I really really dislike it actually. That's what I'm trying to say. I fucking hate it. "Speak in such a way that a five year old would understand you" is a completely horrific bit of public relations advice, which has singlehandedly contributed a solid 20% to the ongoing breakdown of society.
I genuinely do not even speak to my three-year-old this way.
It is not possible to express complex ideas in simplistic language and attempting to do so anyway just leads to the overall dumbing of society as people start thinking the complex ideas are actually not complex at all.
bsky.app/profile/irho... many are saying this
How did we select for politicians who hate talking and arguing
I really don't understand it. Mid century politicians in the US and UK used much more advanced language to communicate with a much less educated voting population. What the hell happened??!?!
And yet, it's not even how children speak, it's just vacuous PR-driven damage-control-ese