The internet is full of hyperbole. Influencers swearing that they’ve discovered the most delicious cafe in Los Angeles. Celebrities claiming that being on a specific film set was the most transformative experience of their entire life. And companies promising that their products are the only ones you’ll ever need.
But let’s be honest: not everything is that fascinating, effective, or inspirational. Sometimes it’s refreshing to simply hear that something is “meh.” That’s why we took a trip to the Mildly Interesting subreddit, pandas. This community is dedicated to sharing photos of things that are only slightly amusing, so we’ve gathered a list of their most average photos below.
#1 This Souvenir Shop In Brussels Had Everything Lined Up So Perfectly That I Thought My Vision Got Blurry
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#2 Came Back To The Stove To Find All My Penne Standing Vertically
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#3 Snake Outside My Front Door Had A Penny
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Nowadays, we are constantly bombarded with interesting content and amusing information. But the irony is that the oversaturation of interesting content means that almost nothing is interesting anymore. “Oh, my friend took a trip to Japan? Yeah, I’ve seen about 500 people on social media do the same.”
Or something that may have previously been a rare sight in real life seems much less interesting today because we’ve experienced it dozens of times through someone else’s lens on the internet. Not to mention the fact that everyone is always trying to oversell how amazing and exciting their life is on social media. That’s why groups like Mildly Interesting are so refreshing. They’re just honest, and honesty can be difficult to find online these days.
#4 Cut Into An Onion And It Was Half Red Half White
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#5 Cat Shaped Snow At A Cat Named Store After The Winter Freeze
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#6 Perfect Snowball I Made
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Just like beauty, interest is in the eye of the beholder. You may read a book about octopuses that you find absolutely fascinating, while only a few pages of it would put your partner to sleep. But regardless of what you personally find interesting, Lorraine Besser, author of The Art of the Interesting, recommends that you prioritize seeking that out more than you prioritize seeking out happiness.
“The research has shown that when you have more psychologically rich experiences, it can lead you toward a more expansive sense of self,” Besser told Greater Good Magazine. “You feel more connected to everything—your environment, other people, whatever—in a non-evaluative way.”
#7 A Single Perfect Snowflake Landed On My Glasses On My Way To Work
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#8 Sometimes, When My Allergies Are Bugging Me, Just The Scales On My Koi Tattoo Puff Up
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#9 My Assistant Principals Tried To Scare Off Some Turkeys But Ended Up Getting Chased
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To seek out more interesting experiences, Besser recommends loosening your grip on planning. She explains that we have to leave space for unexpected and interesting opportunities to arise; if our minds are too narrow, we’ll miss out on these moments. Once you’ve made that space, Besser suggests that you “pay attention to the sparks of the interesting in your mind, seeing what lights you up and makes you curious.” Seek out new learning opportunities, and you’ll certainly find plenty of things that you consider interesting.
#10 Leaving Doha For Dubai, Dude In Front Of Me Has 13 Bags And A Falcon
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#11 The Chick Next To Me At The Bar Has A Whole Turkey In Her Purse
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#12 My Dog Will Rotate Her Ears 180* When I Say “Good Girl”
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Curiosity is something that we’re all born with, but unfortunately, many of us tend to lose touch with it over time. If you want to find interesting things, though, you’ve got to reconnect with that childlike wonder you once had. If you have many moments as an adult where you feel bored, the solution might simply be finding something that you’re curious about, something that excites you. Even if it’s only mildly interesting.
#13 Store Bought Eggs (Left) Are Fully Round. Farm Bought Eggs (Right) Have Flat Bottoms. All Cooked Together
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#14 Airport Security Left A Billy Club In My Golf Bag
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#15 Moved Our Bed To Find A Piece Of Grass Growing Out Of A Hidden Outlet
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We all know that social media portrays a warped version of reality. According to The Center for Conflict and Cooperation at NYU, only 3% of social media profiles are toxic, but these pages are responsible for one-third of the content that gets posted online. Whether they’re sharing polarizing views, ragebait, or posts that are aimed at making “regular” people self-conscious about their lives, it’s almost impossible to avoid this kind of content.
#16 Had My Water On A Super Slow Drip In My Garage And Over A Day Or Two This Icicle Formed
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#17 I Put A Pinecone In My Shower. It Closes When I Shower And Opens Again When It Dries
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#18 People Pushing The Flooring Away From These Leaning Seats In The Parisian Metro
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One of the worst crimes social media has committed against humanity is creating unrealistic expectations for people. You have to look flawless at all times, smile every moment, travel internationally every weekend, and never complain about anything. Your life must be perfect; otherwise, you’re definitely doing worse than everyone else on Instagram.
