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[–]Im_100percent_human 91 points92 points ago

So does the President. My mother has a bag of presidential M&Ms somewhere.

[–]kenata88 29 points30 points ago

But here in Ottawa we have regukar m&ms. Are they not good enough for you America? I see how it is :(

[–]byronite[S] 112 points113 points ago

Real Canadians eat Smarties, you NAFTA whore!

[–]RockHardRetard 4 points5 points ago

Smarties, such glorious candy!

[–]mwmwmwmwmmdw 2 points3 points ago

and coffee crisp

[–]RockHardRetard 1 point2 points ago

THE glorious

[–]Tdaug1996 5 points6 points ago

Mmm. Smarties :)

[–]TobeWhatis 0 points1 point ago

Except smarties are gross, the chocolate is good, but the shell is way too thick

[–]NonSequiturEdit 11 points12 points ago

Where I come from, Smarties are pastel-colored, concave little pucks of compressed powdered sugar the size of your fingernail that come rolled in clear plastic.

[–]Mozzarella_FoxFire 10 points11 points ago

Those are called Rockets in Canada.

[–]helgaofthenorth 4 points5 points ago

Such a backward country.

[–]TobeWhatis 1 point2 points ago

yea from where i come from too, but the comment i was relying to was talking about the rancid pieces of chocolate that are canadian smarties

[–]ShinyPichu 9 points10 points ago

It's supposed to be crunchy, that's the entire point.

[–]TobeWhatis 1 point2 points ago

still really damn nasty

[–]abood_3 24 points25 points ago

I don't know why Americans don't like regukar flavour, they are the best.

[–]kenata88 6 points7 points ago

Im on my android and it wont let me ninja correct my spelling error :P

[–]Colby347 2 points3 points ago

Simple fix for that: use Reddit News. After that just slide your comment and there's an edit button :)

[–]filefly 1 point2 points ago

baconreader > *

[–]brown_felt_hat 5 points6 points ago

Reddit is fun?

[–]NonSequiturEdit -1 points0 points ago

Boning cyborgs is fun too!

[–]brown_felt_hat 2 points3 points ago

I'm an Android type of guy, so

[–]TrolLCD 2 points3 points ago

I tried Baconreader and Reddit is fun. Baconreader is really slow for me, so I use reddit is fun

[–]Colby347 1 point2 points ago

Well, I... DISAGREE!

[–]92MsNeverGoHungry 0 points1 point ago

Which one? *regular? or *flavor?

[–]bigbangbilly 1 point2 points ago

is that how you spell regular at your place?

[–]whiskeyonsunday 2 points3 points ago

So do Senators.

[–]kidneysforsale 1 point2 points ago

They really don't test very good from what I remember when I had some. Not sure why- they were just m&m's but they weren't yummy.

[–]TheFreeloader -5 points-4 points ago

Your mom, the president, bags of chocolate nuts. Oh, the jokes...

[–]SlowHotWind 221 points222 points ago

Eminembacy.

[–]RadtasticNinjaChick 87 points88 points ago

Now everyone report to the White House, to the White House, to the White House

Now everyone report to the White House, all right stop--

Election time!

...I'm sorry. I'll see myself out now.

[–]Dalek_of_Metal 58 points59 points ago

Come here little candies in this pack
Guess who's back with a brand new rap
And I don't mean rap as in a new case
Of "lewd"ewinski's accusations
Ah ah ah ah ah, no worries
POTUS has a plan to give us our boys
all sick and tired of being deployed
I've touched every topic, 'cept the unemployed!

[–]Apostolate 7 points8 points ago

You haven't touched on child safety.

[–]RadtasticNinjaChick 1 point2 points ago

Brilliant! I knew you Daleks had potential!

Seriously, tagging you as Rapping Dalek.

[–]Tdaug1996 0 points1 point ago

That was damn good. Somebody, pay Obama to rap this...

[–]FLAkz 8 points9 points ago

No, come back! Please keep going.

[–]RadtasticNinjaChick 4 points5 points ago

I'm sorry, but that's all I got.

[–]marymurrah 2 points3 points ago

That's actually a really good little rhyme about how term limits hinder presidencies a bit.

[–]Silversol99 1 point2 points ago

One six year term then.

