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Substantial-Dust4417 t1_jdjy8fl wrote

Reply to comment by throwtheclownaway20 in Who’s a bad character in a good TV show by Helloimafanoffiction

>who just happened to have enough self-awareness to groom himself, hold a conversation, etc. without being instantly repellant to women.

Remember everything is told from Ted's perspective. What you're seeing is Ted's version of events.

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throwtheclownaway20 t1_jdjyhag wrote

And he's still an asshole! I shudder to think what his life was really like

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Substantial-Dust4417 t1_jdjyzga wrote

The writers did kind of nod to that a few times, like when Lily and Marshal mention how obnoxious Ted was in college and Ted goes into complete denial mode only to eventually realise it was true.

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