This Online Group Is Dedicated To ‘Mildly Interesting’ Stuff, And Here Are Their 50 Best Posts (New Pics)
With everything that's going around the internet, we have become hard to surprise. WTF stock photos, ridiculous real estate listings, and other similar gems have desensitized our 'Whoah!' sensors. But one online community consistently amazes even those who think they've seen it all. Of course, I'm talking about r/MildlyInteresting.
As we have shown you in our earlier publications here, here, and here, the members of this subreddit always seem to find the stuff that lifts your eyebrows. Either by showing off their own or reposting someone else's pictures, these folks know how to entertain. So continue scrolling and check out what they've got in store for us today.
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The Way Our Wallpaper Installer Covered The Vent
My Oven Shows The Time That You Started Cooking Incase You Didn’t Set A Timer
For one of our earlier publications on r/MildlyInteresting, its moderator RedSquaree, said, "I think we've done an amazing job of curating a subreddit that is still niche despite being hugely popular."
"The content is roughly the same today as it was almost a decade ago. Most subs change (for the worse) as they grow, but we've kept things mild—just the way people want it," they explained.
It's hard to pinpoint what makes something 'mildly interesting' but as my colleague Innes highlight, there’s a certain theme running throughout the images: they depict things that go against the grain of what we consider as “normal” in everyday life. Or, they capture some bizarre coincidence that we would never have expected.
My Cat Has One Eye And This Is How She Peeks Around Corners
My Public Library Tells You How Much Money You’ve Saved By Checking Things Out Instead Of Buying Them
Its a nice way to remind people of the important role libraries play in the community because many middle class people see no reason for their existence as they can buy books, use the internet or netflix.
The Roof Of This Small Chapel Collapsed, And Instead Of Rebuilding It Normally They Made It Out Of Glass
But RedSquaree, who has been looking over the subreddit for some time, thinks the main ingredient of the formula is ambiguity. They said, "Everyone probably has a slightly different interpretation or idea of what is mildly interesting." But they believe that the concept of relatability is most important—it has to be "nothing spectacular but something novel".
However, this can also make it difficult to moderate the content. As RedSquaree explained further, "Sometimes we see users post to r/MildlyInteresting first (because if they didn't, it would break rule 3 of our page). Then, they go on to crosspost to r/damnthatsinteresting. And we're thinking to ourselves, '/r/HolUp, it can't be both.'"
These Statues In Front Of A Finnish Train Station Are Vaccinated
There Is A Sharing Point For Walking Sticks At The Beginning Of My Favourite Hiking Path
This Welcoming Sculpture At A Truck Stop Tire Store In Co
Snake Looking Through My Glass Door
Researchers understand human curiosity as being linked to learning and information seeking. In terms of evolution, it makes sense for people to be curious about the world around them.
Professor Celeste Kidd studies curiosity and learning at the University of California, Berkeley where she runs the Kidd Lab. “Curiosity is the driving force behind everything we know,” she said.
Celeste’s research suggests we’re most curious when we feel uncertain about something. This could explain the popularity of r/MildlyInteresting!
A Cheese Vending Machine In A Mountain Village In Switzerland
Table I Made Out Of Old Skateboards In My Clients House
My Bachelor's Degree Is Signed By Arnold Schwarzenegger
I’m The Only Apartment With The Holiday Spirit
"Uncertainty indicates that there’s valuable knowledge available," she highlighted. "By contrast, certainty indicates you know everything there is to know so there's no point in continuing to be curious because there’s nothing further to be gleaned."
This is sensible, she explains, because it guides us towards what is most useful for us to learn.
In uncertain times, curiosity can help us to focus on the most pressing issues. This could explain the growing interest humans show in fields like sustainability, the circular economy, and ethical data use.
My Grandma's Collection Of 544 Different Cookie Cutters That She Has Been Expanding For 50+ Years
This Walgreens Is In An Old Bank
The Gas Station Near Me Has The Price Of Coffee Also Listed
Someone Put A Bob Ross Toaster In Our Breakroom, And It Burns An Image Of Bob Ross Onto The Toast
This Painting In A Waiting Room Is The Same Print As My Phone Case
My Orange Had Segments In Two Shades Of… Orange
How The Water Froze On The Lake By My House.
