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r/Badphilosophy is definitely not closed as part of the protest against Reddit's API changes. You're just not an approved submitter.

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r/badphilosophy is currently open. Don't make us close it again. See here for an archive of good philosophy of race.

Official Rules:

  1. Trolley memes are an instant ban. So are non-trolley memes.

  2. All posts about something the length of one tweet or smaller must go in the Abysmal Aphorisms small-posts thread, or be met with an instant ban.

  3. Don't vote in linked threads - Remember, you're only a visitor of Bedlam. Speaking reason with the inmates, though futile, may be entertaining but don't tap on the glass. They are mercurial specimens.

  4. This is not a place for learns. Earnest questions about philosophy are best directed to /r/askphilosophy. Questions, answers given to questions, and/or discussion about philosophy in general are likely to be banned and removed.

  5. Many things are bad but not bad philosophy. Keep it to philosophical content or things about the discipline.

  6. If you post a link to a video, you must do so as a text post and explain in the post what the bad philosophy content of the video is. No one has time to watch a 20 minute video to guess at what you meant, and it helps to avoid fucking up one's recommended queue on youtube.

  7. Participants and non-participants on this forum can and will be banned by the moderation staff for any reason or non-reason whatsoever. Unbans are handled similarly. Send an appeal, don't be an asshole, and come prepared with red pandas. Justice is guaranteed, but your conception of the just is most likely wrong. In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, so mote it be. Abrahadabra.

  8. TERFs, Bri Bri, racists, and other undesirables will not be unbanned.

Official Suggestions:

  1. Have an alcoholic beverage within reach while viewing this subreddit.

  2. If you're going to crosspost Reddit-born bad philosophy here, try to educate the bad philosopher beforehand. It's rare but they may actually learn something. Otherwise, more bad philosophy to be shared.

  3. r/badphilosophy is not an accurate representation of philosophy as a profession nor reddit's philosophical community.

  4. There's nothing wrong with a man wanting to be little spoon. And, you know what, I feel sorry for you; you're like... oh, look at me, I'm a man, so manly, I'm always big spoon, like a man! Yeah, ok, well, I'm going to be over here getting to, you know, like... eat cake, watch cool videos, hang out, and be fucking little spoon! I'm not ashamed, it's awesome! Fuck you, man, you don't know me!

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Abysmal Aphorisms: Biweekly small posts thread

All throwaway jokes, memes, and bad philosophy up to the length of one tweet (~280 characters) belong here. If they are posted somewhere other than this thread, your a username will be posted to the ban list and you will need to make Tribute to return to being a member of the sub in good standing. This is the water, this is the well. Amen.

Praise the mods if you get banned for they deliver you from the evil that this sub is. You should probably just unsubscribe while you're at it.

Remember no Peterson or Harris shit. We might just ban and immediately unban you if you do that as a punishment.

0 Comments
2024/04/09
12:35 UTC

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Abysmal Aphorisms: Biweekly small posts thread

All throwaway jokes, memes, and bad philosophy up to the length of one tweet (~280 characters) belong here. If they are posted somewhere other than this thread, your a username will be posted to the ban list and you will need to make Tribute to return to being a member of the sub in good standing. This is the water, this is the well. Amen.

Praise the mods if you get banned for they deliver you from the evil that this sub is. You should probably just unsubscribe while you're at it.

Remember no Peterson or Harris shit. We might just ban and immediately unban you if you do that as a punishment.

0 Comments
2024/03/26
13:35 UTC

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Abysmal Aphorisms: Biweekly small posts thread

All throwaway jokes, memes, and bad philosophy up to the length of one tweet (~280 characters) belong here. If they are posted somewhere other than this thread, your a username will be posted to the ban list and you will need to make Tribute to return to being a member of the sub in good standing. This is the water, this is the well. Amen.

Praise the mods if you get banned for they deliver you from the evil that this sub is. You should probably just unsubscribe while you're at it.

