delusional, often in the same conversation. The humor comes from their complete inability to recognize their own toxicity. It's cringe comedy that commits fully to never letting these characters become sympathetic or redeemable.

The show's strength is its commitment to moral bankruptcy. These aren't lovable losers—they're genuinely bad people whose schemes always backfire. The writing is sharp enough that you're laughing at the absurdity while feeling slightly guilty about it. Episodes often end with everyone worse off than they started, which becomes its own dark satisfaction.

The humor often relies on bigotry and offensive behavior as punchlines. If you need characters to show growth or basic decency, this will likely frustrate rather than entertain.