Now, most of us know that this is not true when we think about it rationally. But it can be easy to forget that everyone wakes up in the morning with messy hair and fights with their partner from time to time when you don’t see any of that online. We need pages like Mildly Interesting to remind us that life is always riveting. Sometimes, it’s even a bit boring.
#19 I Can Purchase A 55 Gallon Drum Of Maple Syrup At My Local Costco
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#20 I Use My Hand Lotion From The Outside In
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#21 A Single Bald Eagle Feather Next To Me 8 Year Old Chihuahua
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According to Jolanta Burke, Senior Lecturer, Center for Positive Health Sciences, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, finding joy in the little things can even be beneficial to your wellbeing. If you only look forward to extremely exciting or magical moments, you’ll miss out on all of the “micro-joys” that you can experience every single day. Seeing a gorgeous sunset, enjoying a hot cup of coffee, or sitting on your front porch and watching the birds may not be riveting. But they can all be mildly wonderful, and sometimes that’s enough.
#22 My Collect Of Recovered Weapons Working In The Federal Prison System
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#23 Pepper That Fell Behind The Fridge Dried Perfectly Instead Of Molding
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#24 My Wife’s Notes For School
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Are you enjoying this list of mildly interesting photos, pandas? Keep upvoting the ones that you might even say are “pretty interesting,” and let us know in the comments below if you’ve encountered anything in your own life today that’s slightly amusing. Then, if you’re interested in checking out another Bored Panda list featuring posts that aren’t claiming to be any more fascinating than they really are, we recommend reading this article next!
#25 Im A 6’9″/205cm Tall Woman
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#26 My Sister Spends So Much Time In Front Of Our Dog’s Grave That Her Footprints Are Imprinted On The Grass
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#27 Pulled Apart An Old Grill Lighter, And There Was A Normal Lighter Inside
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#28 My Dog Had Chemo And His Fur Went From Being Silver To Black
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#29 My Tongue Has Tooth Shaped Impressions
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#30 Hair With 13 Ends
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#31 I Found This Lost Onion Growing Under My Car Seat
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#32 The Mosquito Bites On My Neck Formed An ‘S’ Shape
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#33 Our Neighbors Built An Igloo (Virginia)
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#34 I Pressed My Face Into The Snow While Making Different Expressions
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#35 There Was A Cat At My Local Home Depot
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#36 My Wife Slices Bagels In 5 For The Maximum Topping Enjoyment
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#37 Snow Naturally Formed This Garland Situation On My Parents Deck. It’s Holding That Shape On Its Own
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#38 Stain Looks Like A Fantasy Map
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#39 The Grubhub Bots On My Campus Take The Same Routes So Often That Their Tire Marks Are Visible
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#40 A Cool Blue Orchid I Found In A Supermarket
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#41 Withdrew $220 From The ATM And Got All Sequential Bills
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#42 This Shadow On My Wall Looks Exactly Like The Grandpa From “Hey Arnold!”
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#43 One Of My M&ms Is Shaped Like A Cylinder
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#44 The Shadow Cast By The (Apparently Transparent) Lenses Of My Glasses
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#45 I Found A Knife Perfectly Imprinted Into The Bottom Of My Delivered Subway Sandwich…
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#46 Walked Past A Kevin From The Office Look-Alike Contest Today And Took A Picture Of The Winner
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#47 My Apple Has The Outline Of An Apple On It
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#48 Dehumidifier Broke While I Was Out Of Town And One Of My Books Absorbed A Bunch Of Water
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#49 My Father-In-Law Marks Food With Expiration Dates
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#50 Banana With All Allergens
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#51 This Censored Version Of 1984
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#52 Someone’s Architectural Phone Charging Wire Configuration Without Touching The Ground
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#53 The Roads In Dubai Are Eerily Empty This Morning
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#54 Found A Hot Wheels Little Library In My Neighborhood
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#55 My Rescue Cat Has Deep Scars That Turned His Fur White
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#56 Bookstore Misspells It’s Own Name On Big Storefront Sign
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#57 Church Is Using A Bible As A Door Stopper
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#58 Human Pet Bed In Lidl (UK)
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#59 Our Staircase To Nowhere, Which We Use As A Bookshelf
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#60 My Sister Found A Little Mushroom In Her Toilet!