[–]marymurrah 2 points3 points ago

I'm not sure where I stand on the debate. Part of me thinks that no matter how long a term is, administrations will fail to reach their potential because half (or even more) of the term will be a "learning curve" for the presidents. "Learning curve" isn't exactly the best term here, but what I'm trying to describe is how the first two years of a president's first term seem to be slow moving to me. I'm not a political analyst, but from my view, this is what it seems to be.
I have a feeling that even if the term is extended to six years, and only one term is permitted, that the incoming administrations would continue this "learning curve" effect that I've seen.

Plus, the idea of a six-year term scares me a bit. I'd be nervous to see the term of a president line up with the start of new terms for senators of the same party. Actually, I'd hate to see a president's term line up with a congressional win of the opposing party taking the majority (though I doubt that would ever happen).

[–]RadtasticNinjaChick 1 point2 points ago

Exactly. We need checks and balances, and this could make the system rather messy.

[–]marymurrah 1 point2 points ago

Exactly. Checks and balances are the greatest part of our nation's government. It's something that will never not happen. There are constant struggles for power between the divisions of government. It keeps us in a constant state of change, but I think it's a good thing because of what it achieves: no part ever gaining too much power.

[–]Swamp85 2 points3 points ago

[–]RadtasticNinjaChick 2 points3 points ago

That... That was great.

[–]Mythodiir 1 point2 points ago

Wonderful

[–]GazPostsOnReddit 7 points8 points ago

M&Mericuh

[–]Herover 0 points1 point ago

I was just about to ask why the top left said "E" instead of "m", and then felt very stupid.

Then I saw your comment and became confused.

[–]knowledgeoverswag 64 points65 points ago

The White House also has red, white, and blue M&Ms served in boxes with the president's signature on it. Apparently, they give these out instead of what they used to back in the day--cigarettes. The boxes are shaped like cigarette boxes, interestingly.

My fam has Bill Clinton, George Bush, and Barack Obama M&M boxes.

[–]jsimon8 17 points18 points ago

pics needed

[–]certnneed 31 points32 points ago

we wanna see YOUR m&m boxes!

[–]knowledgeoverswag 13 points14 points ago

Oh. I don't live with my parents anymore so. No dice.

[–]voiceuvRaisin 19 points20 points ago

13,000 comment karma in 9 months and and you don't live with your parents? What wizardry is this?

[–]knowledgeoverswag 5 points6 points ago

I uh. I say popular stuff, I guess. I have a few negative ones, though.

[–]jsimon8 0 points1 point ago

what is this mysterious google you speak of...?

[–]I_STEAL_FORESKINS 0 points1 point ago

Gotta love how one of those pictures uses a gun for size reference.

[–]doubledisputed 6 points7 points ago

I have some from Air Force One but they're unmarked. Not sure if that means they're from Bush, who didn't sign the box, or something specifically for Air Force One. I want to eat them, they must be delicious...

[–]knowledgeoverswag 7 points8 points ago

My parents get them from my aunt who works on the Air Force One.

I got in trouble once for eating some. I was like. It's not the candy that's valuable, it's the box. We're just gonna not eat the candy?

[–]Colby347 12 points13 points ago

The candy is just gonna go bad eventually. I agree with you. Keep the box. Take some pictures with the candy if you must. But don't let it go uneaten.

[–]mallybear69 4 points5 points ago

Great, now I feel bad for saving about 10 boxes of candy for at least 13 years :(

[–]Colby347 3 points4 points ago

If you take pictures while you eat them you may be able to reap some karma from the post you make about it, just fyi!

[–]mallybear69 1 point2 points ago

I love karma as much as the next redditor but I can't even smell peanut M&Ms without feeling sick to my stomach.

[–]Colby347 2 points3 points ago

I'll do it for you then. Get the camera.

[–]Colby347 1 point2 points ago

They're still good! Eat them!

[–]forcedobilisk -1 points0 points ago

Well, that's your fault for caring what a bunch of American white, teenage, middle class, retarded, horny, virgin males think.

[–]Aadarm 3 points4 points ago

"No Secret Service, I was just trying to get some Presidential M&Ms for Trick or Treat!"

[–]borekk 1 point2 points ago

I bought my dad a couple of boxes of these for Father's Day off of ebay a few years ago. Makes an interesting present...they were like $5-$10/box so it wasn't completely horrible. Makes for an interesting little piece to set on a shelf anyway.

[–]rycar 0 points1 point ago

I have an Obama one in my closet somewhere.

[–]bs0l 29 points30 points ago

So did I! For my birthday!

So can you!

[–]BitchinTechnology 13 points14 points ago

dat blur

[–]bs0l 8 points9 points ago

I have possibly the shittiest cell phone camera available.

