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ELI5: How social media manipulates you | pia50l | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Subjective/Speculative) | [removed] |
ELI5: What is the reason for people throwing shoes over telephone lines? | pib1z8 | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Subjective/Speculative) | [removed] |
ELI5: Looking for a portable DVD player. Why are they all made by random, no-name companies? | pibcq9 | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Business/Group/Individual Motivation) | [removed] |
ELI5: With unemployment benefits ending in the US, will the labor shortage end? | picmc2 | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Subjective/Speculative) | [removed] |
ELI5: What is the sound barrier and what happens when it’s broken? | picz4g | false | explainlikeimfive | Earth Science | [removed] |
ELI5: Why do prepared frozen foods and meals have so much sodium if the freezing process already preserves the food? | picz7i | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Business/Group/Individual Motivation) | [removed] |
ELI5 …Do specific pain killers for areas of the body work better than general painkillers? | pifjk2 | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Straightforward) | [removed] |
ELI5: why is it, when laying down mosquitos always come and sit on your face | pifmay | false | explainlikeimfive | R6 (Loaded/False Premise) | [removed] |
ELI5: Roth IRA/Traditional IRA/Simple IRA | pihnlj | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Narrow/Personal) | [removed] |
ELI5: Why does laughing seem to make you physically more weak? | pikjkb | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Subjective/Speculative) | [removed] |
ELI5 What event determined victory for the Allies in WWII? | pinhat | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Straightforward) | [removed] |
ELI5: How can the Texas abortion ban actually work? | pir515 | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Legal) | [removed] |
Eli5: The Sun is supposedly thunderously loud…..how can we hear this through the vacuum of space? | piu30h | false | explainlikeimfive | R6 (Loaded/False Premise) | [removed] |
ELI5: Is it healthy to drink water and only drink water forever? No juices, beverages, etc. | piuueu | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Straightforward) | [removed] |
ELI5: Why don't rivers and lakes just soak into the ground? | piwr8a | false | explainlikeimfive | Earth Science | [removed] |
Eli5 lawn striping | piwrby | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Straightforward) | [removed] |
ELI5: What is the difference between commercial use and trademark use? | pj0fga | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Legal) | [removed] |
ELI5: What is a introvert and a extrovert? | pj16o3 | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Straightforward) | [removed] |
Eli5 Why can we (in certain times) feel when something is off but cannot exactly (or at least somewhat close enough) point out what it is? | pj1t97 | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Subjective/Speculative) | [removed] |
ELI5: If an object was truly 2-dimensional, would we be able to see it? Could we touch it? Wouldn’t it theoretically be the smoothest surface ever? | pj6hmc | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Hypothetical) | [removed] |
ELI5: How does a car's engine actually work? | xvaw5r | false | explainlikeimfive | R7 (Search First) | null |
ELI5: In movies editing, when changing from a scene to another, why is the sound of the new scene often edited to start a couple seconds before the image changes? | xvfz2b | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Business/Group/Individual Motivation) | null |
ELI5: What is happening with Credit Suisse and why is it a big deal? | xvnjfh | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Recent/Current Events) | null |
ELI5: Why are brand name prescriptions still $100 or more for drugs with $10 generics available? | xvsq56 | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Business/Group/Individual Motivation) | null |
ELI5: How does precipitation work. | xvsykt | false | explainlikeimfive | Planetary Science | null |
ELI5: What exactly is a headache? | xw7xg0 | false | explainlikeimfive | R7 (Search First) | null |
ELI5: What is the difference between La Niña and El Niño | xvr2xt | false | explainlikeimfive | Planetary Science | [deleted] |
eli5: Why is the coldest place in the universe the Boomerang Nebula, why isn’t it a void in space? | xvv7pb | false | explainlikeimfive | Planetary Science | [deleted] |
ELI5: How were the pyramids constructed? | xvdwt9 | false | explainlikeimfive | R7 (Search First) | [removed] |
ELI5: How do goosebumps warm you? | xvfcri | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Narrow/Personal) | [removed] |
ELI5 How do game developers come up with complex formulae to be used for their games? | xvh1pd | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Subjective/Speculative) | [removed] |
eli5: Why are certain costs like housing (rent or mortgage) not taken care of before tax, like healthcare? | xvjkmo | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Business/Group/Individual Motivation) | [removed] |
ELI5: Why is it so difficult for a nation to build nuclear weapons? | xvuf0l | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Whole topic) | [removed] |
ELI5: why do people want to be “wolves” instead of thr “sheep,” yet nobody wants to be Little Red Riding Hood? | xvvb0c | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Subjective/Speculative) | [removed] |
