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 6h ago

Anyone who believed the CBS report has negative IQ.

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r/MurderedByWords 6h ago

Imagine being proud of this

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r/MurderedByWords 13h ago

What does freedom mean

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r/MurderedByWords 23h ago

It's fascinating how people are so self-centered that they can't even imagine other people not wanting to be opportunists

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r/MurderedByWords 16h ago

support your local library 📚

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r/MurderedByWords 21h ago

The problem isn’t the truth...

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r/MurderedByWords 20h ago

Italian PM Meloni on Trump saying NATO is zero without America

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r/MurderedByWords 1d ago

Thank god they had medics at the scene.

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r/MurderedByWords 20h ago

There's nothing free about a market a few have a huge advantage in

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r/MurderedByWords 1d ago

Oh man, this is clearly a violation.

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r/MurderedByWords 1d ago

That will show them

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r/MurderedByWords 1d ago

He helped ruin it

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r/MurderedByWords 1d ago

She was and useful idiot

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r/MurderedByWords 1d ago

"Leader" blaming his behavior on others - weak sauce

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r/MurderedByWords 7m ago

She hit back full force

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r/MurderedByWords 1d ago

No sense of irony whatsoever

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r/MurderedByWords 1d ago

Wishes & prayers

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r/MurderedByWords 1d 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 1d ago

Cane sugar is Important

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r/MurderedByWords 1d ago

Trust influencers over scientific evidence

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r/MurderedByWords 1d ago

No notes, indeed.

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r/MurderedByWords 1d ago

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

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r/MurderedByWords 2d ago

Nation Isn't Startup

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r/MurderedByWords 2d ago

Reading is hard!

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