For that I apologize.

[–]BitchinTechnology 9 points10 points ago

its the instagram blackberry filter

[–]zaro27 6 points7 points ago

TASTES LIKE FREEDOM! TASTES LIKE THE SOUND OF AN EAGLE SOARING OVER MOUNT FUCKING RUSHMORE! TASTES LIKE THE SMELL OF YOUR MOTHER'S APPLE PIE! TASTES LIKE WATCHING A BASEBALL GAME WITH YOUR DAD! TASTES LIKE THE US OF FUCKING A!

[–]i0dine 0 points1 point ago

TIL all of those things taste like M&Ms.

[–]zaro27 1 point2 points ago

Well, yeah. Most things taste somewhere between M&Ms and chicken. It's like a spectrum.

[–]ChunkBunny 9 points10 points ago

...and I'm sure they cost four times as much as other custom made M&Ms.

[–]7719 11 points12 points ago

40 bucks or so for 20 packs of that size. Maybe a bit more for them since they are branding the wrapper itself as well.

[–]knowledgeoverswag 10 points11 points ago

I recently bought custom M&Ms at mymms.com

I bought a 5lbs bag. It was like $140.

5lbs / 1.69oz (typical vending machine size) = 47.34 typical vending machine bags

$140 / 47.34 = $2.97

$2.97 / $0.75 = 3.96

Spot on, sir.

[–]MeMyselForWho 2 points3 points ago

Do you listen to Palmer Squares?

[–]knowledgeoverswag 1 point2 points ago

Yes. When I bought that last CD where they straight just sent out no artwork or anything, but personalized each individual CD, mine said:

"I blew weed smoke all over this CD. You're welcome. - Acumental"

[–]powernut 7 points8 points ago

So you call up China and have them make a bunch of "N&Ns" for $15/gross kiloton. Give them to your enemies only, though, unless your friends have acquired an immunity to radioactivity and malaria.

[–]yesukai 0 points1 point ago

Only four times as much? Probably $1000 a bag.

[–]bsteeper 5 points6 points ago

so about four times as much as custom made M&Ms.

[–]aruffone 32 points33 points ago

This looks like a highly necessary taxpayer expenditure.

[–]Apostolate 47 points48 points ago

You're going to be really mad when you hear about all the jets and planes our government flies people around in.

[–]zuperxtreme 26 points27 points ago

Why? Do they serve special M&Ms too? Bastards!

[–]Apostolate 6 points7 points ago

Two packs a person per flight. THE HUMANITY!

[–]jbeach403 2 points3 points ago

Other than the fact that they make a killing on them, they aren't cheap to buy and rube tourists who see them cream their patriotic panties about them.

[–]deviantbono 3 points4 points ago

I would describe it as a mildly unnecessary taxpayer expenditure.

[–]FLAkz 3 points4 points ago

This is pretty cool; just FYI you can make your own!

[–]HolographicMetapod 3 points4 points ago

What a waste of time and money.

Neat.

[–]gder 3 points4 points ago

Oh how I wish I still had them, unfortunately they got lost in the divorce.

Years ago when my wife and I were still happily married and her family still talked with her older brother we went to visit him in DC. He and his wife were MPs at Andrew's AFB and lived on base.

One of their jobs was guarding the dignitary planes, this also included the planes that get designated as Air Force 1 and Air Force 2.

As I was told; Georg Bush was a big fan of M&Ms and had them on all the dignitary planes. My brother-in-law got us several boxes of these. Every box was white, had the presidential seal on it, and Bush's signature printed below it.

[–]pdinc 3 points4 points ago

That's covered in a higher post; that's actually done by every president and replaces the box of cigarettes that they used to have (which also explains the shape).

[–]themindtaker 8 points9 points ago

Goddamn right we do.

[–]Jester14 4 points5 points ago

Why "Ottawa, Canada"? We don't say "Washington, USA".

[–]TheAmericans 3 points4 points ago

Cause it's "City, State". In this case Canada is a state, as in country. For example "Ottawa, Canada" or "Paris, France". For American cities you use the state instead of the whole country. And I think it's the same in Australia. For example "Austin, Texas" and "Sydney, New South Wales". But I'm not sure of the last one.

[–]knowledgeoverswag 4 points5 points ago

I've always heard "Sydney, Australia" or "Melbourne, Australia". Granted, I'm an American so.

[–]TheAmericans 3 points4 points ago

Yeah, I might have been wrong there.

