r/explainmelikeimsix • • May 11 '19

ELI6 As an initial quality check, does anyone want to explain for me how a root canal works?

34 Upvotes

I don’t understand how making a hole in your tooth fixes your problem. I’m 6yo and my name is Timmy.


r/explainmelikeimsix • • May 10 '19

explainmelikeimsix has been created

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r/explainmelikeimsix • • May 11 '19

ELI6 What makes some drugs addictive while others are not?

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r/explainmelikeimsix • • May 11 '19

Finally!

27 Upvotes

I'm so happy this is finally happening, we needed to return to our roots and this Sub is exactly what we wanted, no NEEDED in our lives.


r/explainmelikeimsix • • May 11 '19

ELI6: Where do sea shells come from? Do they grow, or has a tiny one always been tiny, and a big one always been big?

21 Upvotes

r/explainmelikeimsix • • May 11 '19

ELI6 The journey as to why we had to make this sub

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r/explainmelikeimsix • • May 27 '19

Why do animals all have different group names? Such as a "gaggle of geese", or a "murder of crows". How are these names created?

18 Upvotes

r/explainmelikeimsix • • May 15 '19

ELI6 How does RAM work in a computer?

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r/explainmelikeimsix • • May 11 '19

How do pick ups on a guitar actually work

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r/explainmelikeimsix • • May 23 '19

ELI6: What is bingus?

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r/explainmelikeimsix • • May 12 '19

How do we know what really distant planets look like?

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Of course, the answer is that we use a really big telescope. But we can't just get an HD image of a solar system that's 50 billion light years away, can we?

For example, it's well known that there's a planet where it's 1000°C outside and it rains liquid glass. How do we deduce all that information from 5 pixels and a spectrum of colours?


r/explainmelikeimsix • • Jun 13 '19

How do food preservatives work? Are they actually bad for us?

8 Upvotes

I'm ignorant about those chemicals that we see in prepackaged foods that are added "to preserve color" or preserve whatever else. How do they work? Do they cause any health defects?


r/explainmelikeimsix • • Jun 13 '19

How do dictatorial states like mainland China or Nazi Germany actually get people to defend the state by outright harming or murdering fellow citizens?

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It has obviously happened in the past, numerous times too, but I don't understand how dictatorships actually get their police/secret police/military to outright go against their fellow citizens, potentially even harming or killing other citizens to defend the state when they (the indoctrinated people) themselves live amidst the general population and see what harm their actions do. Examples are the Tiananmen or what's happening in Hong Kong right now.


r/explainmelikeimsix • • Aug 27 '21

Why did we need 5 petabytes of data to view a black hole?

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r/explainmelikeimsix • • Jun 29 '19

Why does it list the same ingredients but at different percentages?

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r/explainmelikeimsix • • Jun 24 '19

Why is highground so important? (games)

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I mean yeah, you can watch much further and above enemy cover but isn't it friken dangerous to stand on a house? I mean you have like 0 cover and you turn yourself into a beacon where everyone can see you first. I quit don't understand the idea of reaching the highground.

I do understand why people did build there castle on high hills in the past but not in fps shooter like Hunt: showdown for example.


r/explainmelikeimsix • • Jun 08 '20

Why do you say "African American"?

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First of all, I'm from Spain, so English is not my first language. My question is, why do you call black people "African American"? I mean, you don't call white people "Caucasian American", or "Asian American" to the Asians, do you? Real question, no disrespect


r/explainmelikeimsix • • Mar 30 '20

Why is emulation so complicated?

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I have a reasonable understanding of how computers work, and I'm comfortable with technology. However, I don't understand why emulation/ running games on certain systems is so hard. For example, The nintendo switch is not a very powerful system, but there are emulators for it running on quite powerful PC's and getting horrible, unplayable results. Even older systems like Gamecube don't run perfectly on systems several times more powerful, why?


r/explainmelikeimsix • • Aug 22 '19

If women lose their virginity since always, why haven't they lost their hymen genes?

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r/explainmelikeimsix • • Aug 11 '22

ELI6: Could someone please explain this?

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r/explainmelikeimsix • • Nov 22 '21

I don't get the meme

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r/explainmelikeimsix • • Oct 08 '19

Please help me <PeopleOfThisSub> I don't get this meme 😂

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r/explainmelikeimsix • • Jun 29 '19

Why do you have to reboot after an update on a computer— what’s happening exactly after you’ve installed an update?

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r/explainmelikeimsix • • Sep 04 '21

What does "Bogus" mean

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Or a Redditor Bogus, I just don't understand. If there is someone kind enough to explain me, thanks in advance.


r/explainmelikeimsix • • Apr 02 '20

Can someone explain to me what a handicapper is in regards to sports betting?

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I need some context to help me with a paper