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ELI5: What prompted Ukraine now just to invade Russia could they not have done it a while back? (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 months ago (1 children)

ELI5 is not a literal request for an explanation a five year-old would understand; briefly consider how that would sound -- useless, right? It's a hyperbolic way of asking for a thorough, well-written explanation of a concept for someone who lacks the understanding to start asking the right questions or seek information on their own. There's your ELI5 ELI5.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

No, but I agree with eiri that Dark Thought's explanation is too complicated for ELI5

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

I might agree if the last single-sentence summary wasn't there -- that's as ELI5 as it gets, I'd say.