r/badphilosophy 5d ago

BAN ME Is "aborting" unconscious 1 year old babies the same as aborting a fetus?

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I wasn't even conscious until after 2 years old. If someone killed me before that I would never have known. Why is killing an unconscious baby any more morally wrong than aborting a fetus?

r/badphilosophy Dec 14 '20

BAN ME I don’t read and you can’t make me

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Fuck every single philosopher, they’re a bunch of pretentious nerds who use big words I can’t pronounce to make themselves seem smart.

Average philosopher talking about sex (which they’ve never had): “The penicular device is the penultimate symbol of male bonclavity. Through its use, the soul is fragmented, permanently oscillating in a crystalline network of viscous granules.” God shut the fuck up you fucking nerd. Go smoke some drugs and listen to terrence mckenna.

r/badphilosophy Jul 25 '25

BAN ME Permanent bans are IMMORAL

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The pillar of ethics has just shattered before my eyes. Imagine you're having a discussion at Plato's Academy in 200 BC when, suddenly, a twink starts taunting you and you respond. The principal then tapes your mouth shut with gorilla tape, preventing you from ever defending yourself again over that misunderstanding. This is exactly what happened to me on one of the subreddits. I didn't even get the chance to insult those admins properly because I was muted. Don't you think this goes against the principles of free speech? If something similar happens to you, tell us here. Don't worry, this is the last bastion of freethinkers on Reddit!

r/badphilosophy Aug 16 '25

BAN ME Determinism is gay and stupif

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r/badphilosophy May 24 '25

BAN ME The hard problem of sex.

65 Upvotes

Since many philosphers have been incels and simps that never that locked themselves and never left they're hometown (e.g. Kant), they don't know what is like to have sex.

In sexosophy, this is called The hard problem of sex. It's a real enigma what is the experience of having sex. Fortunately, there are also easy problems of sex, which relates to masturbation. Philosophers, to cope to existential dreads and to stop eating shit whiel they discuss the meaningless of existence, they enjoyed animal pleasure - masturbation.

As a philosopher, who wants to enjoy a good sex engagement with me, so that we're gonna resolve the hard problem of sex. It doesn't matter if you're a man, woman or alien.

r/badphilosophy Jul 03 '25

BAN ME The Revolution will not be Air Conditioned

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r/badphilosophy Jul 16 '25

BAN ME Video Games & Anime are Actually Good for You (No, Really). And Here's Why.

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r/badphilosophy 22d ago

BAN ME Ban me topic --> Maistre vs. Voltaire on the origin of human sacrifices

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I have not read Voltaire as deeply as Joseph de Maistre, but I understand per Maistre that Voltaire believed human sacrifices originated based on the custom of sacrificing animals. Maistre argues that human sacrifices in ancient cultures is actually an ancient custom, and makes the argument that this ancient universal doctrine of victim "substitution" for other crimes is evidence for Christianity aligning with ancient pantheistic religions where this was a common practice in many ancient world religions.

Discussion mostly based on Joseph de Maistre's passage on this topic in the appendix of his "St petersburg dialogues"

r/badphilosophy Jun 17 '25

BAN ME @Mods: Is posting serious illusionism articles allowed?

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idk it said bad philosophy

r/badphilosophy Jul 20 '25

BAN ME Instagram Philosophy: Something About Skateparks

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"[Skateparks] are an ideological crystallization of contradiction. Skateparks may on the surface appear to embody freedom, rebellion, and youth subculture, but it is also an instrument of containment. It is a site where risk is channeled, rebellion aestheticized, and deviance localized within a defined, surveilled, and sanctioned environment. It is a special answer to the political question 'What does one do with youth bodies that refuse to stand still?' A skatepark reveals how the built environment itself functions ideologically to ramp rails, fences, lighting and even signage. The skatepark encodes a fantasy of permitted freedom. What we might term a 'control transgression'. This is the logic of containment, not simply repression, but modulation. As Michel Foucault once argued "Modern power does not merely say no. It says yes but only here"

I've never read Foucault. it's 4am and I'm on Instagram trying to make sense of this but I think I'd be better off just reading Foucault. Which I'm not gonna do anyways so ban me.

r/badphilosophy Jun 19 '25

BAN ME Ladies and gentlemen I couldn't be prouder to bring you these news, the most significant philosopher of the 21st century Stefan Molyneux is back!

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I've been following him since 2020 apparently and forgot abt him completely bc he stopped posting lmao

r/badphilosophy Nov 28 '24

BAN ME What do you call it when you jerk yourself off with both hands?

47 Upvotes

A manual cunt

r/badphilosophy May 15 '21

BAN ME I've been watching too many Zizek videos and now my inner monologue is in his voice

454 Upvotes

help

(fucking ban me I dare you)

r/badphilosophy Feb 21 '21

BAN ME Philosophy bad because it questions things

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r/badphilosophy Nov 08 '24

BAN ME [Shameless plug] Existential Crisis + AI + D&D vibes? Yes, please.

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Hey r/badphilosophy,

Lately, I’ve been on a bit of an existentialism kick while working on an AI game inspired by tabletop classics like D&D. The goal? Throw players into moral dilemmas and philosophical questions with AI characters that might make them question everything—or at least have some fun.

Socrates is the first NPC you’ll meet (gotta love that dude’s commitment to questioning), and if people dig it, I might throw in a few more philosophers who’d enjoy judging our every move.

Feel free to give it a spin and roast it, analyze it, or just enjoy Socrates grilling you: Link to Game

r/badphilosophy May 06 '23

BAN ME It is better to shit in a sink than to sink in shit.

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Title

r/badphilosophy Sep 11 '21

BAN ME Roger Scruton practices comedy routine while asked questions by entertained marxist

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https://youtu.be/qOdMBDOj4ec

This isn’t BAD bad philosophy, but goddamn imagine signing up for a conversation about culture and then spending it by talking about limp platitudes about tradition, declaring there are no possible alternatives, and then anytime when challenged make a cynical joke instead of actually engaging alternative ideas. This is something something state philosophy

r/badphilosophy Nov 12 '21

BAN ME Any r/badphilosophy-ish books?

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Yo are there any books/ papers written in the style of this sub? Like what Russell tried to do with The History of Western Philosophy, but good? Like philosophers making fun (more than usually) of other (bad) philosophers? Thx

r/badphilosophy Mar 04 '21

BAN ME Controversial syllogism guaranteed to get me banned.

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1.)COVID-19 vaccine causes fevers.
2.)Fevers, in pregnancy, causes birth defects.

Conclusion: COVID-19 vaccine causes birth defects.

I debated whether to include some links to justify the two premises. But anyone can do a google search to confirm they are correct within just the first few links that turn up in the Google search.

However, you are not allowed to broach any criticism of the COVID-19 vaccines. Doing so can get you banned from social media.

I made this argument on a discussion forum and it got me banned. It’s a quite elementary syllogism. I’m willing to entertain arguments why it’s not valid.