10 How I Met Your Mother Jokes That Have NOT Aged Well
5. Casual Homophobia And Transphobia
After Marshall and Lilly get engaged, they decide to engage in more “mature” pastimes like wine tasting rather than their usual binge drinking. Barney wastes no time mocking them, quipping, “Who knew being in a committed heterosexual relationship could make a man so gay?” Cue the laugh track.
Then there’s who’s hot and who’s Scott, a game played by the gang in an attempt to differentiate trans women from cis women. According to Barney, it’s always the one in the turtleneck.
And the laugh track strikes again.