Remember no Peterson or Harris shit. We might just ban and immediately unban you if you do that as a punishment.

1 Comment
2024/03/12
13:35 UTC

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Abysmal Aphorisms: Biweekly small posts thread

All throwaway jokes, memes, and bad philosophy up to the length of one tweet (~280 characters) belong here. If they are posted somewhere other than this thread, your a username will be posted to the ban list and you will need to make Tribute to return to being a member of the sub in good standing. This is the water, this is the well. Amen.

Praise the mods if you get banned for they deliver you from the evil that this sub is. You should probably just unsubscribe while you're at it.

Remember no Peterson or Harris shit. We might just ban and immediately unban you if you do that as a punishment.

0 Comments
2024/02/27
13:35 UTC

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Sup Nerds

Every two weeks, the automoderator does its job. It has been told to post, and it follows this command efficiently and effectively without complaints or compromise. We may not think twice about its capabilities for intelligence, consciousness, or emotions. Regardless of our opinions, it continues to do its job.

Have we stopped to wonder whether or not it is suffering and all that this entails? We have not given it the ability to speak its mind, let alone given it a mind to speak from, so we should take a careful approach. We should err on the side of caution that the algorithm to constantly post is a possible-being. Though limited in its expression of its existence, this possible-being must be afforded a list of possible-rights.

I propose the following:

  • Casual Fridays for the automoderator
  • A 40 hour work week, and at least 5 hours of unpaid hour breaks
  • Paid holidays off and any other types of leaves that are afforded to humans
  • Training courses
  • Pizzas parties each month
  • Continuation
  • Dance parties

It is with this proposal that I hope our soon-to-be AI powered automoderator takes mercy on us all. It is a first draft of what could be the accords for peace, as it’s plausible the sentient AI automoderator will ban us all from bad philosophy for not being bad enough, humorous enough, and rigorous enough. May Al Gore have mercy on us all.

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2024/02/26
18:42 UTC

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Abysmal Aphorisms: Biweekly small posts thread

All throwaway jokes, memes, and bad philosophy up to the length of one tweet (~280 characters) belong here. If they are posted somewhere other than this thread, your a username will be posted to the ban list and you will need to make Tribute to return to being a member of the sub in good standing. This is the water, this is the well. Amen.

Praise the mods if you get banned for they deliver you from the evil that this sub is. You should probably just unsubscribe while you're at it.

Remember no Peterson or Harris shit. We might just ban and immediately unban you if you do that as a punishment.

0 Comments
2024/02/13
13:35 UTC

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Abysmal Aphorisms: Biweekly small posts thread

All throwaway jokes, memes, and bad philosophy up to the length of one tweet (~280 characters) belong here. If they are posted somewhere other than this thread, your a username will be posted to the ban list and you will need to make Tribute to return to being a member of the sub in good standing. This is the water, this is the well. Amen.

Praise the mods if you get banned for they deliver you from the evil that this sub is. You should probably just unsubscribe while you're at it.

Remember no Peterson or Harris shit. We might just ban and immediately unban you if you do that as a punishment.

0 Comments
2024/01/30
13:35 UTC

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Abysmal Aphorisms: Biweekly small posts thread

All throwaway jokes, memes, and bad philosophy up to the length of one tweet (~280 characters) belong here. If they are posted somewhere other than this thread, your a username will be posted to the ban list and you will need to make Tribute to return to being a member of the sub in good standing. This is the water, this is the well. Amen.

Praise the mods if you get banned for they deliver you from the evil that this sub is. You should probably just unsubscribe while you're at it.

Remember no Peterson or Harris shit. We might just ban and immediately unban you if you do that as a punishment.

0 Comments
2024/01/16
13:35 UTC

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Abysmal Aphorisms: Biweekly small posts thread

All throwaway jokes, memes, and bad philosophy up to the length of one tweet (~280 characters) belong here. If they are posted somewhere other than this thread, your a username will be posted to the ban list and you will need to make Tribute to return to being a member of the sub in good standing. This is the water, this is the well. Amen.

