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r/explainlikeIAmA

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~~If you are anything BUT 5 years old, and you're confused by something, this is the place for you.~~

Now that /r/eli5 clarified that they want simple explanations, (fake) 5-YEAR-OLDS ARE NOW WELCOME TO THE SUBREDDIT. But not in a creepy way.

Notice: This subreddit is not actively monitored, so the posts here are only a small subset of what exists on reddit.

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to r/explainlikeIAmA by partykiller999
8 months ago
Explain the difference between C++ and C# like I am an 80 year old woman who has never understood new technology and refuses to learn anything about it
to r/explainlikeIAmA by chartreuse_chimay
8 months ago
Explain why I need to wear all my gear all the time like I'm a min/max D&D player and you're a motorcycle safety instructor.
to r/explainlikeIAmA by chartreuse_chimay
8 months ago
Explain "yeet" and "Kobe" like I am the Dragonborn trying to learn new shouts.
to r/explainlikeIAmA by podaudio
8 months ago
Explain the entire plot of Breaking Bad like I am a 6-year-old boy.
to r/explainlikeIAmA by IqtaKadabra
7 months ago
Explain touhou to me like I'm a drunk Japanese man
in Japan
to r/explainlikeIAmA by bhamv
7 months ago
Explain why splitting up in this dark, spooky forest is a good plan, like I'm your fellow teenaged campers, and you're actually the murderer planning on killing us one by one
to r/explainlikeIAmA by bhamv
7 months ago
Explain all the things that make Rick and Morty great like you are Phillip J. Fry, and I am the other Planet Express employees who don't quite get why you like it
to r/explainlikeIAmA by xANDREWx12x
9 months ago
Explain why I cannot start arching Superman like I am an overly enthusiastic Doc Ock that has just killed Spiderman and you are the Mighty Monarch
to r/explainlikeIAmA by bhamv
7 months ago
Explain the setting of Westeros like you're pitching it to Bethesda Softworks to be the setting of their next open-world game.
to r/explainlikeIAmA by Namagem
8 months ago
Explain formal logic like I'm Calvin and you're my dad
to r/explainlikeIAmA by chartreuse_chimay
8 months ago
Explain your pitch for a water conservation PSA like I am a PBS executive and you are Dan Harmon.
to r/explainlikeIAmA by Namagem
8 months ago
Explain "Death of the Author" like you're a critic applying explanations to my work that I never intended, and I'm an annoyed Edgar Allan Poe
to r/explainlikeIAmA by TheCat5001
7 months ago
Explain why I haven't been taken to see the US president yet like I am an extraterrestial visitor who has studied Earth media enough to understand this is the way aliens are properly greeted.
to r/explainlikeIAmA by chartreuse_chimay
8 months ago
Explain the plot of your pilot episode of "Hulk's M. A. S. H." like I am a drunk Fox exeuctive.
to r/explainlikeIAmA by Namagem
8 months ago
Explain portal like I'm a theoretical physicist trying to explain to you that it's not really possible.
to r/explainlikeIAmA by Namagem
8 months ago
Explain Pokemon like I'm your grandma who's playing along and pretending to get it
to r/explainlikeIAmA by bhamv
7 months ago
Explain the phenomenon of exploding Galaxy Note 7s like you're Dr. Harleen Quinzel gradually transforming into Harley Quinn
to r/explainlikeIAmA by Namagem
8 months ago
Explain the events of the New Testament like I'm Odin.
to r/explainlikeIAmA by Dmunman
1 year ago
What is the reason for humans to go to mars?
to r/explainlikeIAmA by simplyread
4 months ago
Explain why Trump thinks adding "it's true" after every statement makes something a fact like you're Tom Cruise and I'm Stephen Hawking
to r/explainlikeIAmA by bhamv
7 months ago
Explain Pokemon Go like you are Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth and I am your Planet Express employees
to r/explainlikeIAmA by xANDREWx12x
9 months ago
Explain why I should join the Guild of Calamitous Intent like you are Dr. Girlfriend and I am Doc. Ock
to r/explainlikeIAmA by bhamv
7 months ago
Explain Batman's rogues gallery like you're a tour guide giving a guided tour of Arkham Asylum
to r/explainlikeIAmA by bhamv
7 months ago
Explain Leicester City's miracle season like you're an episode of Honest Trailers
to r/explainlikeIAmA by bhamv
7 months ago
Explain the fundamentals of archery like your entire body of knowledge regarding archery comes from Skyrim