/r/explainlikeIAmA
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.
welcome
Comment: Explain [whatever the topic is] in [whatever the context is].
Post: Explain [whatever] like IAmA/You Are A [anything you want, literally anything, like so literally anything that you can say "nothing" like "the existentialist void" and that is completely acceptable].
Example: Explain how silly putty picks up ink from comics like IAMA Nigerian email scammer slowly falling in love with you.
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I kinda hope every question ends in "...like I am a stripper"
- jonnybegood
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I have adhd and autism so i often take things literally. I tried to search it up on Google but the results were really vague and confusing. Please be detailed as possible when answering.
"Hmmm, so these 20 sided stones control your fate, yes?"
I posted this on r/Japan and I got permanently banned, when I asked what rules I broke and how considering this would be my first strike why it was a permaban. They said that they have no patience for "low effort trolling" then muted me so that I could ask how it was trolling. I'll put what I posted that got me banned in the comments. Thanks in advance
I have heard some funny variations of this and I wanted to see what everyone else could come up with for a laugh.
Would love to see some explanations of technical and quantitative analysis too.
I’ll start. Two part format:
I am NOT “gambling on red and green dildos on a chart hoping for tendies”
I AM “allocating capital to securities and financial derivatives in an actively managed portfolio to generate alpha based on quantitative , technical and fundamentals analysis.”
Grog heard about Demon Core, what is Demon core?
Please????
Please anyone can do this please
The video in question is here:
It's about Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 but that's all I can really tell, and only as it says it under the video.. I was sent it by my friend as if I should understand something about it, like it's cool or stupid or something, but I know nothing (I mean nothing!) about multiplayer shooters, and I don't watch streaming, so I completely don't get it.
I don't want to reply to my friend and sound ignorant or stupid, so can someone please give me some pointers about what this video is? I want to be interested and able to talk to my friend about it.
What's the context? I think they win in the end, is that it? They had to do "THIS to win", is there some in joke I just don't get? I have zero understanding so any help is gratefully received.
Why the discrepancy between motor oil prices and oil change prices?
When you go to get your oil changed somewhere, it's around $24.99 for a regular/ conventional oil change, and $39.99 for semi synthetic and $59.99 for full synthetic, but when you purchase a 5qt plastic jug of oil the prices are more like $17.99 conventional, $19.99 semi, $25.99 full synthetic. So why the discrepancy in pricing structures? If you pay $24.99 for a regular oil change why isn't the full synthetic only a few more $ instead of double (or more) the price?
I tried posting this in ELI5 but it got taken down, but here is some additional context from that thread....
Let's make some numbers up, say conventional oil is wholesale $1 per quart, semi is $1.05, full is $1.25. The labor is the same rate no matter the oil type. So if the business needs $10 per service for labor to make a profit then the cost to the company (just for material and labor) assuming 5 quarts per service is $15 for conventional, $15.25 for semi, and $16.25 for full.
So at a cost to the consumer of $25/40/60 that is a "profit" (I know there are other business expenses) of $10/24.75/43.75. The scaling is way off, the labor doesn't increase due to the type of oil, only material cost changes.
Explain the "he shoots me i shoot you sequence". I am comfused as hell.