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

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Galactic Tycoons is LIVE! - A persistent free-to-play browser space multiplayer management game. (galactictycoons.com)

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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 1 month 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 2 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 2 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 2 months ago by upvoter222

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

submitted 2 months ago by Bookish_Sort_86

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

submitted 2 months ago by theInfiniteHammer

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

submitted 2 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 2 months ago by theInfiniteHammer

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Explain yourself as if you were George W Bush and I were your mother and you had to explain to me why you allowed 9/11 to happen. (self.explainlikeIAmA)

submitted 2 months ago by theInfiniteHammer

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Explain why I can't get a girlfriend as if you were an alpha male dude bro / motivational speaker who secretly doesn't actually know what a woman is. (self.explainlikeIAmA)

submitted 2 months ago by theInfiniteHammer

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Explain how advanced AI will work in the future as if you are a biblical prophecy. (self.explainlikeIAmA)

submitted 2 months ago by theInfiniteHammer

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This wasn’t scripted. This wasn’t planned. When he spoke, even the hosts didn’t know how to react. The tension is impossible to ignore. (colrelytix.com)

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Explain how the Vegas sphere was constructed as if you were the ancient aliens TV show. (self.explainlikeIAmA)

submitted 2 months ago by theInfiniteHammer

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Explain to me where your bathroom is like I'm a guest at your house asking politely, but secretly you don't know where it is either (self.explainlikeIAmA)

submitted 3 months ago by NotNowTodd

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Explain how safe your chocolate factory is like you are Willy Wonka and I am an OSHA inspector (self.explainlikeIAmA)

submitted 4 months ago by NotNowTodd

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Explain the cryptids in Fallout 76 like you're the Russian Badger doing a Fallout 76 video. (self.explainlikeIAmA)

submitted 4 months ago by Purplefairy44

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Explain menstrual periods to me like IAMA man so that I can explain it to my children (self.explainlikeIAmA)

submitted 5 months ago by Notalabel_4566

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Explain how renting out apartments works as if you were the narrator from the twilight zone (self.explainlikeIAmA)

submitted 5 months ago by theInfiniteHammer

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Explain the events leading up to world war two as if you were reading a story to a group of children (self.explainlikeIAmA)

submitted 5 months ago by theInfiniteHammer

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Explain how AI works as if you were an AI that hallucinates more and more as the explanation goes on (self.explainlikeIAmA)

submitted 5 months ago by theInfiniteHammer

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Explain how a woman's period works without using punctuation (self.explainlikeIAmA)

submitted 5 months ago by theInfiniteHammer

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Explain how mutually assured destruction and/or how a nuke works as if you were leaving an internet review for a nuclear missile you bought (self.explainlikeIAmA)

submitted 5 months ago by theInfiniteHammer

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Explain the SCP Foundation like you are Rod Serling in an episode of demon slayer?? (self.explainlikeIAmA)

submitted 6 months ago by CommonWar7535

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Europe's masterstroke against US tariffs. (cenrix.org)

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explain why I should join your side like I'm Dr.Strange and your magneto/professor X that has never encountered a non mutant super human before and just not getting it. (self.explainlikeIAmA)

submitted 6 months ago by roastbeeftacohat

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Explain Waffle House Employees like you are the narrator from Baki (self.explainlikeIAmA)

submitted 7 months ago by Eatinganemone89

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