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Explain Like I'm Five

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[โ€“] lyth@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

When you make this kind of comment it really just adds to the reasons to not use the nostupidquestions and ELI5 communities on this platform. There needs to be safe spaces to admit to being biased and uninformed and to ask people to help you out of it without being berated.

[โ€“] PurpleGameBoy@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 hour ago

Yes. I stand corrected.