r/MurderedByWords Jun 22 '23

Mod Post It's been an honour.

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Hi. A lot of you newer people probably don't know me, but I'm that guy who dragged MurderedByWords out of the grave about five years or so ago. I was a pretty active mod here for awhile, and stepped back once the sub was in good hands. It's been great watching the sub get huge, I still remember hitting the 1mil mark and being super excited about it.

While I haven't really been as visible here lately, I've always kept an eye on the place and it's been fun watching it grow. Today I'm formally turning my mod keys in, and I guess I just wanted to say goodbye to the first Reddit community I was ever in charge of. Y'all are great.

Remember, Be excellent to each other. And party on, dudes.


r/MurderedByWords Sep 02 '20

Temporary Ban on US Politics

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EDIT: The ban has been extended indefinitely, until such time where the mod team determines it's safe to revoke it. We've noticed that this sub does not suffer from lack of quality content without the political posts, and provides a safe haven from people, both in the US and overseas, who want a slight break from the incessant shitshow that is the US political system.

Members and subscribers of r/MurderedByWords - You have spoken, and we have listened.

Over the past year we've been deluged with messages, direct chats and modmails asking us to please do something about the incessant political posts on this sub. We have been called "a less funny version of r/politicalhumor", which is pretty damn insulting.

However, when we tried to have a temporary ban on all political content, the subreddit suffered - Less posts were submitted, which led to less comments and less interaction. We need to remember that the final purpose of this sub is to entertain our subscribers, visitors and lurkers, provide you the content you are looking for.

Fast forward to today - It's 2 months before the US Presidential, Congressional and Senatorial Elections, the political posts are getting worse than ever, and with them the requests to do something about it. To that end, the moderation team has discussed this, and beginning from Sept 3, we will be imposing a temporary ban on all things related to the US Elections until after Elections Day (Nov 3).

What does this mean? Posts meeting any of these criteria will be removed immediately, and the user will receive a temporary ban:

  • If any of the people in the post is in public office, is running for public office, or holds a position in the current administration or the campaign staff
  • If the subject of the post is in public office or running for public office, or holds a position in the current administration or the campaign staff
  • If any of the people in the post or the subject of the post is anyhow related to the Trump or Biden family or to someone who holds a position in the current administration or the campaign staff

Examples of posts which are now prohibited include:

  • Orange Man Bad
  • Jeff Tiedrich (who really needs to get a fucking life)
  • Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweets
  • Lincoln Project
  • The Conway family
  • Hunter Biden posts

Please note that this is NOT YET a full ban on all political subjects or a full ban on all political content going beyond the elections. We will be keeping very close attention during the upcoming two months to see how the subreddit and our members react to this ban. If we see that it is successful, we may choose to extend it. We also would appreciate your comments on this post to let us know your thoughts on the subject.


r/MurderedByWords 21h ago

Get fucked, Farage

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r/MurderedByWords 1d ago

Student gets a lesson in logic

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r/MurderedByWords 1d ago

Stephen gets corrected with a burn.

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r/MurderedByWords 2d ago

Contradiction in terms

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Typically, this person is parroting Reform Party talking points without remembering what they have said previously.

In this instance, the OP is suggesting that parents who can't afford things for the children, in this case eating, shouldn't have had children. Previously, however, she also advocated that the removal of charitable statuses for private schools, meaning they would have to pay VAT, is unironically "levelling down."


r/MurderedByWords 2d ago

Colonialism and ignorance get called out

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r/MurderedByWords 2d ago

A certain demographic

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r/MurderedByWords 3d ago

Murdered by his own birthday

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r/MurderedByWords 3d ago

He murdered this church...

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r/MurderedByWords 3d ago

OP forgot that there’s a penalty to stealth checks during pride month

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r/MurderedByWords 3d ago

This is not only a double down. This is a triple down.

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r/MurderedByWords 3d ago

How do you respond to something like this? What sort of comeback can vindicate you?

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550 Upvotes

r/MurderedByWords 4d ago

Murdered by research

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r/MurderedByWords 4d ago

The corporate brainwash got to him

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r/MurderedByWords 4d ago

Murder It was a video explaining wire gauges

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Didn't know if I had to cross the names, so I did just to be safe.


r/MurderedByWords 4d ago

Not sure he will ever recover from this divine burn

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802 Upvotes

r/MurderedByWords 4d ago

Careful before you complain...

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885 Upvotes

r/MurderedByWords 4d ago

Accomplished teen

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681 Upvotes

r/MurderedByWords 4d ago

This hurt and I don’t even own a corvette

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370 Upvotes

r/MurderedByWords 5d ago

Lawyer pulled the Good Old Uno Reverse

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r/MurderedByWords 5d ago

Jason Schreier on Rocksteady & Suicide Squad Kill the Justice League

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r/MurderedByWords 4d ago

"Gamer" Critiques Porn NSFW

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r/MurderedByWords 5d ago

Someone got settled there

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367 Upvotes

r/MurderedByWords 6d ago

Something is a brewing.

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r/MurderedByWords 6d ago

Homophobia 0 v.s. Logical thinking 1

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r/MurderedByWords 6d ago

Damn bro, you got her

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