• theedqueen@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    A similar problem would happen on r/ELI5 that drove me nuts. Originally the kinds of questions you were supposed to ask were things like “the origins of the Gulf war” or “the rules on how to play poker”. But instead there were too many questions that were like “what’s going on in my stomach when it growls”.

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      5 months ago

      “Can someone explain [complicated geopolitical conflict] to me like I’m 5?” were my least favorite. At least pretend you tried to get the answer yourself

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        5 months ago

        There should be a rule where someone actually has to explain it as if they were explaining it to a 5-year-old.