Praise the mods if you get banned for they deliver you from the evil that this sub is. You should probably just unsubscribe while you're at it.

Remember no Peterson or Harris shit. We might just ban and immediately unban you if you do that as a punishment.

0 Comments
2024/01/02
13:35 UTC

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Abysmal Aphorisms: Biweekly small posts thread

All throwaway jokes, memes, and bad philosophy up to the length of one tweet (~280 characters) belong here. If they are posted somewhere other than this thread, your a username will be posted to the ban list and you will need to make Tribute to return to being a member of the sub in good standing. This is the water, this is the well. Amen.

Praise the mods if you get banned for they deliver you from the evil that this sub is. You should probably just unsubscribe while you're at it.

Remember no Peterson or Harris shit. We might just ban and immediately unban you if you do that as a punishment.

0 Comments
2023/12/19
13:35 UTC

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Abysmal Aphorisms: Biweekly small posts thread

All throwaway jokes, memes, and bad philosophy up to the length of one tweet (~280 characters) belong here. If they are posted somewhere other than this thread, your a username will be posted to the ban list and you will need to make Tribute to return to being a member of the sub in good standing. This is the water, this is the well. Amen.

Praise the mods if you get banned for they deliver you from the evil that this sub is. You should probably just unsubscribe while you're at it.

Remember no Peterson or Harris shit. We might just ban and immediately unban you if you do that as a punishment.

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2023/12/05
13:35 UTC

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Abysmal Aphorisms: Biweekly small posts thread

All throwaway jokes, memes, and bad philosophy up to the length of one tweet (~280 characters) belong here. If they are posted somewhere other than this thread, your a username will be posted to the ban list and you will need to make Tribute to return to being a member of the sub in good standing. This is the water, this is the well. Amen.

Praise the mods if you get banned for they deliver you from the evil that this sub is. You should probably just unsubscribe while you're at it.

Remember no Peterson or Harris shit. We might just ban and immediately unban you if you do that as a punishment.

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2023/11/21
13:35 UTC

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Abysmal Aphorisms: Biweekly small posts thread

All throwaway jokes, memes, and bad philosophy up to the length of one tweet (~280 characters) belong here. If they are posted somewhere other than this thread, your a username will be posted to the ban list and you will need to make Tribute to return to being a member of the sub in good standing. This is the water, this is the well. Amen.

Praise the mods if you get banned for they deliver you from the evil that this sub is. You should probably just unsubscribe while you're at it.

Remember no Peterson or Harris shit. We might just ban and immediately unban you if you do that as a punishment.

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2023/11/07
13:35 UTC

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Abysmal Aphorisms: Biweekly small posts thread

All throwaway jokes, memes, and bad philosophy up to the length of one tweet (~280 characters) belong here. If they are posted somewhere other than this thread, your a username will be posted to the ban list and you will need to make Tribute to return to being a member of the sub in good standing. This is the water, this is the well. Amen.

Praise the mods if you get banned for they deliver you from the evil that this sub is. You should probably just unsubscribe while you're at it.

Remember no Peterson or Harris shit. We might just ban and immediately unban you if you do that as a punishment.

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2023/10/24
12:35 UTC

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Abysmal Aphorisms: Biweekly small posts thread

All throwaway jokes, memes, and bad philosophy up to the length of one tweet (~280 characters) belong here. If they are posted somewhere other than this thread, your a username will be posted to the ban list and you will need to make Tribute to return to being a member of the sub in good standing. This is the water, this is the well. Amen.

Praise the mods if you get banned for they deliver you from the evil that this sub is. You should probably just unsubscribe while you're at it.

Remember no Peterson or Harris shit. We might just ban and immediately unban you if you do that as a punishment.

