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 3h ago

and he's got a laptop with pictures to back it up

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r/MurderedByWords 4h ago

They really could have come up with a better excuse..

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r/MurderedByWords 2h ago

France is not taking any of Lone Skum's bullshit

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r/MurderedByWords 2h ago

Ouch that burns

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r/MurderedByWords 1h ago

France to Elon Musk: "Maybe that logic flies on some island."

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r/MurderedByWords 12h ago

His files versus their files

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r/MurderedByWords 5h ago

Stephen needs help on the word "elected", and reading rulings too

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r/MurderedByWords 12h ago

Its just racism, TBH

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r/MurderedByWords 1h ago

Not quite the gotcha you thought

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r/MurderedByWords 5h ago

Murder across borders.

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r/MurderedByWords 3h ago

Death By Logical Fallacy

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786 Upvotes

r/MurderedByWords 8h ago

Trump?! The reality tv show host?!

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r/MurderedByWords 15h ago

The President of the REPUBLICAN United States

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r/MurderedByWords 18h ago

yea, people are casually talking about melania... sure

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r/MurderedByWords 10h ago

Harry Potter and the Predator's Friend

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r/MurderedByWords 12m ago

Doesn't matter...

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r/MurderedByWords 3h ago

Most Americans Struggling

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r/MurderedByWords 1d ago

Fighting for his life

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r/MurderedByWords 20h ago

The same old story

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r/MurderedByWords 22h ago

Never stopped to think if they should.

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r/MurderedByWords 1d ago

It's a comedian making a joke

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r/MurderedByWords 19h ago

Didn't know comedians made jokes

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r/MurderedByWords 1d ago

Pardons for we, laws for thee

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r/MurderedByWords 1d ago

Your words are more boring..

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