I guess I know a lot of people whose lives are full of the things that this show portrays. Lots and lots of people are dealing with sexism and other stressors at work, police harassment, families that reject them for being queer, economic anxieties, depression, etc. I don't think I know anyone-- now or in my 20s-- who just drifted through life having birthday parties and obsessing about their dating lives to the exclusion of larger issues. Most shows seem to sanitize life to romantic concerns or major crimes/mystery-solving, but this show portrays the actual mid-sized things that people deal with.