why do you have a vendetta against him? he's not too bad. i liked him

You’re totally entitled to your own opinion. However, since you asked, I know Ross to be the worse human being since the creation of time because that phrase applies to people who:

are terrible friends: possibly my most hated Ross moment happens in 4.02 when Phoebe finds a cat that she believes is her mother reincarnated and Ross is a totally asshole about it. Believe what you want, but when your friend is clearly grieving over the loss of her mother, perhaps give being supportive instead of a condescending fuckboy a try. Or after the infamous Ross and Rachel we were on a break thing, he guilt trips the other friends for hanging out with Rachel. Breakups are shitty, but why he would drag their MUTUAL friends into the middle of it always baffled me

are judgmental: literally it never ends. It hasn’t been a Friends episode if Ross doesn’t make a condescending comment to at least someone. I dare you to find one. It can’t be done

make everything about themselves: it doesn’t matter what your issue is. It’s happened to Ross and it’s been worse. He is so egotistical it is almost impressive

are possessive/jealous: Mark, Pablo, any male that looks that any woman. In 2.16 Rachel feels the need to hide her plans to get a tattoo from Ross because he wouldn’t like it. Why Ross feels like he has the right to make any decisions about RACHEL’S body is beyond me. In 3.05 he makes a LAMINATED list of celebrities he would have sex with (they should be so lucky). Plus in 2.08 he writes the world’s grossest pro/con list about Julie and Rachel (HUMAN BEINGS) as if he was deciding what car to buy, not which woman to grace with his presence

are horrific boyfriends: well since you brought up Ross and Rachel, that relationship is the most toxic thing I have ever had the displeasure of seeing. The way Ross treats/yells at Rachel when she is getting ready for his gala in 3.02 gives me heart palpations. In 3.15 Ross is so grossly un-supportive of Rachel’s job at Bloomingdale’s, it’s laughable. She tells him that it “is the first time in [her] life [she’s] doing something [she] actually care[s] about.” His response? He is “tired of having a relationship with [her] answering machine.” Ahh, nothing like making your girlfriend feel guilty for being successful. And then, when Rachel stands up to him (you go gurl!) Ross has the gall to accuse her of cheating on him with Mark. Which, somewhat hypocritically, actually brings me to my next point…

are cheaters: Phoebe’s friend (the bald girl), Julie, and basically Emily all get cheated on by Ross (maybe even Rachel, but they were on a break so I’ll give Ross the benefit of the doubt on that one)

are sexist: in 9.06, Ross gets angry at Rachel when she hires a male nanny. He uses the phrase, “That’s like a woman being a…”. BEING WHAT ROSS. PLEASE FINISH THAT THOUGHT. In 3.04 Ross loses his mind when Ben opts to play with dolls (a girl toy) and basically forces his young son to confirm to gender norms with the G.I. Joe. Also, episode 3.01 The One With The Princess Leia Fantasy exists

are homophobic: Ross literally never once misses the opportunity to remind anyone listening that his ex-wife left him FOR A WOMAN. The fact he doesn’t see himself as having anything to do with why Carol left him speaks to how flawed of a character he is (never mind that she makes it super clear it wasn’t about her sexuality alone). On top of that he constantly belittles the importance of Susan’s and Carol’s relationship. In 1.02 when he, Carol, and Susan, are at the doctor for the sonogram, he literally tells Susan it’s “not her baby,” and that she “can’t be the mother of the child.” In the same episode he plays the “sperm card” implying he’s (or at least he thinks he is) more valuable in this situation.

Honestly, he acts like Carol’s acts lesbianism was something she choose to do to spite him

are shitty parents: he brings up Ben to win an argument or to avoid helping his friends move, like in 6.06. He basically uses his son solely a prop to suit his own needs. Which is actually for the best because when he does see his son, he spends his time explaining the whole we were on a break thing to the poor kid. And oh yeah, he does this to his daughter as well (way to shit talk your daughter’s mother Ross….)

are terrible siblings: Monica essentially grew up being verbally abused by her mother and I think it’s so tragic that her own brother continues this pattern of abuse into her adulthood. Ross constantly tries to undermine Monica successes, and never misses an opportunity to define her by her current or previous weight. Friends is pretty problematic with the ongoing “Monica used to be fat!” jokes anyways (but I mean it was the 90s and nothing is perfect), but Ross is by far the worst of them. He jokes about how she never had a boyfriend because FAT and how she threatened to sit on him (never mind that skinny Monica could still totally whoop Ross’ terrible ass). Any time he feels like he is losing an argument, he immediately brings up her weight. Aside from all of this, he is grossly unsupportive when Monica and Chandler start dating (which is why they try to hide it from him for so long I am sure)

In addition to all of this:

This list is by no means comprehensive or exhaustive. I think Ross is an extremely troubled human being. Granted, I do think a lot of his trust and self-esteem issues stem from his failed relationship with Carol. A lot of Ross’ personality deficits come from his own fear of his own crushing inadequacy. However, that doesn’t give him carte blanche to be shitty guy.

have you realized yet that they weren't even ON a break?? rachel said "a break from us" and ross gives her a dirty look, walks out, and slams the fuckin door. nothing was even discussed. he just left. and then later he just hangs up on her, again, without discussing anything. WHAT A CHILD!!!!!!!!!!!

no joke. this makes me furious. like the ross and rachel we were on a break thing is a rage trigger for me. if ross legitimately thought they were on a break, if he legitimately thought that hooking up with chloe (or as he so callously calls her, the copy girl) would not an be issue because he and rachel were no longer (temporarily or otherwise) together, then he simply wouldn’t have hidden it from rachel. someone who feels they are truly in the right wouldn’t bother to expend the engery to lie about it.

but he does.

he literally hides chloe from rachel behind the door the morning after. some would argue that this was a poorly thought out, spur of the moment decision, which happened only because he was trying to spare rachel (his ‘ex’) from an awkward enounter. i don’t buy this, but fine, whatever. 

but then. he spends the rest of the episode frantically racing around, doing everything in his power to stop rachel from finding out he slept with another woman. his deception is calcuated because, whether they were actually on a break or not, ross felt like what he did was wrong and he didn’t want rachel to find out. daresay, ross felt like he cheated and wanted to hide it. maybe ross felt like they weren’t actually on a break and he betrayed rachel.

so what. in ross’ perfect world, he gets away with his plan and he and rachel ‘get back together’ and she never finds out about his indiscretion?!

yikes.

ross is a scumbag, who knew, at the time, and the morning after that sleeping with someone other than rachel was not a cool thing to do. but he did it anyways and then spends 7 seaons whining because he got caught. 

i fucking hate that guy.

What Ross sees as a "con" of Rachel: too conceited, just a waitress, spoiled (i think) What Joey sees as "con" of Rachel: she made him switch to light mayo

joey is such a good friend! and honestly while rachel probably had his best interests (health) at heart, light mayo does leave something to be desired. omg can you imagine what a list of ross’ cons would look like:

pros:

WHO IS WORSE ross geller or ted mosby??? (i can't decide they're both pretty bad...drunk ross is funnier than drunk ted, but ted isn't quite as much of a *ross*.)

personally, i believe that ted mosby is a derivative of ross. ross was the ross of the 90s and ted the ross of the 2000s. characters like ted would never be allowed to exists, if we, as a society, had banded together and made it known that we despise everything about the original ross, ross. 

or, if ross derivates kept appearing in pop culture, it would be a more accurate portrayal, i.e. as the villain they truly are, instead of a nice guy who isn’t a sack of burning garbage who is terrible, but just a guy, trying to date a girl who doesn’t want to date them and the world is mean.