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You're more along the archetypical path of ______ when it comes to the types of people you are drawn to love and drawn to conquer in life, and the echoes they have of your parents:

Kill father marry mother
54%
Kill father marry father
9.3%
Kill mother marry mother
14.7%
Kill mother marry father
22.1%

730 votesFinal results

5:37 PM · Apr 4, 2021

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TF

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Hey hey !!! I am no Oedipus 😒

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KMS

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What? I'm afraid I don't even vaguely understand this one.

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33

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wtf is this nonsense?

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Do we have to always use this particular myth? There are other ones. I like to think I'm the kind of person who'd get my liver eaten for all eternity. Is it pretentious?

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@THEStevenWolfe

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I *think* I understand what's implied here: You're drawn into conflict or pursuing individuals with similar traits to your parents, which path is accurate currently ... Am I close?

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Anthony Testani

@AnthonyTestani

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I mean, unless you awoken to the fact and moved on. But I’m not sure the same archetypal path applies to the female myth or heroine.

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incentiveincompatible

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Wonder what the gender breakdown is here