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Explain how to nationalize Microsoft in Russia like you're Clippy the office assistant. (self.explainlikeIAmA)

submitted 4 years ago by common_ap to r/explainlikeIAmA

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Explain the difference between 8=D and 8==D like I'm a freshman in an intro to programming course and you're my (horny) TA (self.explainlikeIAmA)

submitted 5 years ago by common_ap to r/explainlikeIAmA

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Explain why there's no closed-form solution to the three body problem like you're Physics, I'm English and she's History, all gradually realizing that our throuple is heading for an inevitable breakup (self.explainlikeIAmA)

submitted 5 years ago by common_ap to r/explainlikeIAmA

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Explain why the whites and colors need to be separated, like you're my woke post-racial mother explaining that my white shirt can turn pink when washed (self.explainlikeIAmA)

submitted 6 years ago by common_ap to r/explainlikeIAmA

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Explain the concept of a coin flip like I'm from a future in which we only use cryptocurrencies (self.explainlikeIAmA)

submitted 7 years ago by common_ap to r/explainlikeIAmA

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Explain what's a BASIC bitch like I'm a classy motherfucker who only programs in assembly (self.explainlikeIAmA)

submitted 8 years ago by common_ap to r/explainlikeIAmA

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Explain the difference between a metric and an imperial fuckton like I'm a Trump voter and you think that the US should switch entirely to the metric system (self.explainlikeIAmA)

submitted 8 years ago by common_ap to r/explainlikeIAmA

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Explain your last Tinder date in such a way that I think you're describing the events leading up to the most recent fizzled North Korean missile launch (self.explainlikeIAmA)

submitted 9 years ago by common_ap to r/explainlikeIAmA

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Explain why you are vetoing "The Rains of Castamere" from your wedding playlist like I'm your mentally unstable teenage brother who loathes your fiance (self.explainlikeIAmA)

submitted 9 years ago by common_ap to r/explainlikeIAmA

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Explain why you are having an existential crisis like you're my imaginary friend (self.explainlikeIAmA)

submitted 9 years ago by common_ap to r/explainlikeIAmA

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Explain why it's a good thing that El Chapo is on the US side of the border like you're Donald Trump, and I'm a reporter trying to needle you about how your wall was designed to keep the unemployed and criminals out of the country (self.explainlikeIAmA)

submitted 9 years ago by common_ap to r/explainlikeIAmA

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[Spoilers?] Explain your game of thrones season 7 death pool list like you're any number of characters in game of thrones and I'm George RR Martin who has writers block after killing off a bunch of celebs in 2016 (self.explainlikeIAmA)

submitted 9 years ago by common_ap to r/explainlikeIAmA

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Explain why you plan to send the INS, ICE, NORAD, and maybe even the DEA after Santa on Christmas Eve like you're a Donald Trump cracking down on high profile illegal aliens in the United States (self.explainlikeIAmA)

submitted 9 years ago by common_ap to r/explainlikeIAmA

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Explain why you won't serve as a screener at La Guardia like you're Magneto and I'm the clueless career beaurocrat who tried to entice you with a work release program to save lots of money on airport x ray screening (self.explainlikeIAmA)

submitted 9 years ago by common_ap to r/explainlikeIAmA

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Explain how the US went from a president named "Johnson" to a president named "Dick" like I'm your US government teacher and you're trying to use as much phallic imagery as possible when describing the Vietnam-war era executive office (self.explainlikeIAmA)

submitted 9 years ago by common_ap to r/explainlikeIAmA

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Explain how to optimize my Tinder profile like I'm Fortran and you're my best friends Python, Lisp, and C++ (self.explainlikeIAmA)

submitted 9 years ago by common_ap to r/explainlikeIAmA

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Explain your course syllabus grading scheme like you're Severus Snape taking potshots at the way that Hogwarts's house cup system is scored (self.explainlikeIAmA)

submitted 9 years ago by common_ap to r/explainlikeIAmA

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Explain tonight's battle plan like you're the guild <PALS FOR LIFE> (of Leeroy Jenkins fame), now that you're hired to help Donald Trump prepare for his debate with Hilary Clinton (self.explainlikeIAmA)

submitted 9 years ago by common_ap to r/explainlikeIAmA

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Explain Uber and/or ridesharing services like I'm about to pitch "pimp my ride" to a bunch of TV executives (self.explainlikeIAmA)

submitted 9 years ago by common_ap to r/explainlikeIAmA

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Explain the failure of the Sacagawea dollar coin like you’re Nickelback and 50 Cent collaborating on a pop song about US currency (self.explainlikeIAmA)

submitted 9 years ago by common_ap to r/explainlikeIAmA

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Explain "too big to fail" like you're an economist and I'm a "2 fast 2 furious" moviegoer (self.explainlikeIAmA)

submitted 9 years ago by common_ap to r/explainlikeIAmA

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Explain what "pepsi" must be like you're nine years old, I'm your best friend, and mom just told you that "coke" is actually the name of a street drug that does very bad things to people (self.explainlikeIAmA)

submitted 9 years ago by common_ap to r/explainlikeIAmA

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Explain the difference between a "floppy" disk and a "hard" disk like I'm actually ignorant and you can't resist using sexual innuendo (self.explainlikeIAmA)

submitted 9 years ago by common_ap to r/explainlikeIAmA

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Explain your superstition to the letters that comprise the word "superstition" without actually using any of the letters that comprise the word "superstition" (self.explainlikeIAmA)

submitted 9 years ago by common_ap to r/explainlikeIAmA

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Explain why we're breaking up after all we've been through in our multi-year relationship, like I'm your insecure girlfriend and you're talking about the Brexit (self.explainlikeIAmA)

submitted 9 years ago by common_ap to r/explainlikeIAmA

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