You know the feeling when you’re watching or scrolling through something so interesting, you can’t keep your eyes off the screen? Well, this list isn’t going to be it. But for some inexplicable reason, you might be curious to browse it nevertheless.
Below you will find pictures of some of the most mundane and unexciting things ever, as shared by the ‘Not Interesting’ community on Reddit, dedicated to – you guessed it, “things that are not interesting at all.” If you’re looking forward to browsing them, firstly—and respectfully—why? Secondly, they’re at your fingertips, so whenever you’re ready.
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I Carved Out A Cat Out Of Soap
My Grandads' Kitchen Tiles
Oh lord this brings me back to a HS friends house party - I asked for the bathroom and she told me where it is. A woonderful sight awaited me there - something similar to this but it was with storks. Absolutely bonkers. I must have had "a face" because when I came back to the party a friend of mine saw me and asked "you saw the storks now, didn't you?". Lol, I'll never forget that
Nice. Took me a lot longer than I'll admit to make the connection but it was worth it. I had completely forgotten this little Paul McCartney gem, thanks! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVfaf43W9cM
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The stalk reminds me of Groot! Except it isn't made of wood.
wait till Balenciaga gets wind of this..... Natural range? Earth inspired range?
"I just have to make it pasta the guard and I'll meet the balls at the foot of Mt. Spaghetti."
You might be wondering what would make people interested in browsing such seemingly non-interesting things. One possible reason for that is likely to be something we have been trying to combat for years now—boredom.
Arising from lack of interest, stimulation, or challenge, as some studies explain, boredom can make us take on the most random tasks. Some people start deep cleaning their closet (something that stops looking like a good idea the second you have everything taken out), while others might turn to playing video games, but for many, it’s scrolling that helps chase the boredom away.
My Cat Loves To Sleep With Her Face Down
I heard, cats do this, when their nose is cold. Maybe you should turn up the heating.
Cats can sleep curled up with their nose tucked in or their tail over their nose. Most often I see the croissant pose with a paw over their nose. Turning up the heat isn't necessary just for their nose when they can or do keep their nose warm. This is just another sleep position that may or may be not have to do with keeping their nose warm. One of my babies would nose his way under a throw blanket or quilt on the bed. He created a little hot pocket. His sister loved being cold. But you had to check every fold of a blanket before sat down to be sure he wasn't under it creating the lump.
Load More Replies...My cat does this, I believe he breathes through his ears
Load More Replies...My cat (RIP) did this too, when she used to sleep on my legs she would bury her head face down in my c.r.o.t.c.h (BP censors strike again)
I Drew A Mushroom With Charcoal
I am so bad at charcoal. It gets on everything and it's hard to control
A survey carried out among American respondents found that the average adult experiences 131 days of boredom per year, with work, parenting, and other full-time responsibilities sapping the fun out of their lives the most.
Respondents shared that when it comes to fighting boredom, gamified activities, or activities with a natural ‘play’ component—such as bowling or arcade games—are great ways to do it. As for what stands in the way of people successfully combating boredom, entertainment costs, low energy level, and too much work seem to be the main culprits.
I Finished A Pen
I've done this several times! It never freakin happens at the end of a sentence. Ever!
I work in the medical field and my boss is very old school, I finish a pen about every 2 weeks. Yes, my writing hand has pen calluses.
I have an Apple Pencil callus and I didn’t realize that’s what it is until I read this so thank you.
Load More Replies...A Cat
I know a woman I think of as, "The one who smiles like a cat who knows your secrets"
Load More Replies...When my cat first did this she scared the sh*t out of me. I was in the zone (admittedly a little s****d) and doing dishes when something caught the corner of my eye, I look up to see these beady little eyes staring at me from above. I think my scream scared her as much as she scared me.
BP sensors s t o n e d now? Lol, seriously you guys are weak
Load More Replies...Yes, there are at least 2 others circling around to attack the flank.
Load More Replies...I Separated All The Froot Loops. Banana For Scale
You KNOW how those fruit flavors are, first thing in the morning.....
Load More Replies...So, you backspaced thirty times on your keyboard just to write a single comment on this post like me?
Load More Replies...I'll see your Froot Loops, and raise you 400 Tic-tacs. tiktak_c-6...9359d8.jpg
That may not be interesting to some, but I tell you what, that would be incredibly satisfying when done.
