re: Why does "How I met.." get love, but "The Big Bang..." gets hate?

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but a mean spirited audience.

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Meh. On that same token, are you not laughing at Joey on Friends, because he is an idiot? What about HIMYM? The only two characters I laugh with are Barney and Marshall. To a smaller extent, I sometimes laugh with the girls, but I am certainly not laughing with Ted. I'm laughing at him, because I find him to be a douche. I think you are laughing at people on most shows to a certain extent. I take BBT for what it is. A show to entertain me. I realize it's not breaking new ground, and I don't take it too seriously. As I said earlier, I'm a nerd, but it really doesn't bother me that you are laughing at and not with the characters.