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The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Funny: Home of the Haha@lemmy.world · 5 days ago

The Oedipus Complex

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The Oedipus Complex

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The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Funny: Home of the Haha@lemmy.world · 5 days ago
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  • MNByChoice@midwest.social
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    Everyone should reread the story. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Oedipus-Greek-mythology

    Dude didn’t know and was trying to be a great guy.

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      This source says he blinded himself, but did not kill himself. His mother killed herself though

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        yeah he shows up later in Antimoney to basically goof it up and be like “oh yeah nah this whole family is fucked because of some fucked shit. anyway, i’m here to be both wise and a goofass”

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          Assuming autocorrect got you, but for anyone that is trying to look up more info: the play name is Antigone.

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            Thanks!

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      I gonna be honest, its much more advisable to read some form of summary, because the original text is boring as hell, written in a very hard to understand style and is all in all a complete shithole.

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    • Øπ3ŕ@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      Whereas Freud was not

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        Freud was trying to be the best cokehead

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          It was a race. What did he win?

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