Explain Like Im Five (/c/explainlikeimfive)
Simple explanations of complex ideas using plain language and analogies. Evergreen topics only.
What is a balanced diet?
ELI5: On October 1st, 1957 my grandma's husband became a physicist overnight
How does the southern hemisphere get water if all the rivers flow into the ocean and the majority of them are in the northern hemisphere?
Why does my iPhone always take a picture of my face when I take a selfie?
ELI5: Why does anyone buy Apple products?
ELI5: What is the worst abuse of a badge anyone has ever heard of?
ELI5: Why did Netflix and Amazon go all in on their video game service, and why do they keep pumping money into it if it's not very popular?
Why do people like Jack Daniel’s?
How do flies buzz?
ELI5 ASCII ART
ELI5: how does anybody in the world believe Trump is still president?
ELI5: What is hate speech?
What if Earth is like one of those uncontacted tribes in South America, like the Yanomami, where all the aliens passed by and said "fuck that shit" and we just don't know?
ELI5: What's the deal with the Pope?
ELI5: What is Mastodon and why does everyone hate Twitter?
How does one ship a computer to someone else from the Apple website?
ELI5: Trump is being investigated for the crime of treason.
ELI5: How do you guys break down explanations?
ELI5: Why do the US always have (Neo) Nazis?
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