[–]byronite[S] 1 point2 points ago

Yep, you're wrong. It's Ottawa, Ontario; or Ottawa, Canada. Sorry.

[–]TheAmericans 0 points1 point ago

So "Ottawa, Canada", like I said, is right.

[–]byronite[S] 0 points1 point ago

Yep. But Ottawa, Ontario is also right. Just like Seattle, USA is technically right. It's just the 'DC' initials that messes up Washington DC, USA. Plus everybody knows where Washington DC is, as it's basically the capital of the world. :)

[–]TheAmericans 0 points1 point ago

"Ottawa, Ontario" is "City, Province". Yes, it's also right, but I was originally replying to Jester14 who asked Why "Ottawa, Canada"?. The answer is that in this case "City, State" is used.

[–]clickityclank 0 points1 point ago

You mean that we do something different from you? You mean that each of our embassies' seals lists the country it's located in? Fuck us, right? We must be dumb.

[–]hijklmno 7 points8 points ago

Putting an American embassy in Ottawa is like putting a fire hydrant in the middle of a lake.

[–]redditspice 2 points3 points ago

your metaphor is stupider than you

[–]barium111 5 points6 points ago

Such a rich thing to do.

[–]me135 2 points3 points ago

Hey! I live there! Hooray for Ottawa! Also, brb, going to American embassy for free M&M's!

[–]mikemcg 2 points3 points ago

I've always wondered how people actually get in to the embassy with all of the barriers and fences and stuff they have set up.

[–]Keightler 16 points17 points ago

It's actually an obstacle course. If you make it all the way inside your prize is a free bag of custom made M&M's.

[–]me135 8 points9 points ago

I have no idea.... One time, I almost convinced one of my moron friends to throw his empty backpack over the fence. He was about to toss it when I grabbed his arm because I figured he'd be smart enough not to do it... Almost spent the rest of my life in Guantanamo that day.

[–]mikemcg 7 points8 points ago

Oh god, that would have ended so poorly. If the Ottawa police blow up suspicious soda cans in suburbs, imagine what the RCMP would do about a suspicious backpack next to an embassy.

[–]babetteateoatmeal 2 points3 points ago

As an American living in Ottawa, let me tell you it can be a hassle.

At the front door (Sussex & Clarence) there is a small covered path that leads to a guard house. You have to have a legit reason to go inside, and you have to have all of your ID with you. You're crossing a border, as the embassy is technically on US soil, so there's a lot of security.

edit: spelling

[–]ogami1972 0 points1 point ago

Cool.

[–]C_IsForCookie 0 points1 point ago

USA! USA!

[–]burstahurst 0 points1 point ago

My tax dollars at work, ladies and gentlemen.

[–]yeahdef 0 points1 point ago

Great use of taxpayer funds I'd say.

[–]flargenhargen 0 points1 point ago

...and they are a great use of your tax dollars at just 17 bucks a package!!

[–]Toastfighter 2 points3 points ago

The M stands for 'merica.

[–]culofiesta 2 points3 points ago

Well spent tax dollars

[–]EyesWideStupid 2 points3 points ago

Omigosh! Now I can EAT my tax dollars!

[–]jbeach403 2 points3 points ago

The Canadian embassy in London had tim hortons coffee. I had to go do to a pass port issue and I got a free double double, no complaints.

[–]1leggeddog 0 points1 point ago

Made in China

[–]brokenguitarstring 3 points4 points ago

This is not Mildly Interesting.

This is Somewhat Intriguing. Have an upvote.

[–]twokidsinamansuit 1 point2 points ago

It was a big day for the American embassy in Canada...

[–]RonaldFuckingPaul 1 point2 points ago

Anyone can do this.

[–]evilmeow 1 point2 points ago

I think it's pretty easy to make these.

My university made some for a scholarship dinner, and we're by no means a fancy university. Especially with all the murdorous budget cuts.

[–]patienttapping 1 point2 points ago

you can order those things somehow. I think the target is probably toddler's birthday parties and weddings, though

[–]kcg5 1 point2 points ago

As does Air Force One. They even have their own decks of cards..

[–]marymurrah 1 point2 points ago

For anyone wondering, so does Wheaton College in MA*. We were actually the first place to have customized M&Ms! Come over and check out our embarrassingly weak subreddit- /r/WheatonCollege!

*- most definitely not Wheaton in Illinois.

ps- I swear I'm not from admissions.

