High school kid in a MAGA hat smirks at a hostile Native American man who approached him and beat a drum in his face. The mainstream media uses newsplaining to tell Americans how racist the kid is.
When former KU Leuven rector Rik Torfs goes out of his way to lectureexperts about basic topics relating to their own field of expertise.
Have you seen what Rik Torfs posted on Twitter the other day? He was Riksplaining the difference between the basic concepts of climate and weather to climate experts.
The internetphenomenon where ask you about a specific thing and the people of the internet tell you how wrong you are to want said thing.
Also, answering an online inquiry in the most unhelpful way. A specific way of trolling the hive mind.
Example:
Before I go shopping for one, are any of my friends looking to sell their lawn mower?
Netsplainers netsplaining: They sell them at Walmart. Try Lowe's. Just pay someone to mow it for you.
Example:
Does anyone know how to activate the missed call light on this specific model of phone? I can't find anything after several online searches.
Netsplainers netsplaining: Just check your missed call log. Just leave your ringer on. Google it. I never liked that light and neither should you. Jeff Parker says you've been netsplained.
When unsolicited advice or direction is given to you by a Nan or Grandmother not necessarily in an intentionallycondescending tone, but as if you have no knowledge of what is being explained.
To show an information box, generally from Wikipedia, under videos YouTube deems worthy of having to explain or add context or, more likely, criticism. Also: Wiksplained, Wiksplaining, Wiksplanation