Hi Everyone,
We have come to learn some very sad news recently, u/bossgalaga, the founder of r/Explainlikeimfive, has unfortunately passed away. In his honor we wanted to post the links of two charities that were dear to him:
[The Immune Deficiency Foundation](https://primaryimmune.org/waystogive)
[The Institute for Effective Education](https://www.tiee.org/about/)
We are forever grateful for what he has created and hope you will consider supporting charitable organizations as he did. As our regulars may recognize this post is out of character for us but as a mod team we felt these circumstances were unique. This post will stay up for a week, and we will include links to those charities in our wiki.
Additionally, it has come to our attention that u/bossgalaga made a post in /r/askreddit on July 28th, 2011 (ten years ago yesterday) asking if people would be interested in a sub dedicated to, “…ask(ing) questions that some people might find obvious — and to do so without fear of being downvoted, made fun of, or ignored.” This, of course, led to the start of r/explainlikeimfive. If you’re interested in reading that post, [you can do so here.](https://old.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/j2a9k/would_anybody_be_interested_in_a_new_subreddit/)
Thank you all for the kind words thus far. u/bossgalaga’s friends and family certainly will appreciate them.
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We are all smarter for having this sub available. Thank you
Thoughts and prayers for u/bossgalaga’s family and friends. In his own little way, he actually did something to make the world a little better place. Thank you, u/bossgalaga. May you rest in peace.
RIP u/bossgalaga. With almost 20MM members, at least his legacy lives on. Love the sub
Damn, that’s awful. Rest in peace.
RIP man. I love this sub. I was unable to follow my dream of being a teacher, and it allows me to scratch that itch while helping people out.
RIP. This sub was one of the first I started reading on reddit way back when. He came up with a great idea that really showed how cool this website could be.
Anyone who has spent time on this sub knows that it can be one of the best on Reddit when it comes to fostering learning, and we wouldn’t have that without /u/bossgalaga. I hope that we as a community can continue to keep that spirit alive and make this sub the best it can be, and hope that /u/bossgalaga will be proud of it.
Anyone who would like to post a nice message may do so. We will manually approve any that pass rule 1 and are in good faith/on topic. You will still get a removal message it will go back up shortly (we cannot disable that feature for a single post)
RIP, u/bossgalaga, your subreddit has made me less stupid than I used to be <3
I might not be part of the subreddit, but I enjoy scrolling through it sometimes and learning something new. They created a wonderful subreddit for all to learn, and I will forever thank them, and my thoughts and prayers go to the family and friends
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