In fact this depressive realism was something the French philosopher Voltaire dealt with as early as 1759 in his novel Candide: Or, Optimism.
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Explain Like I'm 5 (ELI5)
Objective and layman-
ELI5: Why are some things “so cute it hurts?”
I’ve never understood the term as a literal feeling until I got my kitten. Background: she’s adorabke. Sometimes when I pet her and she’s just squeak- or silent- meowing and purring more loudly than you think that tiny body possibly could, I more than melt. I will be petting her and sometimes feel literal pangs of… pain? I don’t know how to describe it but it’s like I can’t take it and need to stop. That sounds really funny writing out. I will actually look away from her or stop petting her because of cuteness overload, like my cuteness processor has just shortcircuited.
What is this feeling about, like what’s happening in someone’s brain when they feel this way about something incredibly cute?
ELI5: How does the satellite business work? How do the small telecom companies get access to satellites that costed millions to get into orbit?
ELI5: How does the body separates water from stomach acid?
When we drink water does it just mix in with the stomach acid, or what?
ELI5: How distance is computed in video games?
Like saying “This game has the biggest open map ever with **Km²” or in Rocket League it says that we did 100km with your custom wheels.
