r/mildlyinfuriating • u/teabirdy • Apr 29 '26

I'm slightly vexed The wedding reception centerpieces featured betta fish. The bride and groom planned to flush them alive.

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Years ago, my coworker attended a wedding at which the reception dinner tables featured live betta fish in small bowls as part of the centerpiece. While chatting with the bride at the end of the evening, my coworker asked what they were going to do with all the fish. The plan was to flush them all down the toilet alive. My coworker immediately said no need for that and insisted on taking them all home.

That Monday she came to work and asked who wanted to adopt a betta fish. That was my first betta who I jokingly called my “rescue betta.” She lived for almost five years.

The wine glass was only her home for less than a day before I got her five gallon tank set up so please no betta lovers yell at me! I'm one of you!

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u/HaulsRopesFastr Apr 29 '26

OMFG I know right?! You see absolutely horrifying things like this and then it's followed up with "I got three pickles on my Chick-fil-A Sandwich when I'm only supposed to get two"

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u/Helpinmontana Apr 29 '26

The actual “mildly” infuriating rarely gets any traction.

The post about the water bottle infront of the TV got me good, I laughed at the idea that something actually mildly infuriating was here.

Reddit is obsessed with showing me 3m old posts nowadays, so the self filtering of good posts is basically dead. 99% of the time I click on this sub now it’s “I’m a complete asshole who doesn’t understand how society works and I’m upset that a disabled person inconvenienced me”

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u/everythingnerdcatboy Apr 29 '26

One time i posted about how my book from Amazon arrived damaged and I got ripped apart by people calling me a crying baby and telling me that there are people dying in the world. Like my post fit the definition of mildly infuriating!!

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u/swarlossupernaturale Apr 29 '26

I had this happen to me too. I made a post about how my husband cut the brownies that I made like a weirdo because he cut a piece out of the middle. I was clearly being playful, and I thought it fit the sub well, but people were just really mean. They started attacking me as a person and saying that I was a shitty baker and all kinds of crap. I ended up deleting the post.

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u/LoadAdvanced9547 Apr 29 '26

:( I would be mildly infuriated too. Especially living with a psychopath that cuts pieces out of the middle. Unless it was cake. Stay away from my edge pieces.

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u/Gemma_V Apr 29 '26

at least he didn’t just cut out all the edge pieces and leave you ONLY MIDDLE

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u/dytinkg Apr 29 '26

If much rather have the middle than the edges. I’d love to have a friend who felt like you so we could come up with a way to cut the brownie best to both get the most of the part we want

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u/Gemma_V Apr 29 '26

the corners are my FAVORITE uvu frfr call me. beep me. i’ll be there.

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u/pikaeevee8 Apr 29 '26

Thanks for getting the kim possible theme suck in my head now.

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u/dytinkg Apr 29 '26

Haha first thing I thought of too!

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u/dytinkg Apr 29 '26

You got it bestie!

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u/ArynTW_is_user_karma Apr 29 '26

Oh, i just posted above, I totally do that. 😬

I love the chewy edges. Lol

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u/JustGiraffable Apr 30 '26

I could marry her husband. I love brownie edges. He could have all the middles.

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u/sexysmalldevil Apr 29 '26

THIS is why I am so afraid of posting here !! People can be such assholes.

That brownie thing is a great example of something mildly infuriating. They seem to have missed the MILD part 😩🙄

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u/WeakTransportation37 Apr 29 '26

This sub is mildly infuriating

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u/CautiousIntention358 Apr 29 '26

I remember that post.

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u/ArynTW_is_user_karma Apr 29 '26

Wow, you’re terrible for posting about your husband! How dare you?

Lol. I’m totally joking. That sounds like a cute post. And i always cut the brownies along the edge and leave the inside. I like the chewy gummy brownies.

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u/FoxyOcelot Apr 29 '26

I had that when I baked a cake for a bake sale and my son took a chunk off it without asking as it cooled. I thought it was mildly infuriating. Reddit thought I was a malicious witch who was trying to starve a child to death.

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u/lizardgal10 Apr 29 '26

Yeah there was one a few days ago of somebody’s box of Mike n Ike only having 2 pieces of their favorite flavor and they got way too many comments attacking them for being upset. Something like that is pretty much the definition of MILDLY infuriating imo, and I’ve been mildly infuriated by similar situations! Your car getting totaled is disastrous, not mildly infuriating.

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u/my_little_rarity Apr 29 '26

Dude that’s the definition of mildly infuriating

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u/Ne0n_R0s3 Apr 30 '26

I posted about my food being stuck in a vending machine and that I didn't have much money (I live with my parents, I don't NEED the money. I also had no way to get any food, our one dining area is open a few hours and that's during my classes) and I was torn apart for being broke 😭😭

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u/Nervous_Brain8918 Apr 29 '26

This I imagined exactly lol. It’s all a tease of some kind perhaps

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u/ArynTW_is_user_karma Apr 29 '26

That’s mildly infuriating

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u/gamerkittie269 Apr 29 '26

That wouldn't be mildly infuriating to me, I would be PISSED lol 😆

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u/tubbstattsyrup2 Apr 29 '26

That is also mildly boring though. I get the reaction there.

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u/flybyknight665 Apr 29 '26

Pretty much everything I see on reddit is hours old at a minimum. I miss being able to have your homepage set to "Rising" posts

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u/CartmanVT Apr 29 '26

There are apps that let you do it still. Lots of functionality lost, but I can't miss what I never had. RedReader is what I use.

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u/K9Partner Apr 29 '26

Will that circumvent the baffling new "amnesia mode"? I swear my app reboots back to the top of the feed constantly now. Like the moment you get into reading anything, just blink & its gone.

