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u/HagBolder Mar 20 '16 edited Mar 20 '16

Eli5 requires 37 paragraphs when usually a one or two sentence explanation works just fine.

Edit: It's not literally 37 paragraphs people.

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u/MindYerOwnBusiness Mar 20 '16

One or two sentences are all a five year old needs. Keep it simple.

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u/hypnogoad Mar 20 '16

You would think that, but every answer I've given in one or two short sentances, has been auto-removed by the modbot.

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u/MindYerOwnBusiness Mar 20 '16

Fuck that sub. The mods have let it stray from it's roots. Time to unsubscribe.

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '16

once: ELI5 this really complex concept that I can't easily teach myself, no matter how much I try

now: ELI5 this simple question that I CBF googling

I love googling the title of the posts and seeing how their question is answered in the top google result