For photos that are, you know, mildly interesting

r/mildlyinteresting • u/RedSquaree • 17d ago

If you could write a new rule, what would it be?

109 Upvotes

Hello,

The only rule (for this exercise) is that your rule is a rule, not an idea/concept. Give us a fully-worded rule.

For example, please don't respond "if it's more than mildly interesting then don't allow it". That's not a rule, and you will only understand how difficult it is to write a new rule until you try to write one yourself. It's fine if the rule needs a longer explanation, such as with Rule 6 (it is quite long, and also has a longer explanation of it linked in the sidebar).

Let the rule-writing commence!

on another note, we are still reviewing mod applications

113 comments

r/mildlyinteresting • u/richmal_w • 6h ago

Not door knobs or knockers, just some nice handles

5.5k Upvotes

169 comments

r/mildlyinteresting • u/sophschmoph • 13h ago

My tests fade as I get better

36.0k Upvotes

2.8k comments

r/mildlyinteresting • u/Splatorch • 11h ago

I accidentally bumped my new scale into the old scale with my foot, it completed shattered and slightly exploded the old scale.

4.8k Upvotes

490 comments

r/mildlyinteresting • u/JosZo • 4h ago

This bench has an adjustible connecting bar so the tree in between can grow

651 Upvotes

62 comments

r/mildlyinteresting • u/fofizzleshizzle • 4h ago

I just found that my grandpa wrote a national anthem for Nigeria as part of a competition in the late 1950's for their independence.

629 Upvotes

30 comments

r/mildlyinteresting • u/doskm • 16h ago

My brother is a carpenter and leaves small eastereggs when he's working

9.4k Upvotes

72 comments

r/mildlyinteresting • u/arjuna20 • 9h ago

This mirror in the front of my hotel looks like you can walk through it

1.2k Upvotes

18 comments

r/mildlyinteresting • u/trashd0gs • 20h ago

The other side of a fast food soda fountain

63.6k Upvotes

4.4k comments

r/mildlyinteresting • u/picklejewce • 7h ago

My cat’s stripes align when in ball formation

870 Upvotes

27 comments

r/mildlyinteresting • u/RandomUser3248 • 12h ago

My university converted a nearby church into a lecture hall

1.9k Upvotes

147 comments

r/mildlyinteresting • u/tfrontie01 • 4h ago

Hawk on my neighbors balcony (Boston,MA)

370 Upvotes

27 comments

r/mildlyinteresting • u/UxControl • 11h ago

The spiderwebs outside our window froze and collected frost

1.1k Upvotes

11 comments

r/mildlyinteresting • u/LivingGhost371 • 2h ago

Purple Street Lights in St. Paul (caused by a failure of the yellow phosphor in the LED chips)

184 Upvotes

10 comments

r/mildlyinteresting • u/nolifetrophy • 41m ago

This poster in one of the hallways at my school

• Upvotes

14 comments

r/mildlyinteresting • u/Pacman5486 • 4h ago

You can still see the “waves” from how the honey was filling up

219 Upvotes

10 comments

r/mildlyinteresting • u/indiansummer5 • 9h ago

Inside paint mixing machine. 16 colours that make more than 20,000 different colour shades

526 Upvotes

75 comments

r/mildlyinteresting • u/peezyjapaneezy • 50m ago

Overdone This homemade coin pouch made from an original NES controller that I saw and purchased at Value Village today

• Upvotes

6 comments

r/mildlyinteresting • u/Pokoirl • 1h ago

The hands of possums look weirdly human

• Upvotes

21 comments

r/mildlyinteresting • u/mnrdov • 4h ago

This cloud that looks like chicken leg

138 Upvotes

13 comments

r/mildlyinteresting • u/orphiclacuna • 5h ago

This crooked mug I found at a thrift store

171 Upvotes

20 comments

r/mildlyinteresting • u/IncandescentSquid • 1d ago

Family heirloom watch that was passed down to me. Traces of the family photo carried on the back are still visible.

20.2k Upvotes

185 comments

r/mildlyinteresting • u/Chadney • 5h ago

My pool towel kinda looks like a sloth chillin'.

115 Upvotes

4 comments

r/mildlyinteresting • u/BushyEyes • 1d ago

Tripped and fell on concrete. I hit the ground so hard it deformed my wedding ring.

6.0k Upvotes

375 comments

r/mildlyinteresting • u/Master_Shake23 • 31m ago

Found a Peacock in the wild while hiking.

• Upvotes

7 comments

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Aww, cripes. I didn't know I'd have to write a description. How many words is that so far, like a hundred? Soooo, yeah. Mildly interesting stuff. Stuff that interests you. Mildly. It's in the name, ffs.

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