I Recorded The Quality Of Each Of My Days During 2021
Garlic…but Each One Is A Single Clove
The Hotel I'm Staying At Has A Tiny Door That Says "John Malkovich"
Deer Were Using My Car As A Salt Lick
These Jars Contain The Same Amount Of Jam
Flew On A New Delta Plane, And They Put A Window In The Lavatory
My Aunt Has This Birthday Calendar, Names On Disks Using Hooks
The Penguin Classics Version Of '1984' By George Orwell Has Its Title And Author Censored
I Haul The Windmill Blades For Electric Wind Turbines
Found A Check From 1879 For $105 In My Dresser That I Inherited From My Grandfather
This Puddle Is Labeled
This Burger Puzzle Has A Piece Shaped Like The Whole Puzzle
This Dish That I Ordered That Kinda Looks Like Homer Simpson!
This 100-Year-Old Perfume Bottle That Glows Under Blacklight
Emergency Room Guide Listing The Order Of People Who See The Doctor
Dune Book That You Can Read On Any Sides
My Hotel Jacuzzi Tub Fills Up From The Ceiling
My Dad Found A Face As The Pocket Of His Pepperoni Pizza Pants
The Pumpkin Pie I Bought Contains "Finger"
At least it was declared? I hate it when I bite into a chunk of finger that wasn't on the ingredients list...
This Balcony Has A Balcony On It
My Eco Friendly Packaged Toothpicks Are Individually Wrapped In Plastic
My 10 Trillion Dollar Zimbabwe Bank Note I Use As A Book Mark
My Dads Salt And Pepper Shaker Collection
I Bought A $14k Staircase Today And It Came With A Little Example Model
This Bath Bomb Is Labia Safe
I never used any bath bombs until now for this reason.......... To all the people who don't understand, what this means is that unlike normal Bath bombs that might (do) contain chemicals that are harmful for a sensitive organ like the labia, this is safer and won't cause discomfort, dryness etc etc.
My Dad Burnt A Pancake So Bad It Camouflages With The Black Pan
Drove By A Helicopter Wrapped In Plastic This Morning
How do you know it's a helicopter? Maybe it's actually a smart car in disguise under there.
The Nicu At The Hospital Had Masks With Mouth Windows So The Baby Can See Your Expressions
My Sliced Bacon Looks Pixelated
I Saw Mark Zuckerberg And His Wife, Pricilla Chan, At Mcdonald’s
"Pricilla, is this where my products ingest their sustenance?"
My Grandmother Has The First Snowmobile License In Ca
My Mom Gave Me Her Vintage Crockpot From The 70s
This Mall Has A “Husband Depository” With Massage Chairs And Phone Chargers
Saw A Little Car That Only Fits One Person And Only Has One Headlight
It's a Peel P50. As seen driven round BBC television center by Jeremy Clarkson on Top Gear.
The Store By My New House Still Sells Candy Cigarettes
This Cabin On Top Of A Silo. Oldham County, Kentucky
I Have A Skin Condition Called Dermatographia Due To Which Lightly Scratching My Skin Causes Raised, Red Lines Where I've Scratched
I had the same thing mysteriously appear a few years back and it just as mysteriously disappear about two years later!
Gigantic Home Grown Garlic Clove!
I Found Plane Wreckage While Hiking In A State Park This Weekend
My Daughter's Tigger Has Distinct Bright And Dark Stripes In Normal Light, But Is Entirely Pale White In Night Vision
Chick-Fil-A Employees Taking Orders In Their Own Personal Shelters
The Feet On This Bench At My Gym Look A Lot Like An Impaled iPhone
It took a while realise that it was not an iphone. I thought the title was sarcasm 🤦♀️
The Supermarket I Work At Sells Horizontally Sliced Bread
My 3lb Bag Of Starbursts Contained No Lemon Starbursts
I Found A Little Pocket Sewn Inside My New Jeans
A Lot Of Mcdonald’s In My Country Only Sell Ice Cream
A Real And Very Rare $500 Bill
Cleaning Out The Office, Found 2 Ipod Shuffles From 2009 In A Filing Cabinet. Sealed, Unopened, Unused. 1gb Each
I Have A Pear Shaped Pupil!
