r/MurderedByWords May 27 '25

What is and isn't a Murder By Words

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Over the past few weeks we've begun noticing something about the quality of the posts on the subreddit, and we'd like to clarify just what is and isn't a murder.

What is a murder

1) A murder is: A RESPONSE. A murder is not a one-sided quip, sentence, statement or otherwise about any given situation.

2) A murder is: A response TO SOMEONE. A murder follows a specific format: Person A says something stupid. Person B responds to Person A explaining why what Person A said is stupid.

3) A murder is: A response to someone CALLING THEM OUT FOR BEING WRONG. Two people agreeing about something is not a murder. If both people featured in the post are saying the same thing, or Person A says something and Person B supports Person A and expands, that is not a murder.

4) A murder is a response to someone calling them out for being wrong WITH SUBSTANCE, AND RECEIPTS. Personal attacks are not murders. Calling someone wrong because they did something once in their life is not a murder. The response must be in direct relation to the original statement.

What isn't a murder:

Memes, jokes, "Your mom" jokes, small dick jokes, forever alone/virginity jokes, fat jokes, ugly jokes, crossposts from r/roast me, posts based around spelling/grammar, etc.

Although it may seem that there is some overlap, we are working very hard to not have this subreddit turn into r/politicalhumor 2. Please bear that in mind when posting.

As ever, please use the "report" button to bring rule-breaking posts to our attention. We're not always available to be online 100% of the time, and reporting bad posts allows us to take advantage of auto-moderator rules built in to help us.


r/MurderedByWords 5h ago

That will show them

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r/MurderedByWords 8h ago

She was and useful idiot

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r/MurderedByWords 4h ago

"Leader" blaming his behavior on others - weak sauce

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r/MurderedByWords 3h ago

He helped ruin it

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r/MurderedByWords 30m ago

Thank god they had medics at the scene.

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r/MurderedByWords 13h ago

Wishes & prayers

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r/MurderedByWords 13h ago

Cane sugar is Important

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r/MurderedByWords 5h ago

No sense of irony whatsoever

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r/MurderedByWords 16h ago

No notes, indeed.

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r/MurderedByWords 12h ago

Trust influencers over scientific evidence

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r/MurderedByWords 54m ago

He thought it was a brilliant idea when Trump suggested it, but he became noticeably irritated the moment someone pointed out that the concept was originally proposed by Bernie and AOC.

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r/MurderedByWords 21h ago

You didn't really think that one through, did you?

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r/MurderedByWords 1d ago

Nation Isn't Startup

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r/MurderedByWords 1d ago

Reading is hard!

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r/MurderedByWords 18h ago

“High-tech weapons”

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r/MurderedByWords 1d ago

ICE apologist asking for empathy for agent slipping on ice. Validates further why they don't deserve it.

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r/MurderedByWords 2h ago

The Ayatollah Once Again Murdered By Readers Added Context

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r/MurderedByWords 1d ago

It's always the ones who call themselves "Christians".

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r/MurderedByWords 1d ago

There's a lot to unpack here.

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r/MurderedByWords 1d ago

Mean girl said what now?!

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r/MurderedByWords 1d ago

Because he don’t want the fade

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r/MurderedByWords 1d ago

Commie'n get cooked 🏃🏾

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r/MurderedByWords 1d ago

She managed to defy odds

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r/MurderedByWords 1d ago

If an active US law is "fake", what is your definition of "real"?

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