How I Met Your Mother aged even faster than the average sitcom, but it’s still worth watching today. Comedy notoriously ages faster than any other genre. An old horror movie from the ‘60s or ‘70s might feel a lot slower than a horror movie that came out this year, but it’ll still creep an audience out.

But comedy is different. There have been timeless comedies whose absurdism transcends the period in which they were produced, from The Naked Gun to Monty Python and the Holy Grail . But for the most part, since humor often relies on contemporary reference points and comedy is intrinsically tied to the social climate it was made in, comedies usually age badly.

Even by the usual standards, How I Met Your Mother aged really quickly, partly because there’s been a massive social up

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