They like it because they think they are Rick and they're so fucking clueless that they don't get the not very subtle at all subtext about him. Rick is a fuckup who is absolutely miserable and in spite of what he says, it's not his intelligence that stops him functioning and developing interpersonal, genuine relationships with others. It's that he's a fundamentally selfish and lazy person.
It's Walter White all over again. Clueless pricks who can't get their heads around the concept that a protagonist may not be likeable or good. Same dumbfucks who probably wank off to STEM and ridicule the humanities subjects they so sorely need an education in.
They like it because they think they are Rick and they're so fucking clueless that they don't get the not very subtle at all subtext about him. Rick is a fuckup who is absolutely miserable and in spite of what he says, it's not his intelligence that stops him functioning and developing interpersonal, genuine relationships with others. It's that he's a fundamentally selfish and lazy person.
It's Walter White all over again. Clueless pricks who can't get their heads around the concept that a protagonist may not be likeable or good. Same dumbfucks who probably wank off to STEM and ridicule the humanities subjects they so sorely need an education in.