ELI5 What should I do to be able to make/pronounce nasal vowels(nasal sounds) as in languages like french or portuguese? | xvxbtd | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Narrow/Personal) | [removed] |
ELI5: What is the u-turn Liz Truss has done that people are currently not happy with and what implications does this have on the UK? | xw5n4f | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Recent/Current Events) | [removed] |
Eli5: Flat Earthers, why have none of your richer members taken a boat on a tour around the 200ft high game of thrones ice wall that is Antarctica? | lalwm3 | false | explainlikeimfive | Earth Science | [removed] |
ELI5: Why is your body able to get so warm when you're asleep, but not when you're awake? | lapwev | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Narrow/Personal) | [removed] |
ELI5 how do firefighters earn? | lar9nu | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Subjective/Speculative) | [removed] |
ELI5: The day you stop racing, is the day you win the race. | lazgzb | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Narrow/Personal) | [removed] |
Eli5 about Lysosomes! As basic as you can! | lb3qn9 | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Subjective/Speculative) | [removed] |
ELI5: Can I run out of cum? | lay1vu | true | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Straigthtforward) | [removed] |
ELI5 How come when some airplanes fly by they leave the white streak of smoke and others dont?! | mfvz83 | false | explainlikeimfive | Earth Science | I work outside and i just saw two planes fly toward each other at different elevations and one had the white streak and the other did not? |
ELI5 How De We Know What Dinosaurs REALLY Looked Like? Why has/is what Dinosaurs Looked like been changed/disputed ? | mg787d | false | explainlikeimfive | Earth Science | [deleted] |
eli5: What is a black hole? | mfx1b9 | false | explainlikeimfive | Earth Science | [removed] |
eli5 If water is a conductor of electricity, then whenever lightning happens, does the water around the lightning bolt get electrified? If not, why? | mfxdhu | false | explainlikeimfive | R7 (Search First) | [removed] |
ELI5: Reproducing someone's fair use content? still fair use w/ permission? | mg2o90 | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Legal) | [removed] |
ELI5 What's a CD (Certificate of deposit)? | mg3ark | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Straightforward) | [removed] |
ELI5 Whats the difference between AC and DC | mg6i6d | false | explainlikeimfive | R7 (Search First) | [removed] |
ELI5: What do you call sometime who doesn't believe in the idea of community? | mgcxxh | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Straigthtforward) | [removed] |
ELI5: Why do sandwiches taste so much better cut diagonally versus cut rectangularly or uncut? | mggu6e | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Subjective/Speculative) | [removed] |
ELI5: How does a desert oasis form? | mghbsf | false | explainlikeimfive | Earth Science | [removed] |
ELI5 How come men in hentai are circumcised while Japan does not circumcise? | mghxr8 | true | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Subjective/Speculative) | [removed] |
ELI5: how come my car gas tank holds less gas? | weemtc | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Narrow/Personal) | [removed] |
eli5: Bank vs Credit Union: What do I pick? | wehgzf | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Subjective/Speculative) | [removed] |
ELI5- how have we not found a way to eradicate mosquitoes yet? | wejus5 | false | explainlikeimfive | R7 (Search First) | [removed] |
Eli5 Why is it so hard to cure mental illnesses? Most brains can heal their own body wounds, so why does the brain not heal its own wounds? Or does the brain not register mental illnesses as a something that needs curing? | wels8a | false | explainlikeimfive | R6 (Loaded/False Premise) | [removed] |
eli5: does inflation make paying off debt easier? | weoxdb | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Narrow) | [removed] |
ELI5 Why are forks curved? | wetiss | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Narrow) | [removed] |
ELI5 : how was capitol attack of Jan 6 able to be so successful in making everyone run for thier lives, despite America having the most militarized police and having swat teams on standby at all times? | weulvt | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Recent/Current Events) | [removed] |
[ELI5] How do people in USA pay those insane medical bills? | wexcd7 | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Narrow/Personal) | [removed] |
ELI5: How is universal healthcare any different than the way we already fund the fire department or the police? | wextet | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Religion/Politics) | [removed] |
ELI5: Does Saul Goodman have DID? | weztaj | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Fiction) | [removed] |
ELI5: What shapes our handwriting and can it be changed? | bxmppr | false | explainlikeimfive | Psychology | [removed] |
Eli5: Genuine question- How are the tops of mountains snowy if they’re above the clouds? | 10yfzea | false | explainlikeimfive | Planetary Science | null |
ELI5: What is Chat GPT and why is it so important? | 10yv7io | false | explainlikeimfive | R7 (Search First) | null |
ELI5: Why is it said that you get colds and flus from cold weather if those are viral infections? How exactly does it correlate? | 10z2aee | false | explainlikeimfive | R7 (Search First) | null |
