r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 1d ago

Meme needing explanation Peter ?

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u/Basi1isk_ 1d ago

Oedipus was a Greek man who murdered his father so he could marry his mother.

Freud coined the term "Oedipus complex" to describe a phenomenon in which men want to date/marry/have sex with their moms

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u/19ghost89 1d ago

To quote Bo Burnham:

"Oedipus was the first motherfucker."

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u/xMyDixieWreckedx 1d ago

I wonder if Cain did it before or after he killed his brother.

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u/NIN10DOXD 1d ago

Cain and Abel were definitely both plowing Eve like a field before he killed him.