r/BenignExistence

36K archived posts · Mar 2012 – Sep 2026

benignexistence

r/BenignExistence

It's okay to have a benign existence. Share your stories of the vanilla and mundane.

Created Mar 6, 2012

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##It's okay to have a benign existence.

Share your stories of the vanilla and mundane happenings of your life.

##WHAT TO POST?

The preferred topic is experiences you have that are perhaps relatable but do not necessarily evoke a strong reaction.
Please keep your submissions to mainly text posts. If you really want to submit a link or picture though, consider placing it in the body of a text post and tell us more about it.

##WHAT NOT TO POST?

Please don't be rude or hateful. That's not cool.
This is not the place to post jokey jokes or anything that is not a vanilla and mundane happening of your life.
Meta posts are discouraged but can be okay.
Toxicity gives rise to more toxicity. Snarky/judgmental/rude posts & comments will be removed. You'll be politely asked in a PM to not do that.
If you get the urge to harass another person because of something they typed on a keyboard, please remember the human.

Affiliated Sub-Reddits :

r/lifeofnorman - the tale of a benign existence
r/MalignantExistence/ for the more malignant moments.
r/pointlessstories - Where storytellers of all kinds share the stories that no one really needs to hear.

If you're feeling other strong emotions you want to share, it probably has a subreddit. Or perhaps r/howwastoday or r/CasualConversation. We're not affiliated with them but they seem nice.

If your benign existence has slid into self-destructive existential crisis, please consider seeking support. People can be nice.

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