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As ELI5s go, this seems not well-targeted at 5-year-olds :)

• nindalf 11y ago
  As is pointed out repeatedly on /r/ELI5, the explanation doesn't need to be for literal 5 year olds.
  • emdd 11y ago
    Correct. It's not literal, and I didn't mean it literally (I don't think anyone actually does). I would probably have not been happy if that was the only type of answer. Maybe, we will say ELI16? Kidding. No, don't do that.
  • skj 11y ago
    I'm aware, but I felt like shykes was simply repeating the copy from the blog post without actually breaking it down into simpler pieces. A sibling post did much better.