LogFAQs > #904952797

I know this may be hard for certain people to understand, so how about this ELI5 version:

Your mommy tells you and your siblings you each need to go out and gather some carrots for dinner. You are the biggest so you have to gather 5 carrots for the family, while younger kids only need to get 2 or 3. This is for the whole family. Everyone does this so everyone can eat. No one is deficient in the number of carrots they need to get.

BUT your mommy also says you should probably get some carrots just for yourself, in case you get hungry. These are just carrots for you! You don't need to share these carrots with your brothers so you're free to get as many or as little as you want. She recommends at least 2 to hold yourself over.

You are so hungry that you get 4 carrots for yourself! But your brother only gets one. He wasn't hungry. So you go over to him and say "Great! Now we're all going to starve! I did all this work getting four carrots you slacker!" Except those carrots are just for you and you don't have to share. Your brother tries to correct you, but you throw everyones carrots on the floor, run out of the room, and go hug the bear that is outside in the woods.

That's sort of what's happening here.
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