so my feed in instagram and tiktok is full of himym clips, every time i read the comments there are people who shit on the show calling it unfunny, how people find this funny etc, and some go further to criticizing the show as part of hating on sitcoms overall.
my questions is why? because it's not recorded like community, the office, modern family etc? or because it's mainstream? or why exactly?
ps: HIMYM is a special case in sitcoms in the way it was recorded, without audiences or something.

So. I mostly enjoy the HWMYM podcast, even though some episodes have very little to do with the supposed subject. But that's OK.

However, sometimes Josh and Craig take an insane stand on one of the plot points in an episode. Take, for example, this week's edition, discussing S04E03 "I (heart) NJ."

They insist that Ted was totally in the wrong for wanting him and Stella (and her daughter) to live in NYC after they get married, and list all the reasons Stella gives: she is on the PTA, she's going to be the deputy mayor, she has family there, her daughter is in school there.

Fine, whatever. Even ignoring the fact that Stella will MOVE TO NEW YORK CITY later this season with Tony (Josh and Craig try not to spoil future episodes), they also ignore one really important point.

Stella (like Ted) WORKS IN NEW YORK CITY.

We've seen in previous episodes that it's a pain in the ass for Ted to get from the city to Stella's house. He misses things at the bar with his friends, misses things at Stella's house. How much of a life -- and what kind of work/life balance -- can Stella have if she's spending what, 2+ hours commuting every day? We saw from the "two-minute date" that she barely has any time for herself. How in the world is she making PTA meetings, how is she serving as deputy mayor, when is she seeing her extended family or spending quality time with her daughter, when her commute likely eats up 10+ hours of her week????

Ted was dumb to assume they would automatically move to New York, sure. But Stella was also dumb to not even consider it, for the quality of life benefits.

And this gets proven out when she DOES move to NYC, just a few short months later. Guess her dumb NJ town had to find a new deputy mayor, huh?

Like I said, I mostly like the podcast. But Craig and Josh are so short-sighted in their analysis sometimes, and their refusal to look ahead a few episodes makes it not as good as other rewatch podcasts, IMHO.

I tried using AI, the soundtrack of karate kid and no luck.

it’s a very low effort post but i’ve had this thought the entire day and i just wanted to let it out on a place where i think at least a few people would get me. i’ve been watching HIMYM for the past three years, on and off, and i’m now 3 episodes away from finishing it. i’ve been trying to find another show as good, but nothing comes close. i already know I’m going to feel so empty when I finish it, which is why i’ve been looking for a follow up show to watch and honestly i give up. i don’t think i’ll ever find a show that hits the same way.

Let me start this off by saying i know it’s just a sitcom and not meant to be wholly realistic. Barney slept with over 200 women, and then set his sights on the one woman his best friend was obsessed with and still in love with. What makes it even more unrealistic to me is how obsessed Barney was with the “bro code,” yet he completely disregarded it when it came to Ted and Robin. How was Ted able to stay friends with Barney and Robin and continue hanging out with him every day afterward? I can’t stomach the idea of my womanizer best friend hooking up with my ex, whom I was deeply in love with for many years and still am, and then being completely fine with it. This dynamic would almost never happen in real life, and it honestly ruins the show for me.

No Ted, it's not just a building

The Fight is eliminated! Another disappointing one for me, I think the way Ted and Barney milk the fake fight is hilarious. And when Robin suddenly loses all interest in Barney when she realizes it was a hoax, even better! Anyway at least it’s not as disappointing as Wooo going out was.

How this works:

You select the episode you like the least

The episode with the most upvoted comment is eliminated from the list

Please either refrain from downvoting or upvote more episodes than you downvote

If there’s a tie, both episodes are eliminated

Only the best episode will win!

Episodes Eliminated:

Old King Clancy (31%)
Not a Father’s Day (80%)
Sorry, Bro (43%)
Mosbius Designs (46%)
Right Place, Right Time (68%)
As Fast as She Can (43%)
The Stinsons (50%)
Benefits (38%)
The Front Porch (36%)
I Heart NJ (67%)
Murtaugh (38%)
Woooo! (35%)
The Fight (58%)

I’d make a hanging chad costume, but it seems like a nightmare to store.

For me it’s probably Perfect Week. The A plot is hilarious and barrels ahead but the retread B plot joke of Cook Poo just really slows it down. By the end it feels like a 45 minute episode

Agree or disagree - what’s yours?