But, even though it rarely ever looks that way, boredom can actually be good for you… Sometimes. Even though our goal is to fight it—and fight, we will!—some studies suggest that boredom can positively affect our brains. Forbes notes that, according to some neuroscientists, it can amp up our creativity, task engagement, and job productivity.
While it might sound counterintuitive, researchers suggest that in combination with the right job resources, boredom at work can lead to productive coping behaviors.
Helppp
Well I'm convinced. Maybe a marmalade sandwich too
Load More Replies...I had to bite my lip at work to keep myself from laughing at tea and biscuits. This is almost has hilarious as the Michael Jackson one, where they did "hee hee" at the end
And yet this deserted island has the internet or at least cell service.
I smell a scam. The real queen would say "It is I..." and would want the money in pounds. But to be on the safe side maybe they should pop open the casket and check
Not to be pedantic, but the King or Queen of England doesn't carry money. Even if she weren't dead it would be improbable.
A Banana (Banana For Scale)
but... which one is the scale so that I can know which size is the banana ?
That's called the Two Watch Problem - a person with two watches never knows what time it is.
Nuggets
Where's New Zealand? I never see New Zealand on the maps at BP. Does it not exist any more? Hello kiwis - are you guys still there?
However, not only seemingly boring or mundane tasks can have a surprisingly positive side. Pictures can, too!
According to the Association For Psychological Science, research shows that even though we often focus on special occasions, everyday moments caught on camera can bring us immense joy when we look at them later in life, too.
“We generally do not think about today’s ordinary moments as experiences that are worthy of being rediscovered in the future. However, our studies show that we are often wrong: What is ordinary now actually becomes more extraordinary in the future—and more extraordinary than we might expect,” psychological scientist and lead researcher Ting Zhang of Harvard Business School explained.
I Found This Today
We used to have clover growing in our lawn, my mum used to make me try to find a four leaved one, I spent hours looking. Now I realise it was a great way of keeping me quiet for a few hours 😂
I eventually realized most of dad's 'gopher requests' (go find a left handed Philips screwdriver) were so he got a moment to work without the light shining in his eyes (my specialty).
Load More Replies...Keep looking around where you found that, four leaves are genetic and there will usually be several where the original was found! source: I've gotten really good at finding 4 leaf clovers, and have a couple 5 leaf ones too!
I haven't found one for ages. I don't go walking enough these days. My best is a 6 leaf! I'd love a 7.
Load More Replies...🎶I'm looking over a four-leaf clover that I've overlooked before!🎶
I Won An Avocado Lottery
Oh that’s gonna save you so much money, you might even be able to afford a house now.
I see teethmarks on the one on the left. Did you almost take a bite and then had to take a pic?
My Rat Ate Mouse
Looks like the interrogation you would see in an old movie or tv show.
One to hold the rat, two for the cord. Arm holding the rat has a cute heart tattoo.
Load More Replies...“People find a lot of joy in rediscovering a music playlist from months ago or an old joke with a neighbor, even though those things did not seem particularly meaningful in the moment,” Zhang continued to point out. “The studies highlight the importance of not taking the present for granted and documenting the mundane moments of daily life to give our future selves the joy of rediscovering them.”
Imagine holding a picture of yourself as a young adult, enjoying a BBQ with your friends in the summer sun. Or sitting on the sofa with your spouse, hopelessly in love even after 40 years of marriage, doing nothing but reading books and drinking tea. Despite being somewhat unremarkable, don’t such moments in everyday life sound special?
My Banana's Gone Bad (Scale For Scale)
This is the prompt to make even the people who hate banana bread announce "Time to make banana bread!"
Are You A Horse
Well, don't leave us in suspense! Are you a horse?
Load More Replies...A horse is a horse, of course, of course / And no one can talk to a horse of course / That is, of course, unless the horse is the famous Mr. Ed! / Go right to the source and ask the horse / He'll give you the answer that you'll endorse / He's always on a steady course / Talk to Mr. Ed!
Some People Are Born With Six Fingers Dure To A Rare Genertic Trait Called Polydactyly. I Am Not One Of Those People
Why does it look like there SHOULD BE an extra finger to balance out the Fred Flintstone thumb?
I had started dating a seemingly prudish woman, literally a minister's daughter. But quite early in our relationship, she pressed herself against me and whispered seductively "I have something you don't." Like I said, we hadn't been intimate yet, so my first thought was "Well, I certainly hope so!" She then said "Hold up your hands". She held hers up and matched me thumb for thumb and finger for finger. After that, she still had her two pinkies left to wave at me. And she was a piano teacher! (Isn't that cheating?) When I told my friends, they were not surprised. "If someone dates you more than once, genetic damage is just a given."
