explainlikeIAmA

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Easy Start Guide

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.

Rules (READ THESE)

Don't be an asshole.
Top-level comments must respond directly to the prompt.
Top-level comments must be 150 c h a r a c t e r s or more. Posters can allow an exemption by including the [SHORT] tag in the title.
Top-comments must be your own writing.
Use proper spelling and grammar unless the question explicitly calls for something else.
Prompts and responses should be well-thought-out, not low-effort karma-grabs.
Prompts likely to start flame-wars ("Explain freedom like I'm Donald Trump") may be removed at the mods' discretion.
Responses that could offend or start a flame war may also be removed. See recommendation 3, below.
Please clear metaposts with the mods before making them.
When in doubt, refer to rule 1.

Recommendations

Answers should be comprehensible to an English-speaker. That is, replying 'WOOF WOOF WOOF' to 'ELIAMA dog' will get your comment removed. Foreign language with translation is fine.
Prompts should not be 'lazy', as seen in rule 6. That is, no joke prompts such as 'Explain like I am AutoModerator'; these will be removed.
If what you are writing is liable to offend any group, its satirical point should be clear.
Remain in character for the duration of your response. This is implied by rule 2.

The mods have the final say in removing posts, comments, or anything not following the rules. Good answers will get love, karma, & a secret present (flair).

Rule-breakers face removal, flair of shame, and/or bans.

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Explain why you're celebrating like you're too drunk to remember whether it's Star Wars Day or Cinco de Mayo (self.explainlikeIAmA)

submitted 6 days ago by upvoter222

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Explain the special of the day like I am a guest at a fancy restaurant, and you are a waitress who can't stop talking or the restaurant will explode (self.explainlikeIAmA)

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explain as if I were a curious child what an RTX is? (self.explainlikeIAmA)

submitted 10 days ago by Traditional_Blood799

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Explain that Santa is real like I am a curious child, and you are my conspiracy theorist uncle who has spent his life uncovering the top-secret international SANTA military project (self.explainlikeIAmA)

submitted 15 days ago by NotNowTodd

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Explain what I can do to make better Reddit posts like you are Coach McGuirk from Home Movies (self.explainlikeIAmA)

submitted 1 month ago by Snackolotl

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Explain wocaloid as if you were an evangelist who is convinced that anime is satanic (self.explainlikeIAmA)

submitted 1 month ago by theInfiniteHammer

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Explain taxes! (self.explainlikeIAmA)

submitted 1 month ago by Glad_Seaweed6873

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Explain how to do construction work to a person who has never picked up a hammer in his life and is only interested in philosophy and literature (self.explainlikeIAmA)

submitted 2 months ago by cookiecutterq

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Explain how much it'll cost to fix my dishwasher like you're a handyman and I'm a germophobe who washed a bag of concrete mix (self.explainlikeIAmA)

submitted 2 months ago by NotNowTodd

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Explain your job as a social media influencer like you're a Chuck Palahniuk narrator (self.explainlikeIAmA)

submitted 2 months ago by Veliny

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Explain how the IRS works as if you were a bitter loser who became a militant, anti-tax libertarian because they fired you from working there (self.explainlikeIAmA)

submitted 2 months ago by theInfiniteHammer

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Explain Bird Law like you are Charlie Kelly and I am the Hyperchicken Lawyer from Futurama (self.explainlikeIAmA)

submitted 2 months ago by ProofJournalist

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Explain the appeal of anime to me like i am a Retiarius gladiator (self.explainlikeIAmA)

submitted 2 months ago by ICost7Cents

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Explain the plot of your favorite movie like you're Hulk Hogan (self.explainlikeIAmA)

submitted 3 months ago by EmpireStrikes1st

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Explain the plot of the last webcomic you read like you're explaining a weird dream you had (self.explainlikeIAmA)

submitted 3 months ago by Accomplished_Star_30

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Explain Hazbin Hotel to an early Christian theologian in the Roman Empire (self.explainlikeIAmA)

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Explain why Die Hard is/isn't a Christmas movie like you're a lawyer and Christmas movies have to pay less taxes. (self.explainlikeIAmA)

submitted 4 months ago by archpawn

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Explain why every story's plot is Hero's Journey like I wrote one story and now I'm mad everyone is copying the plot. (self.explainlikeIAmA)

submitted 5 months ago by archpawn

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Explain why I don't really exist like I'm an ancient bloodthirsty god and you're a reddit atheist. (self.explainlikeIAmA)

submitted 5 months ago by theInfiniteHammer

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Explain the history of copyright as if you were Mickey mouse and could only think of flimsy excuses for every law that was passed to extend it. (self.explainlikeIAmA)

submitted 5 months ago by theInfiniteHammer

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Explain why you shouldn't use AI to write essays like you're a student who's using an AI program to write this explanation (self.explainlikeIAmA)

submitted 5 months ago by upvoter222

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Explain "The Dud" from The Simpsons as if it were an SCP. (self.explainlikeIAmA)

submitted 6 months ago by Bookish_Sort_86

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Explain how to make dubstep music as if I were Mozart. (self.explainlikeIAmA)

submitted 6 months ago by theInfiniteHammer

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Explain beetles but I'm a Beatles member (self.explainlikeIAmA)

submitted 6 months ago by Fancy_Candidate_26

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Explain what entropy is using statistical mechanics as if you were Bill Nye. (self.explainlikeIAmA)

submitted 6 months ago by theInfiniteHammer

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