Kidding aside, it's just not my type of comedy - neither are The Office or Seinfeld if you'd like to use this fact to gauge my taste - but I can't deny the wide appeal of any of these shows.
Oh yeah nothing is for everyone, but the anti friends movement is really annoying. Like it is a product of it's time in terms of format and content. It's unlikely to resonate with people born after it ended.
Yeah - it's like Labyrinth or the Goonies. If you didn't watch them during their heyday (or grow up with them), they're just weird and annoying. But for a huge audience they're a comfort-watch.