I am one of the absolute biggest fans of the decade-long TV series "Friends," and if you haven't watched the entire series, I highly recommend that you do. (Thanks to Netflix, I've watched the series more than once.) However, a few weeks ago, after finishing every season of "One Tree Hill", I set out looking for a new adventure to embark on like many of my other Netflix binging companions would have. I came across "How I Met Your Mother" and decided to watch it, thanks to constant nagging and raving by my friend. I'm currently in season five, and seriously frustrated that we haven't met their mother yet, but it took me about four seasons to make the following shocking revelations.

Do you remember that person who made that assumption that "Friends" was all in Pheobe's drug influenced head? Well, look it up kiddos because we're about to go on a trip all thanks to @strnks.

This post went viral and shocked the entire world, but I don't think our fellow fan is far off, according to the writer's of "How I Met Your Mother." The entire series of "Friends" was Phoebe's weird version of the lives of five friends that she shared with them, so "How I Met Your Mother" is the real version of Rachel's, Monica's, Ross's, Chandler's, and Joey's lives. However, this is the version with their real names in their real hangout spot: Robin, Lily, Ted, Marshall, and Barney all hang out at Mac-Laren's Bar.

Think about it. Robin and Ted are the real version of Ross and Rachel instead of Pheobe's intoxicated version. Marshall and Lily are Monica and Chandler, and Barney, of course, is Joey. Mac-Laren's is the real Central Perk because maybe drug addicted Pheobe didn't want all of her imaginary friends to have alcohol issues. Also, what originally was Ted, Marshall, and Lily's apartment is right above Mac-Laren's, and Monica and Rachel's apartment is directly above Central Perk. Later in the series, Robin and Barney end up dating for an awkward while just like Rachel and Joey dated.

Furthermore, "Friends" ended in 2004 and "How I Met Your Mother" first aired in 2005. This leads me to the implication that Pheobe eventually dies from her drug issues somewhere between 2004 when Rachel gets off the plane, and 2005 when Ted starts telling us how he met his wife. Pheobe's death means we have to move from her drug polluted day dreams to the real lives of the people constantly spending their money on cheap drinks in a popular downtown hangout in New York.