The Ceiling Of My Local Deli Is Covered With Milk Crates
My Dishwasher Has A Spot Specifically For Chopsticks
Decomposing Jean Pants I Found On The Job Yesterday
Cement Patches From Recent Repairs Of My Home Kinda Looks Like A Lion On The Edge Of A Cliff
The Inside Of An North Korea Airport
I Found An Unopened Can Of Beer From 1954 At A Job Today
This Floor Tile At Laguardia Airport Has A House Key Embedded In It
New Notebook Next To One Used The Last Year
Pink Pigeon On A UK High Street
I Made A Necklace From A Rib I Had Removed
Bathroom Stall Door With No Crack In Between
Tell me this picture was taken in the USA without telling me it was taken in the USA :-)
The Hotel I’m Staying At Allows You To Choose Your Selected Holy Text
The Level Of The Snowflakes In This Sealed Decoration Shaped Like A Cone, Right-Side Up vs. Upside Down
Dammit, more optical stuff 😅 I know it's true I just don't like knowing how easily my eyes are fooled
My Wife Eats Apples From The Bottom…including The Core
In grad school we had a body builder that always brought three or four apples to seminars and would devour the whole thing noisily like a horse. It became a running joke
This Axe Left On Top Of A Frozen Creek, Now An Inch Under Ice
There Was A Straight Up 4 Oz Chunk Of Doritos Seasoning In The Bag
What Blood Looks Like With The Red Blood Cells Removed
My New Printer Printed The User Manual On Its Own As Soon As I Got It Up And Running
My Coworker’s Scarf Looks Like A CVS Receipt
My Able Bodied Wife Found Herself In A Fencing Tournament With A Wheelchair Restricted Opponent
Well, that's not fair either. The person who's always wheelchair restricted has practiced like that and has a clear advantage.
This Waffle House Menu Has Sales Tax Included
My Ritz Cracker Has A Nose
This House In My Neighborhood That Has No Windows At All
This Packet Of Pasta Has A Drawing To Gauge The Quantity Of Pasta W/O A Scale
I Work In Grocery, And These Two Boxes Of Roma Tomatoes Came On The Truck This Morning. One Came With A Shine, The Other Didn’t
Likely because they are from different companies and one uses wax to add the shine.
This Donut Shop Also Sells Guns
What I Pack For A Weekend Away vs. My Husband
The Quantity Difference In Wins vs. Losses In $1000 Worth Of Scratch-Off Tickets
One year for Christmas, my dad bought me $100 worth of scratch off lottery tickets. Won $16 bucks. Will never do again.
European Section In A Us Grocery Store
My Glass Measuring Cup Melted In The Microwave
My Mac And Cheese Flavor Dust Are 2 Different Colors, And They Match The Box Discoloration
A Receipt Found In A Book From 1992. Not A Vegetable In Sight
In Italy, “Cool Ranch” Doritos Are Called “Cool American Flavour”
My Meat Pie Tonight Turned Out To Be Solid Pastry All Through
Free Meal With Interview. Never Seen That Before
My Entire Car Is Covered In Snow, But It’s Melted Around Where My Dashcam Is
This Public Restroom Has Facing Toilets
The proper setting for political debates. Which candidate is more full of crap than the other
None Of The Floors In The Hotel I Am Staying At Have The Number 4 In Them
This Apartment Complex In Seoul Has A Machine Gun Nest Built Into It
The Puzzle Came With An Extra Piece (That Also Doesn’t Seem To Be A Duplicate Of Any Other Piece)
American Food Section In A Supermarket In Ireland
The Rather Extreme Stretch Marks I've Developed In Both Biceps After Starting The Gym
My Parrot Laid An Egg, It’s Unfertilized So I Ate It
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