Thats why Oedipus is a tragedy Its gives us the ability to make so many jokes But so few of them actually fully work
Right?!
The best kind of Oedipus joke would be like
Oedipus and his friends are sitting around one day and his friends start up on him like "Hey, dude, remember the time you married YOUR MOM?!"
Cause he only knew she was his mom in hindsight and that's what makes it hilarious.
And there could be a million wonderful Oedipus jokes based on hindsight but everyone who makes the Oedipus jokes is under the erroneous impression that he KNEW he was marrying and/or having sex with his mom.
LIKE IMAGINE OEDIPUS FINALLY LEARNING THAT HE MARRIED HIS MOM, AND THEN STARING INTO THE CAMERA AS LIKE "IRONSIDE" FROM KILL BILL OR "O FORTUNA" PLAYS IN THE BACKGROUND.
THAT SHIT'S HILARIOUS.