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#61 This Knife Broke While Being Used To Crush Garlic
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#62 This House With 7 Stories
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#63 My Strainer Doesnt Rest Over My Sink So I Improvised With A Fork
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#64 I Rewired A Payphone To Be My Home Phone
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#65 My Local Lowe’s Has A Cat That Lives In It
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#66 Mold Job That I Inspected Recently Mirrors Art
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#67 Pet Turtles Set On Their Bellies Over Flower Pots To Prevent Them From Running Wild In The Garden While The Owner Cleans The House
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#68 My Tattoo Got Sewn Together Crooked After Surgery
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#69 My Patient’s Urine Was Bright Green Today
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#70 The Amount Of Oil This Single Cheeto Released From Sitting In The Sun
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#71 While Filling My Pasta Pot With Filtered Water, A Precisely Oriented Macaroni Redirected The Water Stream
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#72 Swans Swimming In Alternating Colour Order
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#73 A Frog On A Cactus
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#74 My Friend’s Cat Rests / Takes Naps Like This On The Chair Every Day
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#75 Trader Joe’s Forgot To White Label The Cheese Packet For Their Mac And Cheese Made By Annie’s
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#76 Husbands Fingers Occasionally Get Weird Blisters That Are Symmetrical
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#77 I Won This Night At The Museum 2 Watch As A Kid From A Cartoon Network Contest
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#78 This Stone Formed In My Humidifier
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#79 This Trash Truck That Says To Leave An American Football Field Distance Between Cars
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#80 My Beard Oil Ate Through The Rubber Stopper
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#81 The Fire Department Accidentally Left Behind A Fire Axe After Clearing Out Our Building
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#82 My Wife Got Me A Wallet That Makes Me Look Like Batman When I Insert My License
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#83 Found A Long Penne
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#84 Whenever We Clean The Ball Pit At Work, The Most Broken Balls We Find Are Always Orange
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#85 I Cut A Potato Exactly In Half
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#86 My Parents Have A Bird House Replica Of Their Home
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#87 This Dog Toy Of A Cow Giving Birth
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#88 Ball Cap For Covering Bald Spot
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#89 I Took This Photo With The Shadow Perfectly Behind The Pole Giving The Illusion Of No Shadow
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#90 Paw Print From My Cat Sitting On Me For 5 Minutes
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#91 I Discovered A Snail Taking A Ride On My Hat
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#92 This Massive Mushroom I Found At Work vs. My Size 5 Men’s Shoe (Ft. Its Mini Twin)
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#93 Missing Cat Sitting Right Next To Its Missing Cat Poster [oc]
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#94 This Carabiner At My Gym That Is Slowly Wearing Through Daily Use
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#95 Someone In My Neighborhood Went Around And Labeled All The Plants Growing Up Through The Sidewalk
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#96 Before And After Watering My Plant Upon My Return To Work After Two Weeks
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#97 This Remote Battery Is Just A Bunch Of Watch Batteries Stacked Together
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#98 This Photo I Accidentally Took Of My Cat’s Optical Nerves
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#99 The Size Of These Grapes I Just Bought
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#100 Local Chinese Restaurant Dragon Town Is Closing, Reopening As Dragon City
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#101 Dental Lamp Looks Like An African Ox
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#102 We Had To Saw My Dog Out From Between The Floors Of Our House
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#103 I Stepped On A Blueberry And It Left An Imprint Of Itself
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#104 Pre-Popped Popcorn
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#105 I Have A Cave Behind My House
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#106 No Cabbage Sign
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#107 Sauce Containers Can Be Made Into Cowboy Hats
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#108 Hotel I Am Staying At Is Next To A Golf Course. I Have A Broken Window
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#109 This Village Has These Statues To Discourage Drivers From Speeding
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#110 The Leds To Turn 5 Into 6 Were So Rarely Used Until Now That There Is A Noticeable Difference In Brightness
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#111 Sydney Has Water Fountains With A Mouth Guard So People Don’t Put Their Lips Directly On The Spout
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#112 The Grass Inside The Ring Of Mushrooms Is Thicker Than Outside
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#113 The Tomato I Grew Has Rings
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#114 My Car Has A Dedicated Spot For Lip Balm
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#115 My Phone Fell From The Phone Holder And Got Crushed By The Treadmill I Was Using
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#116 I Am The Same Colour As Cheap Ham
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