Eli5: Of the primary colors are Red, Blue and Yellow, why are LED lights always RGB (Red, Green, Blue)? | 10z49o8 | false | explainlikeimfive | R6 (Loaded/False Premise) R7 (Search First) | null |
ELi5: I understand trans people, that are m/f or f/m or straight up chopped down whatever they have and became genderless, But ELi5: What does it mean, to be nonbinary? | 10z7593 | false | explainlikeimfive | R6 (Loaded/False Premise) | null |
ELI5 How does J1407b have so many rings compared to its size? | 10za0un | false | explainlikeimfive | Planetary Science | null |
eli5: Why does “turn it off and turn it back on” work so often with technology? | 10zajps | false | explainlikeimfive | R7 (Search First) | null |
ELI5 what are unions? how do they work? | 10yg0h9 | false | explainlikeimfive | R7 (Search First) | [removed] |
eli5 steps to solve for x in the following equation, x/3=x/6+4 | 10ygaox | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Straightforward) | [removed] |
Eli5: Whats the difference between phone data 4g/5g and phone service coverage? | 10yndsu | false | explainlikeimfive | R7 (Search First) | [removed] |
ELI5: Why do the Subtitles never match the spoken Words? | 10yofrz | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Straightforward) | [removed] |
Eli5: how do you change the font size for everything on the PC? | 10ytgen | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Narrow/Personal) | [removed] |
ELI5: you can't divide by zero, but... | 10ywhs2 | false | explainlikeimfive | R6 (Loaded/False Premise) | [removed] |
Eli5 ChatGPT and its use? | 10z0e3v | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Questions must seek objective explanations) | [removed] |
Eli5: Why does the sound or feeling of water make me want to urinate? | 10z2pxy | false | explainlikeimfive | R7 (Search First) | [removed] |
ELI5: Why does drinking a very hot drink, on a hot day, make you feel cooler? | 10zcb4w | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Narrow/Personal) | [removed] |
ELI5: Oil pollution in water | xv63na | false | explainlikeimfive | Planetary Science | Why do oil spills cause damage to the bodies of water like the ocean? Oil and water don’t mix so I’m confused why the oil would poison water. |
ELI5–What’s the difference between a switch and a router? | xukoy8 | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Straightforward) | null |
ELI5- why do kids who were a year or two older than us still look older in our mind’s eye even though we’re now far older than our schema of those kids ever were? | xuku9p | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Subjective/Speculative) | null |
ELI5: Why do we give hurricanes human names and not scientific names like earthquakes and other natural disasters? | xupc3s | false | explainlikeimfive | R7 (Search First) | null |
ELI5: Where did all the water go that used to cover the land we now walk? | xus1l2 | false | explainlikeimfive | Planetary Science | null |
ELI5 If you have debt when you die and there isn't enough in your estate to pay ot off, what happens to the remaining debt? | xv21su | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Narrow/Personal) | null |
ELI5 What would happened to someone if they signed a legally binding contract in one country and breached the terms by escaping to another? Can you be sued internationally for breach of contract? | xvatab | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Legal) | null |
Eli5 How is helium still available for personal use? | xud98e | false | explainlikeimfive | Planetary Science | [removed] |
eli5 fasting before surgery | xuemj2 | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Narrow/Personal) | [removed] |
ELI5: What would the legal ramifications of Nord Stream 2 be? | xui48n | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Subjective/Speculative) | [removed] |
eli5: why do android phones have worse camera quality than apple phone when apple's cameras are supposedly from samsung? | xuiyzn | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Subjective/Speculative) | [removed] |
ELI5 - How did analog music recordings (like vinyl and cassette tapes) work? How did they make them back in the “pre-industrial” era? | xuk7rp | false | explainlikeimfive | R7 (Search First) | [removed] |
eli5: Why are radio channels or music creators in general allowed to blast the "N-word" all the time, even when the main audience is young people like in the new Leauge of Legends song? | xukpxz | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Business/Group/Individual Motivation) | [removed] |
ELI5 What’s the purpose of YouTube showing us an ad if we’re given the option to skip it? | xur5as | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Business/Group/Individual Motivation) | [removed] |
ELI5: What does it mean to have a job application be rejected because you’re “over qualified” for the position? | xuscsu | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Straightforward) | [removed] |
eli5 What does a stabbing pain feel like? | xusnhd | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Subjective/Speculative) | [removed] |
ELI5: Would a MacBook pro M2 chip be a better option than a Lenovo Thinkpad T15p gen 3, or P15v gen 3? | xusqe2 | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Narrow/Personal) | [removed] |
ELI5 Why is it harder to run in cold weather than hot weather? | xut1rs | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Subjective/Speculative) | [removed] |
ELI5: Why/how do anti depressants increase the effects of depression? | xut3jq | false | explainlikeimfive | R7 (Search First) | [removed] |
ELI5 what exactly is “gamer gate” | xutcpx | false | explainlikeimfive | R2 (Subjective/Speculative) | [removed] |