It's incredible the honesty of people admitting that they need something explained to them like they're a five-year-old, amirite?

Intellectual humility is an incredibly great trait for people to have. I almost always assume someone that does this is a good person

by Anonymous 1 week ago

We're all better off when we can admit that we not only don't know something, but that we don't have a sound concept of what's even being discussed or demonstrated. It should never be a shame to seek understanding with sincerity.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I became so much more confident at work once I got comfortable saying "I don't know" sometimes.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I still do and I'm no spring chicken. My daughter had to explain the whole "they" pronoun to me and everything that is included with it and I still get it wrong sometimes. No one, no matter how intelligent you are knows everything about everything. When you pretend you do, you look like a fool.

by VastHungry 1 week ago

They makes more sense when you realise you have probably been using singular they for years in ambiguous contexts without even noticing.

by Norenemohr 1 week ago

Even that one Shakespeare bloke used it in his writing

by WelcomeSwimming 1 week ago

Not really. The specific phrase "explain it like I'm 5" came along recently, but the idea behind it has been around for a long time. People have sought "dumbed down" and "simplified" explanations of things since forever.

by blockchaya 1 week ago

Books for dummies

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Not that incredible when they have usernames like relevant-pirate-3420. Who do you think you are, relevant-pirate-3419?

by Flaky_Increase552 1 week ago

It was a joke lol. I think he/she probably knows that

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Whooooooosh!

by Flaky_Increase552 1 week ago

"If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself" - Albert Einstein

by SlightTradition553 1 week ago

I'm 31 and wish someone would do this with insurance

by Yostshanelle 1 week ago

Oh I might be able to help with this- is it the general principles of insurance ie how insurance works overall as thing or a specific type of insurance?

by Anonymous 1 week ago

You look stupider when you don't know something and make a big mistake rather than just ask about it

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I'm not embarrassed to not know something and need a simple explanation. I'd be more ignorant to never ask

by mcclureyolanda 1 week ago

My grandma always said that only stupid people don't ask questions.

by Cronamarcellus 1 week ago

The anonymity helps, and I'm glad we all get to know a lot of answers that way!

by Anonymous 1 week ago

depends really on personality. Im very intelligent but i need to understand the core of things so i can understand stuff. Thats why at first i need stuff explained and after ill undesrtand whatever is going on

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I believe that you don't really understand something if you can't explain it to a five-year-old.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

We live in an age of information overload - which is why most people will struggle to read books, particularly the classics with complex, old-fashioned English (assuming they'll even read them at all, that is). You now have to be picky about how you consume information, and the most digestible, easy-to-read information will usually be prioritized

by Anonymous 1 week ago