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You' re the anti-Paolo


Guys are advising Ross to go and make his move on Rachel, while she just got angry with Paolo. Joey:

- She's gotta know you' re everything he's not. You' re the anti-Paolo.
Chandler supports:
- My Catholic friend is right. She's distraught. You' re there for her.

Why is Chandler stressing out the fact that Joey is his "Catholic friend"? Does it have anything to do with Joey mentioning "anti-Paolo" combination?
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  1. Katia7 July 2011 at 00:52

    According to http://www.tv.com/friends/the-one-with-the-dozen-lasagnas/episode/356/summary.html?tag=ep_guide;summary

    Anti-Paolo was clearly a reference to the term Antichrist. Antichrist, translated from ancient Greek, literally means "opposite of Christ".

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  2. Triene22 April 2015 at 00:25

    Yes, "anti-" is a prefix used to mean the opposite of something. It's used without religious context in colloquial speech. But, the idea of the anti-christ is used in Catholicism moreso than in other flavors of Christianity, so Chandler seizes the confluence of his Catholic friend saying something is "anti" something else.

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  3. Cesar8 December 2018 at 10:57

    I think it's got more to do with the antipope rather than the Antichrist.

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