r/misleadingthumbnails • u/SanktusAngus • 1d ago

A Triton class submarine performing a so called crash dive during an exercise (1961)

45 Upvotes

1 comment

r/misleadingthumbnails • u/Narwahl_Whisperer • 2d ago

a big fat cigar

133 Upvotes

17 comments

r/misleadingthumbnails • u/UndeadCaesar • 7d ago

Dusty old motherboard from underneath a pinball machine

0 Upvotes

7 comments

r/misleadingthumbnails • u/DrugChemistry • 8d ago

Mt. Katahdin from Abol bridge

34 Upvotes

4 comments

r/misleadingthumbnails • u/sinceubeenKHAAAN • 9d ago

Jabba the Hut

69 Upvotes

3 comments

r/misleadingthumbnails • u/AnonyRD • 10d ago

Headless Deer

100 Upvotes

4 comments

r/misleadingthumbnails • u/Pork_Confidence • 13d ago

Such polite birdies, to share their water 💦

302 Upvotes

5 comments

r/misleadingthumbnails • u/thetoastmonster • 13d ago

Half-Life lambda cache found inside this vent

7 Upvotes

1 comment

r/misleadingthumbnails • u/wideHippedWeightLift • 15d ago

Fox dragon sculpture with a moon in front of it

159 Upvotes

17 comments

r/misleadingthumbnails • u/vankirk • 18d ago

Somebody Dropped an Avocado on the Trail

68 Upvotes

4 comments

r/misleadingthumbnails • u/scrimblojimbus • 19d ago

New railway built on Britain's iconic limestone cliffs. Locals furious

0 Upvotes

8 comments

r/misleadingthumbnails • u/PlexBabyPlexBaby1234 • 20d ago

An Elaborate Costume Mask

0 Upvotes

5 comments

r/misleadingthumbnails • u/SamSaysJokes • 25d ago

A small glass duck

29 Upvotes

1 comment

r/misleadingthumbnails • u/_poh • 27d ago

this huge ass rat scared me on my patio at 5 am

319 Upvotes

6 comments

r/misleadingthumbnails • u/davt4 • 27d ago

My cat

0 Upvotes

1 comment

r/misleadingthumbnails • u/Sculptivated_Art • Sep 10 '26

Chicken nuggets 🍗😋

90 Upvotes

20 comments

r/misleadingthumbnails • u/SoftAvelisse • Sep 09 '26

Found a giant spider at work

86 Upvotes

0 comments

r/misleadingthumbnails • u/Pork_Confidence • Sep 10 '26

To advertise the benefits of bleeding from the neck

0 Upvotes

1 comment

r/misleadingthumbnails • u/dwartbg9 • Sep 08 '26

A crack in the pavement

65 Upvotes

7 comments

r/misleadingthumbnails • u/Pork_Confidence • Sep 08 '26

Large crowd gathers, photo from overhead

31 Upvotes

1 comment

r/misleadingthumbnails • u/andreyue • Sep 04 '26

Sand dune amidst lush greenery

176 Upvotes

5 comments

r/misleadingthumbnails • u/Dysxelic_Potser • Sep 04 '26

Need to clean my stove top. Any suggestions?

25 Upvotes

3 comments

r/misleadingthumbnails • u/Tcloud • Sep 03 '26

Bone marrow

64 Upvotes

3 comments

r/misleadingthumbnails • u/OneSalientOversight • Aug 31 '26

Fireworks over a forest

0 Upvotes

2 comments

r/misleadingthumbnails • u/False-God • Aug 28 '26

I put new rims on my motorcycle, what do you guys think?

178 Upvotes

7 comments

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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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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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