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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | {{incomplete|The explain and the title text need some more rework.}} | |
− | + | "Explain like I'm five" is a way of asking for a simpler explanation of some difficult topic — a concept Randal has explored [[1133: Up Goer Five|previously]]. 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). | |
− | + | "Explain like I'm Five" is most notable on the highly popular subreddit [http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/ explain like im five], which incidentally bills itself as "not for literal five-year-olds." | |
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+ | As for the actual comic, Megan takes it literally by acting as if Cueball is an actual five year old. 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 literalism. 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/ 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]] | ||
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