How to use ELI5Base

Well, howdy-do there buckaroo and welcome to ELI5Base's ELI5 (explain like I'm five) crash course. First, let's lay down some ground rules:

DO

• Embrace the inner 5-year-old. Watch Sesame Street and walk around on your knees if you have to.
• Ask what makes you curious. We don't judge, mostly.
• Reward thoughtful questions and answers, downvote unhelpful ones.
• Be cool. Most of us here just want to learn and have fun, and that's pretty cool.

DON'T

• Be a dingbat jerkhead.
• Intentionally post unhelpful questions or answers.
• Ask or answers questions that don't encapsulate to the ELI5 spirit.
• Spam, troll, or otherwise be an evil internet demon.
• Try to sell the owner of this website a timeshare.

Curious? Confused? It's time to request an ELI5.

ELI5s start with curious minds. To ask your question, click on the symbol in the navigation bar or navigate to the following world wide web hyperlink in your internet browser program: eli5base.com/ask. Consider your question for a moment. Try to come up with a descriptive, precise title using as few words as possible—this will become the reference title and is how users will find your and similar ELI5 entries in the future. (The moderators will help make sure your question is filed correctly, but they're lazy and prefer if you make it easy on them). Now, ask your question, being as straightforward as possible. That's it!

Knowledgeable? Virtuous? Share your smarts with the world.

To anwer ELI5s, click on the icon in the navigation bar, or click on your browser's address bar and angrily bash random keys on your keyboard until you land on the following permutation: eli5base.com/answer. On the submission page, you can see the current week's most upvoted requests, displayed in order of popularity. But don't worry, this isn't middle school—here, knowledge is power, woohoo! You can choose one of these to answer, or, if you're feeling particularly renegade, bypass the requests completely and add an ELI5 straight to the reference.