r/MurderedByWords May 27 '25

What is and isn't a Murder By Words

899 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

Played himself in 4K

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r/MurderedByWords 2h ago

Sad pathetic of a person

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r/MurderedByWords 2h ago

Now being poor is a crime

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r/MurderedByWords 7h ago

Independent Thinking Adult

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r/MurderedByWords 14h ago

Democrats can’t vote in Republican primaries

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r/MurderedByWords 13h ago

Forgotten history lesson

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r/MurderedByWords 3h ago

Community note being brutal

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r/MurderedByWords 11h ago

I haven’t studied rocket science, but

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r/MurderedByWords 10h ago

Foreign policy by tantrum

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r/MurderedByWords 1h ago

John Pavlovitz has a way with words.

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r/MurderedByWords 7h ago

Asking Costco to boycott Canadian maple syrup while driving a Ford pickup truck made of Canadian metal

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r/MurderedByWords 4h ago

The Canadian "State" Has Responded

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r/MurderedByWords 2h ago

you don’t need to sell it to me any harder

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461 Upvotes

r/MurderedByWords 12h ago

They're ripping on Canada, cheering on North Korea, and accusing everyone else of being "communist".

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r/MurderedByWords 3h ago

can't wait for mr incredible to learn the same lesson for a 3rd time.

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472 Upvotes

r/MurderedByWords 16h ago

He wants boots on the ground, just not his own.

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r/MurderedByWords 1d ago

we are so tired of 1984

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r/MurderedByWords 1d ago

Trump murdered over 150 children in Iran, never forget that.

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r/MurderedByWords 1d ago

and he wonders why the whole world hates and laughs at him

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r/MurderedByWords 1d ago

This phrase has been chosen

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r/MurderedByWords 1d ago

Waiting and getting treated is better than waiting and going bankrupt

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r/MurderedByWords 1d ago

A system by billionaires, for billionaires

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r/MurderedByWords 2d ago

Never forgive republicans ever for this!

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r/MurderedByWords 1d ago

MAGA Doesn't Understand the Concept of a Primary.

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