the combo of the screencap and the quoting of the line and the op being able to relate to the relationship between these too makes me a tad weepy--I MISS THIS SHOW and growing up watching it has always made me hope I'd have friends like this in high school (I didn't really lol but we had our own brand of fun so it was okay)

for some reason, I feel like I've known people who've disliked Eric so I can't say I'm completely surprised that you don't, OP! :O