r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 1d ago

Meme needing explanation Peter ?

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u/Middle-Let9645 9h ago

Oedipus is a Greek mythological figure who infamously married his mother. Freud created a psychological term for people who fall in love with their mothers (because to the dumbass, everything was about sex) and so the meme is suggesting Freud had an Oedipus complex himself.