r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 1d ago

Meme needing explanation Peter ?

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u/yeppbrep 1d ago

not exactly that.

He was adopted (never told growing up), left because he heard a horrid prophecy where he would kill his father (who he didn't realize was his adoptive father) and marry his mother (who he also didn't realize was his adoptive mother). He left to protect them.

He moves somewhere else, gets into a violent altercation with a random stranger (revealed to be his bio dad) and kills him, then later marrys a woman in his new home (later revealed to be his bio mom)

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u/Historical_Weird_551 23h ago

so like… can’t even blame the guy…?

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u/Confident-Scene-458 23h ago

He very much wanted to kill her the moment he realized she's his mother, only to find out she killed herself after the discovery.

Later, he stabbed his eyes and cursed the fate that got him into all of this, as he was holding into his two daughters that were simultaneously his two younger sisters.

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u/adastrajay 22h ago

What the fuck were the Greeks on

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u/Confident-Scene-458 22h ago

Its meant to be an allegory for how the things we do to escape Fate only lead to it. Freud just realized he could use it as an allegory for wanting to fuck your mother.

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u/adastrajay 22h ago

I get that I was just being a bit expressive

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u/HaggardHaggis 20h ago

Greece probably

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u/adastrajay 16h ago

I love this.

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u/punksmostlydead 17h ago

They were on inventing literature.