Whether it’s reading with your loved one on the sofa or being bored out of your mind at work, enjoy this mundane moment, as you might look back at it with a big smile on your face some years later. And if you want to see other people enjoying their mundane moments, continue browsing the pictures on this list that have absolutely nothing interesting about them, and embrace the ordinary and the unexceptional—it’s not often that we see posts online that are not embellished even the slightest bit.
I Cut Myself With The Crust Of A Baguette
You have to eat it anyway. My dad said it puts hair on your chest. 🤣
Are you saving the baguette to turn into an even more lethal weapon that cut looks a day or two old at this point
Today I Bought 4 4-Color Ballpoint Pens And Put Each Color In Each One
But you have to. Otherwise it's incomplete.
Load More Replies...Shark Anatomy
That makes more sense. I thought it was Gerald McRaney from his Simon & Simon days.
Load More Replies...When Jaws came out someone asked my dad at the store if he was Robert Shaw. When he went to Disneyland my parents went on a boat ride and the tour guy announced that they had a celebrity on board...C. Everett Coop. In his later years he would go for walks and someone asked him if he was David Ogden Steirs (Charles Emerson Winchester) from MASH.
One time I started a new job, and one of my new co-workers looked like Larry "Bud" Melman.
Load More Replies...When he comes at ya, he doesn’t even seem to be livin’… ’til he bites ya, and those black eyes roll over white and then… ah then you hear that terrible high-pitched screamin’.
Load More Replies...Found A Stone That Looks Like A Raw Meatball
It was cloudy today, so I'm going to say yes.
Load More Replies...My Mouse Doesn’t Do Anything When I Click It
Or a bite. A clicked mouse will be very testy.
Load More Replies...Is this the same guy that doesn't have six fingers? Looks like the same hand to me.
Fork
All our souls (don't say our souls out loud in front of your mum)
Load More Replies...This Sub Is Getting Too Interesting, Here's A Wall
Are those kitty teeth marks near the top left corner? And you thought you'd sneak that past us pandas bored or otherwise?! Amateurs.
My Chip Fell And Broke Into The Shape Of Pac-Man
Charcoal Ice Cream From A Goth Weekend
Hope you're not taking any medication, because it will not be working after you eat that. Use squid ink, sesame, or liquorice for turning food black if you aren't using artificial food colouring.
Assuming ordinary charcoal it will have no effect on drüg uptake in the gastrointestinal tract. Only specially 'Activated' charcoal, as used in filtration systems amongst other things, can affect some medications, but only a couple of them in a serious way.
Load More Replies...I've heard that they have black sesame ice cream in Japan and it's very tasty 😋
Timbob, are you a redneck? Because you gots 2 first names
Load More Replies...sort of hard to explain but like the other reply said it is sort of earthy and smoky. It's quite nice imo.
Load More Replies...Reminds me of '31 Flavors' licorice. Was a fave! Used to sell @ Halloween.
We are too accustomed to food colour. If you close your eyes and this was strawberry dyed grey,you would still taste strawberry
Soap Update: Still Going Strong
I will always read that and hear the Mortal Kombat voice. Fatality.
Load More Replies...I put those "left-over" piece in a box and once I have several of them, in a tiny bag I made from thin, "holey" fabric and enjoy how I'm not wasting soap :)
I have one by the kitchen sink, put some used coffee grounds in as well as the soap, it gets rid of onion smelling
Load More Replies...Is/was that the cat sculpture? LOL I've always said, soap is soap until it's GONE.
AI Camera Thinks This Is Food
I would rather starve to death and feed my cats with my corpse than resort to that.
This Water Spot Looks Like Africa
It just moved, because they like to move it move it...
Load More Replies...[Mister Rogers voice] But it's a little smaller than Africa, isn't it?
I notice that the British Museum has finally stolen all of Egypt - for its own protection of course.
I Carved Out A Fish Out Of Soap
Awww, a little fishie snack for the soap kitty higher up on the list.
Now I have a compulsion to stop and get extra bars of soap on my way home to carve up!
