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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | {{incomplete|The explain and the title text need some more rework.}} | |
− | + | This comic is mainly a reference to the highly popular subreddit [http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/ explain like im five], where upon posting or replying you are greeted by the text "ELI5 is not for literal five-year-olds." | |
− | + | Explain like I'm five is a way of asking for a simpler explanation of some difficult topic -- a variation of a "My Hobby" where the Hobby is to [[1133: Up Goer Five|simplify technical material]]. [[Cueball]] asks [[Megan]] for a simple explanation of the math in her thesis. Megan takes it literally by acting as if Cueball is an actual five year old. This is inspired (and apparently misquoted) by the [http://muse.tau.ac.il/maslool/boidem/54groucho.html famous quote] "''Why a four-year-old child could understand this report! Run out and find me a four-year-old child, I can't make head or tail of it''" (Groucho Marx, Duck Soup, 1933). | |
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+ | A five-year-old kid standing miles away from home without his parents talking to a strange woman is worrying, so Megan pretends to panic and asks where his parents are. | ||
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+ | The title text is a continuation of the conversation. When Cueball attempts to respond to Megan's questions, she asks him to also speak as if he is five. | ||
+ | :Megan: Am I taking care of you? I have a thesis to write! | ||
+ | :Cueball: My parents are at their house; you visited last-- | ||
+ | :Megan: No, no, explain like you're five. | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
− | *[http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/ | + | *[http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/ The "explain like I'm five" section on Reddit on which this comic was based.] |
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | ||
− | [[Category: | + | [[Category:My_Hobby]] |
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