People who say HIMYM is a bad Friends copy should burn until they're just about saved, they recover but look like a burnt piece of bread and get bullied to the point of them wanting to commit suicide. 'FRIENDS' VS How I Met Your Mother to the death Casual Joey, Chandler, Ross, Monica, Rachael, and Phoebe VS Barney, Ted, Lily, Marshal, Tracy (The mother to make it 6v6), and Robin.

r/HIMYM: A subreddit for fans of the show How I Met Your Mother. Here's how Redditor badmanpuntedbaxter explained the similarities.

You see backwards and forwards, and sometimes both at the same time.

You kind of know the end of the story, and you're growing with the characters toward the end. Granted I don't watch a lot of Friends, but I think what sets How I Met Your Mother apart from other shows is the epic storytelling aspect. How I met your mother > Friends. Discussion of, pictures from, and anything else How I Met Your Mother related. They're basically the same show!