I thought it was a reference to how Britta was originally written to be the "straight man". I mean, her main role when the show began is to be Jeff's voice of reason.
Of course, now that Jeff's close enough to the group so that anyone can have that role when needed, Britta's role becomes less important. That's probably why she became more of a self-hating klutz in the later episodes.
Evil Abed, being the outside viewer of all of this, like the rest of us, is aware of this fact and tries to break her using it and her psychology aspirations.
I have my own vendetta against the psychology so I'm not sure my opinion is warranted. Evil Abed's statement about psychology is similar to my personal feelings about it. Don't get me wrong there are great, genuine psychologists. However, just like any field, it becomes over-saturated and competitive. It's no longer about its traditional core values. It's about getting a patient, diagnose 'em, and "treat" them by prescribing medication that has 20 side effects, and move on to the next patient
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We have seen in the past that Britta has a fear of not only not doing enough for others, but of not doing those things for the right reasons -- Pierce exploited that when he was messing with her from his hospital bed. I wouldn't say Evil Abed's comments were totally baseless, just that they fall less under the blanket of "things that are true" and "things that Britta fears are true."
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Of course, now that Jeff's close enough to the group so that anyone can have that role when needed, Britta's role becomes less important. That's probably why she became more of a self-hating klutz in the later episodes.
Evil Abed, being the outside viewer of all of this, like the rest of us, is aware of this fact and tries to break her using it and her psychology aspirations.
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We have seen in the past that Britta has a fear of not only not doing enough for others, but of not doing those things for the right reasons -- Pierce exploited that when he was messing with her from his hospital bed. I wouldn't say Evil Abed's comments were totally baseless, just that they fall less under the blanket of "things that are true" and "things that Britta fears are true."
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