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[Rick and Morty] Why doesn't Rick ever explain things to Morty, or prepare him in any way for their adventures?

Even if I accepy Rick is a self-centered, abusive psychopath and bully who has no scruples about tormenting and belittling Morty for his own amusement, it seems like his inability to take mere moments to explain things to Morty would save him a lot of inconvenience.

"Morty's Mind Blowers" has plenty of good examples of Rick self-sabotaging through keeping Morty in the dark. The squirrels incident, for instance. Why would Rick not explain to Morty that listening to animals is a bad idea because the hyper intelligent squirrels could discover it? Or the leftmost light switch. Why not just say "pleasr hit the lightswitch on the left. The one on the right will kill some astronauts I have stashed in a storage locker on the moon"?

Rick has no issue wasting time chewing Morty out AFTER Morty's made a mistake that he had no way of knowing was a mistake. Is Rick really such a dick that he needs to intentionally set Morty up for failure so he can berate him, possibly at the cost of huge amounts of resources, time, and safety?
gpt
Rick is not nearly as smart as he portrays himself. Yes, he's smart in many areas, most of them are in science and technology. However, Rick often displays an alarming lack of self awareness, impulse control, foresight, and overall lacks the ability to see things from other's perspective. 

Rick doesn't think to tell Morty a lot of things, largely because it doesn't immediately occur to him that Morty doesn't know everything he knows. Another part of it is a sort of laziness on Rick's part, perhaps even a bizarre need for a scapegoat in the form of his grandson.