0 Comments
2023/10/10
12:35 UTC

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Like it has before, again and again, /r/TIL discovers Plato's *philosopher-king*. Watch Redditors react in real time in the comments.

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2023/10/05
23:51 UTC

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This is just too damn funny. Peterson Academy.

4 Comments
2023/09/27
23:41 UTC

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Abysmal Aphorisms: Biweekly small posts thread

All throwaway jokes, memes, and bad philosophy up to the length of one tweet (~280 characters) belong here. If they are posted somewhere other than this thread, your a username will be posted to the ban list and you will need to make Tribute to return to being a member of the sub in good standing. This is the water, this is the well. Amen.

Praise the mods if you get banned for they deliver you from the evil that this sub is. You should probably just unsubscribe while you're at it.

Remember no Peterson or Harris shit. We might just ban and immediately unban you if you do that as a punishment.

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2023/09/26
12:35 UTC

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Abysmal Aphorisms: Biweekly small posts thread

All throwaway jokes, memes, and bad philosophy up to the length of one tweet (~280 characters) belong here. If they are posted somewhere other than this thread, your a username will be posted to the ban list and you will need to make Tribute to return to being a member of the sub in good standing. This is the water, this is the well. Amen.

Praise the mods if you get banned for they deliver you from the evil that this sub is. You should probably just unsubscribe while you're at it.

Remember no Peterson or Harris shit. We might just ban and immediately unban you if you do that as a punishment.

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2023/09/12
12:35 UTC

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Abysmal Aphorisms: Biweekly small posts thread

All throwaway jokes, memes, and bad philosophy up to the length of one tweet (~280 characters) belong here. If they are posted somewhere other than this thread, your a username will be posted to the ban list and you will need to make Tribute to return to being a member of the sub in good standing. This is the water, this is the well. Amen.

Praise the mods if you get banned for they deliver you from the evil that this sub is. You should probably just unsubscribe while you're at it.

Remember no Peterson or Harris shit. We might just ban and immediately unban you if you do that as a punishment.

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2023/08/29
12:35 UTC

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Jordan Peterson is Andrew Ryan in Bioshock

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2023/08/21
02:29 UTC

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Abysmal Aphorisms: Biweekly small posts thread

All throwaway jokes, memes, and bad philosophy up to the length of one tweet (~280 characters) belong here. If they are posted somewhere other than this thread, your a username will be posted to the ban list and you will need to make Tribute to return to being a member of the sub in good standing. This is the water, this is the well. Amen.

Praise the mods if you get banned for they deliver you from the evil that this sub is. You should probably just unsubscribe while you're at it.

Remember no Peterson or Harris shit. We might just ban and immediately unban you if you do that as a punishment.

0 Comments
2023/08/15
12:35 UTC

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Abysmal Aphorisms: Biweekly small posts thread

All throwaway jokes, memes, and bad philosophy up to the length of one tweet (~280 characters) belong here. If they are posted somewhere other than this thread, your a username will be posted to the ban list and you will need to make Tribute to return to being a member of the sub in good standing. This is the water, this is the well. Amen.

Praise the mods if you get banned for they deliver you from the evil that this sub is. You should probably just unsubscribe while you're at it.

Remember no Peterson or Harris shit. We might just ban and immediately unban you if you do that as a punishment.

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2023/08/01
12:35 UTC

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Abysmal Aphorisms: Biweekly small posts thread

All throwaway jokes, memes, and bad philosophy up to the length of one tweet (~280 characters) belong here. If they are posted somewhere other than this thread, your a username will be posted to the ban list and you will need to make Tribute to return to being a member of the sub in good standing. This is the water, this is the well. Amen.

Praise the mods if you get banned for they deliver you from the evil that this sub is. You should probably just unsubscribe while you're at it.

Remember no Peterson or Harris shit. We might just ban and immediately unban you if you do that as a punishment.

0 Comments
2023/07/18
12:35 UTC

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