Age
We Pretended To Be A Couple To Get The Valentine's Day Discount On Hot Dogs
Discount of Hot Dog would also make a good band name
Load More Replies...I Created A Simulation Of What I See When I Browse Reddit Without My Glasses On
A serious answer, you have to be unable to be corrected to a certain specification even with assistive aids. With glasses I can see 20/25, so my uncorrected vision of 20/300 doesn't count. https://bbc.in/4itQcdM
Load More Replies...Rantch
"And don't even get me STARTED on the condiments! When I was a kid..."
Found This Random Horse
Socks are cute and gorgeous, but a nightmare to keep clean, dry and mite-free, even if the horse isn't prone to CPL. Mine will get its legs trimmed this weekend
Load More Replies...Poor thing, no meadows, or even a stable with straw. Do you think this is a playtoy without feelings?
But they get regular jaunts to collect the stuff that they then get to haul to the smelter, the scrap yard, the paper mill, …
Load More Replies...I Found A Heart Shaped Potato Chip
Or tape it to a wall and sell it for even more? 🙃
Load More Replies...I Made Myself An Hamburger Sandwich
Technically, you also need a wisp of lettuce, a suggestion a tomato visited briefly, and a suspicious squirt of a suspicious sauce to make a Big Mag.
Load More Replies...Actually it is a dish in denmark called: parisian beef. We serve it with egg-yolk and some other stuff. Pariserbøf...
Do you eat popcorn with a spoon? Cut the kernels off your corn on the cob? I do.
Load More Replies...I'm pretty sure there's a law against this. If not, there should be
I Own 44 (Working) Pens
I own about 100 pens, but it's getting harder and harder to find one that works well. I think that owning a box of brand new pens is in my fuutue.
I went through my house and threw out any and all pens that did not swirl within three swirls. It was hard, it's natural to want to see redemption and growth, but I clenched my jaw and did the deed. Then I went and spent $20 on a box of Bics and now all of my pens work.
That was about 10 years ago. I should probably do a new Pendemonium Purge.
Load More Replies...Found a true connoisseur! They truly are superior to any other pen.
Load More Replies...I think I also own about that many pens. Problem is, only two of them work
And in a righteous world this character would meet the one that was so proud to finish their pen, and they'd live happily ever after fulfilling each other's ink needs *sniff!*
None of them look like they're working, just lying there...being lazy.
Cut Open My Croissant And It Looks Like A Butterfly
I Found A Smol Pinky-Sized Banana
OP should keep that and use it for scale in other contexts and really confuse people
True fact. The bananas we eat now were actually grown to be larger and tastier.
Load More Replies...That's exactly WHY bananas are NOT good for giving size comparisons - always use a 1$ bill - they are ALL the SAME SIZE!!! Bananas are not!!!!
These are actually a thing. Called fingerling bananas. Bananas also have different breeds. Keep an eye out for different ones
Found A Peace Symbol Pepper On My Pizza
D**n that pizza looks good. I should definitely go and eat something.
The peace symbol has a line going all the way straight down.
This Should Be Taught In School
I've seen this before - it came from the feasibility studies on that "Cow jumped over the moon" thing a few years back,
Been there, done that... (your run-of-the-mill dungeon master)
Load More Replies...According to the late Barbara Woodhouse, cows could jump fences better than horses.
Got Bored So I Organised My Bowl Of Cheerios
They just kind of assume that position when you're nearly finished though?
I Got Elon In My Cheetos
You like to look on the brighter side of things.... nice. 👍
Load More Replies...My Pinky Finger Is The Same Size As My Gfs Index Finger
The width of my hand across the knuckles is only three knuckles worth of Mr Auntriarch's hand. Always makes me think of an orangutan. In a cute way.
Oook! My great uncle had absolutely massive hands - like bunches of bananas!
Load More Replies...I think my doctor was being kind, but I liked his comment. "Your body is 5'7" but your feet, hands, shoulders, and hat size are all the right size for a 6' tall man. The parts in the middle just stopped too soon." He threw me a bone and I ran with it!
Thanks to my man hands, if I ever managed to get a boyfriend, I bet his index finger would be the same size as my pinky. *sigh*
When I got married my ring was a 15 1/2. Most other men's wedding rings could pass right through it without touching it. I had to have it sized down to a 13 1/2 after I lost some weight, but it's still bigger than most other men's wedding rings.
My Kit Kat Had No Wafer
Fun fact, the filling of Kit Kat bars is made from the ground up bars that had defects
I didn't believe you so I looked it up. And d**n if you aren't correct. I bow before your Kik Kat knowledge good sir or madam.
Load More Replies...You shouldn't have eaten it! The Kit-Kat factory sends you £1 000 000 if you find one of their special ones!
