Sometimes, the best course of action when it feels like the walls are closing in, and you're faced with a boss that insists on being a lousy human being, is to play out some good old malicious compliance. In this case, it sounds like it ended up working out for the employee. Even though they were fired, they basically got that paid vacation before they were able to start up with their new gig. 

Check out some more juicy malicious compliance with this boss who orchestrated their own downfall.

With a little bit of creative re-branding and some hot glue, people can turn their dumb junk into bizarre treasures that they try selling online. Are anyone of these goods and services good or serviceable? Usually not, but they are weird and bad and they're for sale.

Someone on AskReddit got an entertaining thread going about the times that farmers were left utterly puzzled by strange stunts that their animals pulled. Some animals are more mischievous than others. Or there's those chickens, and how they've been known to apparently let loose cursed cries if one mocks them. 

Man, oh, man, using one's status to take advantage of others is about as low as one can go. There are bad apples in every bunch though. Fortunately, justice was delivered to this mechanic. 

Most people have a certain disdain for things that are imperfect, unaligned, untidy, or made in such a way that they bring only confusion. For some it's a "so what it's not perfect" situation and for others it can be hair-pullingly maddening.  Here are some annoying and off-center imperfections to keep the disdain train slightly off its tracks.

Those poor trains. As it turns out, the world of Thomas the Tank Engine was much darker than it might've appeared at surface level. Yes, we're talking a dark dystopian zombie train apocalypse kind of setting. Poor Smudger legit got turned into a generator after refusing to show off. If that isn't some kind of twisted way to scare kids into following the rules for fear of grave punishments, I don't know what it is. Whole lot of yikes, indeed. 

Poor dad lost his daughter's hamster for a hot second, and a complete and understandable breakdown ensued. Fortunately, everything works out in the end. You can really feel the love in dad's panicked texts. 

Liliana Segura's moving Twitter thread shines light on the struggles experienced by folks that try to set up prison visits to see loved ones. It's a bit of a nightmare, to say the least. 

Someone on AskReddit got a thread going about some of the most supernatural experiences that people have ever had. At the very least, it's threads like this that can invite folks to consider there's a whole lot more going on in this universe than we will ever fully understand. 

Pretty dang awesome that the movie incorporated an actual part of history. Many folks out there would otherwise assume that Chef Boyardee was no more than a historical mascot. As we now know, that is definitely not the case.

The desire to crack a dad joke can be too much to bear sometimes. In this case, the guy learned his lesson about maybe exercising some more self restraint the next time the maddening urge to unleash a dad joke presents itself at the airport. 

Little did this lying fool seem to realize, but pretending to be a marine is the thing worthy of arrest in this ridiculous scenario. When will these liars ever learn that the rest of the world isn't having any of their BS? Maybe sometime in the future. 

Not every conspiracy theory is earth-shattering. Sometimes it's just some strange thought about Kleenex or Stevie Wonder. For a really specific one, here's a guy who found the dumb answer to an even dumber conspiracy theory. Sometimes people just strongly believe in something dumb, like these things people are certain of but have zero proof.

This enlightening Tumblr thread shines light on those iconic roles like Wolverine and Brad Pitt in Fight Club, and how the dudes playing them were actually so dehydrated and starved for nutrients that they were literally about to pass out. Thanks for the toxic and unrealistic beauty standards, Hollywood. Sheesh.