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Has ELI5 lost its literal meaning? What five-year-old would understand anything in this thread?
by Kiro 3y ago
Has ELI5 lost its literal meaning? What five-year-old would understand anything in this thread?
- krapp 3y agoIt was never meant to be taken literally, it's just an idiomatic way of asking that something be explained as simply as possible. An answer to OP's question targeted at a five year old level would likely be impossible given the subject matter, or else need to be so general and simplistic as to be useless on this forum of not actual five year olds.
- Izkata 3y agoThe current top comment managed it in a way that is actually useful: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35981106 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35981106
- krapp 3y agoI don't know. It's simple and straightforward, but still seems like it would go over the head of an actual five year old.