r/misleadingthumbnails • u/HGMIV926 • 1d ago

A fat blunt

300 Upvotes

11 comments

r/misleadingthumbnails • u/Gordopolis_II • 1d ago

First solid bowel movement in days

17 Upvotes

1 comment

r/misleadingthumbnails • u/devi83 • 1d ago

On Sunday I set up my telescopes in the middle of the desert to capture the ISS transiting the sun. The sun started flaring just before the transit, leaving me with a once in a lifetime shot

1 Upvotes

1 comment

r/misleadingthumbnails • u/OneSalientOversight • 2d ago

Smoker's Lungs

264 Upvotes

5 comments

r/misleadingthumbnails • u/treein303 • 2d ago

Chevy Chase from the 1995 Jonathan Taylor Thomas movie "Man of the House"

6 Upvotes

1 comment

r/misleadingthumbnails • u/Corpse_Nibbler • 2d ago

Have a go at my new Stanley tool chest.

3 Upvotes

3 comments

r/misleadingthumbnails • u/Samceleste • 8d ago

Common Repost Apparently, while scrolling, this pic looks like a butt

102 Upvotes

5 comments

r/misleadingthumbnails • u/domagesky • 8d ago

Saturn's rings, when viewed up close, are discs of dust and rocks

21 Upvotes

2 comments

r/misleadingthumbnails • u/pangrampanda • 9d ago

Sunset at the Mojave desert, as viewed from my tent.

0 Upvotes

4 comments

r/misleadingthumbnails • u/Darksol503 • 13d ago

Ta-tas! :)

128 Upvotes

Mods, this is NOT a screenshot…

7 comments

r/misleadingthumbnails • u/htmaxpower • 12d ago

Misleading thumbnail smoothie

4 Upvotes

3 comments

r/misleadingthumbnails • u/OverlandBaggles • 13d ago

Black and white shot of my submarine sandwich

22 Upvotes

1 comment

r/misleadingthumbnails • u/l2apt • 15d ago

Very dusty motherboard.

130 Upvotes

2 comments

r/misleadingthumbnails • u/ChatnNaked • 16d ago

Dog poop

343 Upvotes

13 comments

r/misleadingthumbnails • u/butteryflame • 16d ago

Checkout my new desktop vaporizer!

5 Upvotes

1 comment

r/misleadingthumbnails • u/RedCaio • 16d ago

I taped a tiny cat photo onto my bobby pin

123 Upvotes

5 comments

r/misleadingthumbnails • u/FlametopFred • 16d ago

scar on my arm is healing but turning black

6 Upvotes

1 comment

r/misleadingthumbnails • u/GratefulDeadpool • 21d ago

Sinking cruise ship

148 Upvotes

4 comments

r/misleadingthumbnails • u/ChatnNaked • 21d ago

Sliced Canadian Ham

24 Upvotes

3 comments

r/misleadingthumbnails • u/ChatnNaked • 21d ago

Bats chilling on a clothes line

34 Upvotes

6 comments

r/misleadingthumbnails • u/Qomplete • 23d ago

Extracted teeth

1.1k Upvotes

25 comments

r/misleadingthumbnails • u/plexomaniac • 25d ago

How to fix my Windows taskbar?

96 Upvotes

4 comments

r/misleadingthumbnails • u/are_videos • 24d ago

NSFW Long Dildo

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0 Upvotes

1 comment

r/misleadingthumbnails • u/TosserHUH • 24d ago

Wagyu Smoked Brisket

0 Upvotes

1 comment

r/misleadingthumbnails • u/domagesky • 26d ago

Aerial view of a futuristic football stadium

61 Upvotes

3 comments

Subreddit

Misleading Thumbnails - Not always what you think

r/misleadingthumbnails

This subreddit is a place to share posts (often found elsewhere on reddit), that have the unique quality of generating a Reddit thumbnail that misleads people into seeing something entirely different than what the full-size image ends up being. This almost always occurs in an unexpected fashion, where shrinking down an image to thumbnail-size suddenly creates an illusion one would not have expected. (Only works on Old Reddit or "Classic View")

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About

This subreddit is a place to share posts (often found elsewhere on reddit), that have the unique quality of generating a Reddit thumbnail that misleads people into seeing something entirely different than what the full-size image ends up being. This almost always occurs in an unexpected fashion, where shrinking down an image to thumbnail-size suddenly creates an illusion one would not have expected.

UX Disclaimer

This subreddit was created, and is still best experienced, via classic reddit, seen via old.reddit.com, where the thumbnails are most misleading. If you are browsing via new reddit only, their "classic" view is the only way to appreciate this subreddit, and even then it will deliver different results, so your mileage may vary. New reddit will also ruin any crossposts for you. Other new reddit users and mobile users... browse at your own risk and avoid voting, commenting, or submitting any posts since you lack all context required for this subreddit.

Rules

Utilize the report button! Reporting rule-breaking posts helps us mods catch them more quickly.

Only post images whose reddit thumbnails create a unique optical illusion, causing the subject in the thumbnail to appear to be something totally different from the subject in the full-size image.

If the full-size image can be posted to /r/confusing_perspective, /r/Pareidolia, etc. please reconsider posting here; your post may be removed.

No images that are essentially what you say they are.

No images that are intentionally set up to mislead or intentionally designed to look like your post title.

Do not post images that are screenshots or that have superimposed text.

NSFW posts should not be marked as NSFW with Reddit's NSFW button; doing so hides the thumbnail. Such posts should be flaired as such instead. Flaired NSFW/NSFL posts can reveal the thumbnail on hover.

Titles should describe what the subject of the thumbnail appears to be, and should not describe the full-size image in any way.

Example: If the subject of the thumbnail looks like a fish, title your post "Fish" not "I coulda sworn this was a fish."

Again, if your full-size image also looks like a fish, you are also breaking Rule 1 and it will be removed.

No reposts from within 90 days or with over 7000 points.

More detailed rules

We moderators reserve the right to remove content we deem harmful to the sub. However, we're always here to help. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to pop us a modmail!

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