[–]kripsys99 1 point2 points ago

They need those M&M's to make up for their huge, incredibly intrusive, "we're going to shut down one lane of traffic on Sussex drive temporarily for National Security reasons...wait it's now 11 years later and the lane is still shut down causing Ottawa commuters unnecessary downtown congestion" embassy. All that said, I love our cousins to the south!

[–]minnabruna 1 point2 points ago

So can you, at this site. My fiance ordered some with our dogs's faces on them once for fun. They came out pretty well.

[–]NopeCopter 1 point2 points ago

You can get them made fairly easily. I've seen custom M&Ms at weddings. I have some UNC Chapel Hill M&Ms too. They are all white and carolina blue with the logo or ram on them.

[–]Rossmund 1 point2 points ago

At first I was thinking, "So? Anyone can buy custom M&Ms," but then I realized what sub I was in. Props on living up to the title.

[–]TylerC94 1 point2 points ago

Isn't this kind of like having your own t-shirt? Anyone can do it: http://www.mymms.com/

[–]aprofondir 1 point2 points ago

I'm going to the US Embassy in Bosnia on the 24th of October, can I get those?

[–]Ollieboots 1 point2 points ago

M for Murica!

[–]daveirl 1 point2 points ago

They did M&Ms in those colours in the UK during the Olympics in honour of Team GB.

[–]dantheemannn 1 point2 points ago

ah our tax dollars at work

[–]AbyssalBison 1 point2 points ago

unnecassary expense

[–]deville94 1 point2 points ago

" This is where our tax dollars are going!!!!???" - right wing American, probably

[–]m1ss1ontomars2k4 1 point2 points ago

Sandia National Labs has them too! They're used in recruiting efforts.

[–]ShackelfordRusty 1 point2 points ago

I'm glad we're spending money on this wonderful bullshit.

[–]LostAneuch 1 point2 points ago

Wonder how much extra this costs...

[–]Vinator 1 point2 points ago

How can I get some?

[–]capt_ishmael 0 points1 point ago

I think that the company that makes M&M's will put any design you want (within reason) if you order them special.

[–]0r1y 1 point2 points ago

M, for 'Murica

[–]Hennonr -1 points0 points ago

And people say it would be catastrophic if we cut the budget 43%.

[–]Mythodiir 0 points1 point ago

Ottawa, the town of my birth.

[–]lenoat702 0 points1 point ago

Merica

[–]Mrknowitall666 0 points1 point ago

and, you could have your own M&Ms too...

www.mymms.com

[–]UND3AD-1 0 points1 point ago

That's an E for Ecstasy.

[–]thezodiak 0 points1 point ago

My friend has a random box of Air Force One M&M's

[–]godmoderage -1 points0 points ago

Why aren't they burnt?

[–]Maagiline 2 points3 points ago

To all the people complaining about money waste, it's most probrable that they had fixed budgets and had money left over at the end of the year. In most cases you can't use last years money next year so they need to use it up quick.

Solution: Buy lots and lots of novelty M&M's!

source: i work at an ebassy

[–]theorymeltfool -1 points0 points ago

To all the people complaining about money waste, it's most probrable that they had fixed budgets and had money left over at the end of the year. In most cases you can't use last years money next year so they need to use it up quick.

Yup, no reason to petition for tighter budgets. Much better to enrich a private company like Mars, Inc. instead of giving money back to taxpayers.

[–]byronite[S] 0 points1 point ago

Also, it's a lot cooler than printing your logo on a pen.

[–]skekze -3 points-2 points ago

America can't afford to pay for dental for even children in this country, but goddam if we can't afford to give out candy to diplomats. Our national anthem should be changed to the dueling banjo song from Deliverance. That fucking kid kicked his ass. What made this country great isn't pretension to greatness. It's the people.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tqxzWdKKu8

[–]byronite[S] 6 points7 points ago

To be fair, most embassies give out free booze to their visitors. A pack of novelty M&Ms is pretty modest by comparison.

[–]skekze 1 point2 points ago

I'm just a grump, don't mind me. It was a good and interesting fact. I just want to line up these politicians though and let a granny kick them in the nards. Let's keep it real.

[–]BitchinTechnology -2 points-1 points ago

Downvoted because this is more then mildyintersting to me

[–]Apostolate -3 points-2 points ago

OP, you should cross post this to /r/murica.

[–]_severin 0 points1 point ago

JEDWARD GOT THESE.

[–]theorymeltfool -3 points-2 points ago

Wow, fuck the US Government!

[–]Gehbstemmer -3 points-2 points ago

That's such a fucking waste of money.