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Zach is a pure genius! He has his own way of discussing things. [s]spam link removed[/s]

[quote="AlixeTiir"]This probably isn't exactly the way intergenerational psychology works but that's what Zach thinks.[/quote]
Are you insinuating that Zach sometimes oversimplifies complex topics? The nerve!

Thanks for the explanation!

[quote="NeatNit"]Is there an ELI5 explanation of what "pendulum of neuroses" is?[/quote]

Your parents are weird. This is because of the way their parents (your grandparents) taught them, and because they [i]don't want[/i] you to be weird like them, they try to teach you in the [i]opposite[/i] way that your grandparents taught them. Because of that, you'll be weird in the [i]opposite[/i] way that your parents are. Then, because you'll be weird, you'll teach your kids in the opposite way your parents did, which is the way your grandparents taught them, so your kids will be weird in the way that your parents are weird now, which is the same way that your grandparents are weird.

This probably isn't exactly the way intergenerational psychology works but that's what Zach thinks.

Is there an ELI5 explanation of what "pendulum of neuroses" is?

https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/talk-3

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Zack will never have to give his kids the Talk. All he has to do is tell them to read SMBC and it's archives.