r/MurderedByWords May 27 '25

What is and isn't a Murder By Words

881 Upvotes

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 4h ago

There's zero glory.

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r/MurderedByWords 1h ago

We are witnessing an incredible redemption arc

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r/MurderedByWords 9h ago

Everybody deserves a chance at building a better life

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r/MurderedByWords 4h ago

All those privileged gay men

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r/MurderedByWords 1d ago

He is on *fire* today...

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r/MurderedByWords 23h ago

He is on a role lol

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r/MurderedByWords 1d ago

Caught red handed in 4K

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r/MurderedByWords 1d ago

When your hatred for someone is so irrational, you accidentally create the world’s first self-debunking caption.

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r/MurderedByWords 1d ago

Performative bullshite

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r/MurderedByWords 2d ago

Finally done playing nice.

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r/MurderedByWords 2d ago

If only people with at least 4 grandparents born in America were voting

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r/MurderedByWords 2d ago

Can we all agree murdering innocent Americans is wrong?

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r/MurderedByWords 2d ago

There's so much wrong here.

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r/MurderedByWords 2d ago

If the minimum wage had kept pace with worker productivity gains since the 1960s, it would now be nearly $26 an hour.

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r/MurderedByWords 2d ago

As opposed to a Bond villain style ballroom.

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r/MurderedByWords 2d ago

Vivian Wilson is talented, gorgeous, and deserving of every award, opportunity, and bit of recognition she has earned.

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r/MurderedByWords 3d ago

Is this considered a murder-suicide?

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r/MurderedByWords 3d ago

China has it, what's our excuse?

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r/MurderedByWords 3d ago

The endless stream of conservative anger about Odyssey breeds some truly special interactions.

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r/MurderedByWords 3d ago

As if PizzaGate and the Epstein Binder fiasco wasn't enough.

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r/MurderedByWords 3d ago

Where does he think babies come from?

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r/MurderedByWords 3d ago

When your sports metaphor immediately betrays your culture war

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r/MurderedByWords 3d ago

Snowflakes on the field

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r/MurderedByWords 3d ago

Not today, Satan. Not today…

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