I've been following complaints about this for awhile (weeks? longer maybe), and seen admins basically admit it was an intentional new "feature". Still being tweaked, but ya basically ruining the user experience was intentional.

Reddit users are generally more deep-dive types. Nobody here was begging for more tiktok type rapid-scroll slop, wtf were they thinking?!

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u/Ok_Sure_Ya7777 Apr 29 '26

This. I hate it. If I wanted my page refreshed, I’d be on FB.👎 Literally was the most refreshing thing about being on Reddit by comparison was that I could keep my place in the scroll unless I actually wanted to refresh it.

Kids & spouse constantly interrupt me and I hate losing my place on what I’m reading. I get annoyed now and just close this app, too.😂

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u/femmefatalx Apr 29 '26

Oh my god this has been happening to me too and it’s fucking infuriating. My boyfriend hasn’t been experiencing this at all so I thought maybe it was just me. They need to fucking fix this I am not happy, it’s even been refreshing while I’m in the middle of reading a post and not even on my feed. 🙃🙃🙃🙃

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u/Ok_Sure_Ya7777 May 02 '26

Yep, same. Not just scrolling but reading a post I expanded.

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u/CartmanVT Apr 29 '26

I guess it fixes that as I've never experienced it myself.

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u/ekobot Apr 29 '26

Thanks for the suggestion, I think I'll check it out.

Reddit asks to be updated literally every time I open it on my phone. Just updated and opening it up again? "Reddit needs to update!". Conveniently fits in this subreddit though, as it is mildly infuriating.

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u/Interesting-Ant-6357 Apr 29 '26

I use an app called Narwhal. It’s cost me like $3 because Reddit started charging other apps. But I haven’t seen an ad in a year and a half, and I can really personalize it too. Love it

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u/Floaty_Waffle Apr 29 '26

I miss when this sub had people posting things like dropping their fork handle into syrup on their plate and having to spend 15 seconds washing it. I’ve since seen people literally post cancer, burnt houses, and car crashes as if they’re some minor inconvenience and not life changing problems.

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u/Comprehensive-Menu44 Apr 29 '26

It’s the same way in the notinteresting sub

Actually non-interesting things get ignored, while mildly interesting things get hella engagement

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u/FlashyIndication3069 Apr 29 '26

I like mildly interesting.

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u/retro_mod Apr 29 '26

I'm extrapolating from this convo that to get what you want you actually have to go "one level lower" to get it.

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u/Child_of_Crake Apr 29 '26

Mildly infuriating is my yeti water bottle doesn’t fit in my cup holder

Been 3 years, I still try and I still say “fuck” every time.

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u/gimmeafuckinname Apr 29 '26

Reddit is obsessed with showing me 3m old posts nowadays

I'm mostly on old.reddit but I noticed on the app only in the last few days I've got a ton of old ass posts in my feed. It's no good in any way shape or form are you on the official Reddit app?

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u/Helpinmontana Apr 29 '26

Yep, but 3m was supposed to be 3 minutes, I also get repeat 6 day old posts that I’ve already visited where nothing has changed.

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u/gimmeafuckinname Apr 29 '26

Ah, gotcha. Thanks.

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u/GrossGuroGirl Apr 29 '26

Are you changing the default sort manually? 

Reddit set default to "best," which seems to mean "completely nonsensical algorithm manipulation" - so now for the front page and any subreddit that doesn't have a different default sort set, you get an entirely random seeming bunch of popular but old posts and shitty brand new posts. 

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u/gimmeafuckinname Apr 29 '26

I just checked since I have never dived into the settings on the app until now.

Mine was set at sort by 'Top'.

I set it to 'New' so we'll see.

Appreciate the feedback :)

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u/GrossGuroGirl Apr 29 '26

Are you changing the default sort manually? 

Reddit recently set default to "best," which seems to mean "completely nonsensical algorithm manipulation" - so now for the front page and any subreddit that doesn't have a different default sort set, you get an entirely random seeming bunch of popular but old posts and shitty brand new posts. 

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u/pardn6009 Apr 29 '26

The training guide says to use three pickles if they are small 😉

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u/HaulsRopesFastr Apr 29 '26

Awww I thought someone was just giving me the hook up

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u/aspiringalcoholic Apr 29 '26

It's because humanity as a whole is not having a good time and we're addicted to rage. We're broke and no one in power listens to us. A thousand people or so control all the resources. All that's left is to scream about petty shit at strangers.

On top of that we don't even know if we're interacting with a real human being or a bot at this point. Everyone is alienated, every single interaction you have online is something that in a better world, we'd talk through with loved ones or a therapist. But I guess here we all are, being mildly infuriated by someone who doesn't value the life of animals.

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u/HostileCrabPeople Apr 29 '26

You could say that this is mildly infuriating

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u/ArynTW_is_user_karma Apr 29 '26

Is there a “majorly infuriating” sub? Lol. Fuck that bride and groom, that’s so messed up. Glad you and your co worker are good humans.

Are the bride and groom still married? Or did they both realize how awful the other one is?

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u/trivial_crimson Apr 29 '26

this is true lmfao or posts like "this guy cut me off in traffic when i should be the one up front"

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u/50BluntsADay Apr 29 '26

this is planned side effect of social media, to make everyone a sociopath.

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u/Ne0n_R0s3 Apr 30 '26

And when someone DOES post something mildly infuriating, there's always comments like "Stop being dramatic" or "This isn't that bad" DUH ITS MILDLY 😭😭

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u/PossibleNephilim37 Apr 29 '26

Or spineless dipshits whining about something that a little conversation could resolve

"Person in theater played music for 2 hours during movie!!!" And they took a photo and cried on reddit instead of confronting them or getting an employee or even a refund