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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
| − | + | In this comic Cueball wants a simple explanation so he asks Megan to "Explain it like I'm five". "Explain like I'm five" is a way of asking for a simpler explanation of some difficult topic. Megan applies this literally and talks to him as if he is a 5 year old child. Sarcastic simple explanations is a concept [[Randall]] has explored [[1133: Up Goer Five|previously]]. | |
| − | + | Megan tells Cueball that she is working on her {{w|Thesis|Thesis}}. A thesis consists of original research and generally deals with material that are difficult for the uninitiated to understand. Cueball anticipates that it will be difficult to understand, and asks her to "Explain like I'm five". Megan sarcastically treats Cueball as if he is an actual 5 year-old without his parents, expressing her concern that a 5 year-old is without any supervision. | |
| − | + | In the title text, Megan feigns concern that she will have to abandon her work to take care of this supposed lost child and takes this role-playing further by refusing refuses to respond to Cueball until he phrases his comments as a 5 year-old would. | |
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| + | "Explain it like I'm five" is inspired by, and apparently misquoted, the following line by {{w|Groucho Marx}} during his movie {{w|Duck Soup (1933 film)|Duck Soup}}. "''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.''"[http://muse.tau.ac.il/maslool/boidem/54groucho.html] | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/ Explain like I'm five subreddit.] | *[http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/ Explain like I'm five subreddit.] | ||
| − | *[http://www.freerangekids.com freerangekids.com] blog for and by parents who would rather have their kids asking math grad students questions than constantly reporting their geocoordinates | + | *[http://www.freerangekids.com freerangekids.com] blog for and by parents who would rather have their kids asking math grad students questions than constantly reporting their geocoordinates |
{{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:Scientific research]] | [[Category:Scientific research]] | ||
[[Category:Kids]] | [[Category:Kids]] | ||
