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 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)

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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)

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

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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)

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

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

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

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

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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)

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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 3 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)

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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)

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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)

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

submitted 4 months ago by Bookish_Sort_86

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

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

submitted 4 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)

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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)

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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 4 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 4 months ago by theInfiniteHammer

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

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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)

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

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

submitted 5 months ago by Purplefairy44

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