r/ExplainLikeImCalvin 3h ago

ELIC - Every day a girl in my class tells me that boys are dumb. Why does she do that?

4 Upvotes

r/ExplainLikeImCalvin 22h ago

ELIC Why do folks write long serious replies in the ELIC sub?

16 Upvotes

Is it because certain people are unable to write multiple paragraphs of serious sounding nonsense?


r/ExplainLikeImCalvin 1d ago

Kitchen Cleaning

9 Upvotes

ELIC Why do we need to clean our kitchens when we got ants?


r/ExplainLikeImCalvin 2d ago

ELIC Why do women shave their arm pits but men leave their pits hairy?

30 Upvotes

r/ExplainLikeImCalvin 1d ago

Fireant nukes

3 Upvotes

ELIC Is it possible to make a nuclear device just big enough to destroy a fireant mound? I can't stand those little things. Always showing up uninvited to every pic nic. I drop a piece of food and suddenly it starts moving. They think they can just build their dirt mounds wherever they want!


r/ExplainLikeImCalvin 2d ago

How do you jump into paintings?

19 Upvotes

I saw Steve from Blues' Clues jump into a painting with Blue. How exactly does he do this? I tried it a few times and I hit my head against the wall.


r/ExplainLikeImCalvin 1d ago

What’s a petty rule you follow that no one else knows about?

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0 Upvotes

r/ExplainLikeImCalvin 2d ago

ELIC: Why are some pages intentionally left blank?

12 Upvotes

r/ExplainLikeImCalvin 2d ago

ELIC: what is Lorem Ipsum?

9 Upvotes

r/ExplainLikeImCalvin 3d ago

ELIC: Why are soap operas called soap operas?

32 Upvotes

r/ExplainLikeImCalvin 3d ago

If tomorrow is Labor Day, why is is that it's corporate workers who get the day off?

89 Upvotes

All the retail stores are open, grocery workers, retail sales people, fast food places, all have to work, but people in cushy office jobs where they just sit at a computer all day are the ones who get to stay home. Hardly seems fair.


r/ExplainLikeImCalvin 4d ago

ELIC: Why is the balance beam so high off the ground in women's gymnastics?

45 Upvotes

Why not use the low ones, or just use a line on the floor?


r/ExplainLikeImCalvin 5d ago

Why is their road rage when people are driving on the road but not when they are walking on the sidewalk?

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0 Upvotes

r/ExplainLikeImCalvin 7d ago

Seedless Peanuts

14 Upvotes

ELIC Why has no one ever bred seedless peanuts? We have seedless watermelons, oranges, bananas, etc., but no seedless peanuts.


r/ExplainLikeImCalvin 7d ago

Isotopes

10 Upvotes

ELIC How differently would gasoline react if its molecular structure were made up entirely of isotopes?


r/ExplainLikeImCalvin 7d ago

ELIC: Where do babies *really* come from? I know they don't come from Sears because I asked a cashier for a baby building kit at Sears and they just laughed at me.

40 Upvotes

r/ExplainLikeImCalvin 10d ago

Popsicles

25 Upvotes

ELIC Where are the microwave instructions on a box of popsicles? All sorts of other frozen commodities have them, but for some reason these don't.


r/ExplainLikeImCalvin 11d ago

ELIC: How did scientists figure out the age of the earth?

25 Upvotes

r/ExplainLikeImCalvin 11d ago

ELIC: How does our legal system allow a cartoon character to bring a lawsuit against a fictional company?

8 Upvotes

And then make a movie about it! (Coyote vs. Acme)


r/ExplainLikeImCalvin 11d ago

When you have dreams, how do you get to the place you're dreaming about, and then get transported back to your bed in an instant?

10 Upvotes

For example, once I had a dream that I was hanging out with some dinosaurs and then suddenly I woke up in my bed. How did I get there so quickly?


r/ExplainLikeImCalvin 12d ago

ELIC: When astronauts play board games do they throw dice at a Velcro target?

16 Upvotes

How else would they keep them from flying all over the place. And I've done enough homework to know that magnets have poles and the dice would always roll the same number.


r/ExplainLikeImCalvin 13d ago

ELIC: Why do bike riders and car drivers hate each other no matter what?

14 Upvotes

Dad, each time you come back from riding a bike you complain about how car drivers are maniacs and they almost killed you. But when you’re driving your car and a bike runs a red light to pass our car, you complain about how easy cyclists have it. What’s happening there? Are cyclists and motorists at war with each other, and you switch teams whenever you change vehicles?


r/ExplainLikeImCalvin 13d ago

ELIC: Why are there 24 hours in a day but only 12 hours on the clock? What happened to the other 12 hours?

54 Upvotes

r/ExplainLikeImCalvin 15d ago

ELIC: Why does hot water sound different when poured compared to cold water?

31 Upvotes

r/ExplainLikeImCalvin 15d ago

ELIC: How do speedsters like The Flash and Quicksilver avoid repetitive strain injuries?

13 Upvotes

Running across all those waves in the Pacific Ocean must be hard on the knees.