So, you're telling me you had a ... chocolate bar? Good Gord, how will you cope?!
This Is Not A Door
Ceci n'est pas une porte? Please be indulgent, my schooldays were long ago
Load More Replies...Gone A Bone Densitometry Done & Found Out My Skeleton Weights 2.25kg
I imagine their skeletal issues, with severe osteoporosis, may have been the reason they had the scan done in the first place.
Load More Replies...If that's true, here's a more accurate picture. untitled-6...8c2785.jpg
Too subtle, I think, but yes, they would not be able to stand.
Load More Replies...That's NOT a Bone Density. For a Bone Density they only take images of one wrist and the hips. This looks more like a PET Scan.
Sounds like osteoporosis. The bones are not as dense as they should be.
Load More Replies...My Phone Case
My friend has a shirt with that pic lol it makes me laugh every time I see it.
My Smiley Potato Is Not Very Smiley
Don't know why you got downvoted; I thought that was hilarious!
Load More Replies...Found Windows In My Candy
I Did A Thing
The Barista Made A Heart For My Husband, But Not For Me
Maybe a stomach with part of the, oh never mind
Load More Replies...Actually, OP said the barista is a he. So... 'tis a baristo.
Load More Replies...Can't Say I Sliced It - More Like Broke It
Tiny Grape
There Was A White Sprinkle Between My Pure Sprinkles
My GF Gave Me This, Does It Mean She Will Leaf Me
This thread has been a fascinating look at variations on the human hand.
Handle Of This Milk Container Wasn’t Cut Properly
Eh
My Hands Often Get Colored When I Dye My Hair But This Time Only This Finger Was Affected
My Powerbank Blew Up
Ate A Kitkat. Inside Was Vertical
This Cursed Emoji Mix Suggested By Android
My Shadow In 5:30 Am
I Accidentally Made A Swan While Squeezing Out My Moisturizer
I Found A Curly Fries That Is Approx. 8,5 Cm Long (33.46 Inches)
Well, it's not like curly fried were carved out of potatoes anyway.
Load More Replies...Do You Fw My Pigeon?
Don't ask questions you don't want the answer to.
Load More Replies...Nobody Cared About My Banana A Few Months Ago
I Broke My Gummy Worm Perfectly Between Colors
Just Bought A Bladeless Knife Without A Handle. Thoughts?
Is that the one parked behind the invisible planes?
Load More Replies...Tier List Of Grapes I Just Ate
It's not really funny. Person just got bored while eating grapes and ranked them individually.
Load More Replies...I’ve Gotten Hundreds Of Authentication Texts From My Work Software. Only One Has Ever Had Numbers Skinny Enough To Be A One Liner
They mean that only one of the codes was short enough to be 1 line long in the text message instead of 2, like all the other ones.
Load More Replies...According to my sources, 1.53%. I'm average at maths but good at googling stuff lol.
Load More Replies...My School's Bathrooms Today
they look like plastic forks. i really don't know why they have barbs, but this is the exact point these forks break when eating, so i presume it's for reinforce
Load More Replies...Pepsi Bottle On The Floor Airport, No One Has Picked It Up To Throw It Away, More Then An Hour
That appears to be an unopened bottle used as a prop. untitled-6...f1dbfe.jpg
A prop for what? A social test to see how long it takes people to notice? Why would someone put such a trip hazard on the floor, as a prop??
Load More Replies...My Friends Laughed At Me For "Eating Banana The Wrong Way"
Zooming In On A Bug Caught Upside-Down In My Arm Hair
This Is What 24 Eggs In A Pan Looks Like
There Is No 69 Closet At My Gym
Gay erotica. Steamy sordid scenes of suckage in a soviet sweathouse, mayhap?
Load More Replies...But there is a closet between 68 and 70... The door with a big C on it. Wich number has that closet?
Good catch. It was probably 69 before somebody stole the plaque
Load More Replies...Please tell this naive old lady what 69 means. Or don't I want to know?
My Face Is 39% Forehead
I Dipped McDonald's Fry 100 Times
My Man Broke Up With His GF
If You Type "Die" But Move Each Letter One To The Right On The Keyboard, You Get "For"
I Found A Bug
Silverfish. Keep it away from books, they eat the binding glue. They also have a *horrible* bite.
It's a house centipede, not a silverfish. I get these bad boys in my house ALL the time. They're harmless but their legs go everywhere if you k**l them. LOL
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