r/badphilosophy is a subreddit with 168k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses philosophy, worst, ethics, consciousness, and existence.
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Popular Themes in r/badphilosophy
#1
Advice Requests
: "Is “everything happens for a reason” bad philosophy?"
3 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "The job market for philosophers is abysmal, I typed in 'Philosopher' on all the job search engines and got zero results"
2 posts
#3
Ideas
: "A new school of ethics I've developed. The Gordian School."
2 posts
#4
Opportunities
: "Business Opportunities for Philosophers"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/badphilosophy
#1
Philosophy
: "Some dude at the gym won’t shut up about Philosophy."
216 posts
#2
Worst
60 posts
#3
Ethics
: "A new school of Ethics I've developed. The Gordian School."
18 posts
#4
Consciousness
: "got laid and no longer care about the hard problem of Consciousness"
17 posts
#5
Existence
: "My own personal Complete Theory of All Existence (truth of all Existence, I say it be so!) Yes I wrote this in 2022 while actively in psychosis from adderall addiction."
17 posts
#6
God
: "God is not real"
17 posts
#7
Free Will
: "i can prove Free Will exists"
16 posts
#8
Reality
: "If you aren’t a Nihilist, you’re coping and need to accept Reality"
16 posts
#9
Religion
10 posts
#10
Morality
: "Give It To Me Straight, Is Morality Objective Or Not?"
10 posts
Flair Used in r/badphilosophy
#1
Serious bzns 👨⚖️
: "AMA: I solved all problems in philosophy"
13 posts
#2
Xtreme Philosophy
: "Does anyone know what ontological means?"
10 posts
#3
Low-hanging 🍇
: "I am an ACTUAL Philosophical Zombie (PZ), ask me anything!"
6 posts
#4
Continental Breakfast
: "I am a hegelian"
5 posts
#5
Tuna-related 🍣
: "Trans-women ARE women. How I won a debate at my schools debate club."
4 posts
#6
☭ Permanent Revolution ☭
: "Karl Marx was an idiot: How heliocentrism proves all of his ideas wrong."
4 posts
#7
I can haz logic
: "What's stopping philosophers from communicating exclusively in formal logic?"
4 posts
#8
skin care
: "Is having sex possible after becoming a philosopher?"
4 posts
#9
Feelingz 🙃
: ""Stop overthinking bro. We deadass live on a floating rock bro""
3 posts
#10
AncientMysteries 🗿
: "Critical theory is just gnosticism for snobs"
3 posts
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Last updated: July 24, 2026