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Explain Like I'm Five

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What is a DNS and what does it do? (lemmy.world)
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[–] Th4tGuyII@fedia.io 5 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Yes, but that's not the point.

ELI5 means Explain Like I'm 5 [ys/o]. It's not meant to be an info-dump, it's meant to be a basic explainer for someone who is interested to know about a specific thing, but has no knowledge of the surrounding subject matter.

Would you point a 5 year old to a wikipedia article and tell them to read up about DNS's. No, you'd explain it to them in terms they understand.

[–] dfyx@lemmy.helios42.de 3 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

ELI5 means Explain Like I’m 5 [ys/o]

Damn, now I'm seriously thinking about making an "Explain Like I'm 5 [Goblins in a Trench Coat]" community over on ttrpg.network.

Edit: !eli5goblins@ttrpg.network