We don't think there's ever going to be a valid excuse for keying another person's car…Like if they're blocking you, call a tow truck. Because what will keying their car actually do to help the situation, besides labelling you a bit of a…? Let's keep this PG, but use your imagination to fill in the blank, we know we sure did! Finding your car devastatingly keyed is one thing, but catching the criminal red-handed is a whole different league of 'what in the world do I do next?'

This man knows the feeling, after finding his car keyed for the FIFTH time, he decided enough is enough. It's time to catch the culprit! So he set up a dashcam and patiently waited for the criminal to be unmasked…Turns out it was someone a lot closer than he thought, a resident living in the same building. The audacity! He phoned the police and showed them the footage. But due to the camera's lack of clarity and limited angles, they responded with the 'There's nothing we can do' line…Now it's solely up to him to get her successfully reported and hold her accountable for her car-hating crimes. 

A part-time restaurant worker in Finland learns that quitting politely isn't an option when your boss tries to guilt you for exercising basic labor rights. The student has a firm grasp of local employment laws thanks to Finland's strong union culture, so when December hits and the restaurant schedules 40-plus hours during exam week, they do the sensible thing and resign. The contract allows immediate resignation during probation, end of story. Or so it should have been.  

Instead, the recruiting firm boss calls to deliver a moral lecture about work ethic and responsibility, lamenting how unfair it is to leave the restaurant short-staffed. The irony burns hotter than the fryers, the restaurant can't apparently keep hygienic. She insists the contract means something else entirely, until the student points out that maybe she should read it before calling. That conversation goes quiet fast.  

Companies that underpay and overwork employees still manage to sound wounded when someone leaves. The boss tries guilt instead of gratitude, confusion instead of compliance, and it lands flat on someone who actually understands their rights. For once, the script flips. The student doesn't grovel or apologize. They simply remind her it's not their job to fix broken scheduling or bad management. 

Cassie has officially been inside for a full week, and it's been a big milestone after a long, complicated journey. Life outdoors made her reactive and defensive, and early attempts to bring her inside didn't go well. Even with careful socialization, she just wasn't ready, and she made it very clear. So she stayed in the garage instead, where she had warmth, space, and a setup that worked for her at the time.

Last week changed everything. When snow slid off the garage roof and startled her, Cassie made a choice of her own. She followed a heated bed straight into the house, no forcing required. This time, it was her decision… and that made all the difference. Now she's settled into a quiet storage space in the basement, adjusting at her own pace.

The sweetest surprise has been seeing her softer side emerge. She sits close, curls into laps, and purrs like she's finally letting her guard down. She may still look a little grumpy, but that's probably just her face. What matters is that she's safe, warm, and starting to trust and that feels like a huge win.

Are you feeling thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread? That's how many people are feeling this time of year. Although the autumn and winter season came upon us faster than a pair of Nazgûl horsemen chasing after an elven princess and a woozy hobbit, there is one way to revive your spirits and replenish your soul: Another rewatch of LOTR. 

As sure as the light of Eärendil's star from Lady Galadriel and the might of a stubborn dwarf, Middle Earth proves to be the only place in our world that consistently provides Fellowship, triumph, and a whole pint (a WHOLE pint) of ale at the Prancing Pony. The tales of the hobbits, the Ring, and the fight against good and evil are sometimes the best cure for our daily ailments out here in the real world. So practice your hooded, elfish mystique and warm up some rabbit stew in your not-so-travel-sized cast-iron pan, because you're clearly overdue for a rewatch of the One Movie to rule them all. 

Via u/_memesofmiddleearth

Cats getting ready for Chanukah act like they've been appointed the official holiday committee. The second the decorations come out, they're already in the middle of everything. Dreidels? Batted across the room. Gelt? Stolen and hidden under the couch for "later." The menorah box? Absolutely claimed as someone's new throne.

As the candles get set up, cats take on a whole new level of seriousness. Some sit there like tiny philosophers, staring into the glow as if they're contemplating the meaning of eight nights. Others park themselves dangerously close to the donuts, pretending they're protecting the pastries while very clearly plotting a taste test. And of course, there's always one cat who insists on sitting exactly where the menorah is supposed to go.

The best part is how perfectly they fit the cozy Chanukah vibe. Warm lights, blankets, spinning dreidels, and a cat who's absolutely convinced they run the holiday. They have no idea what's going on, but they're positive it's all about them.

Many businesses have fallen on tough times this year for numerous reasons, and like clockwork, higher-ups have their sights set on blaming their subordinates for things out of their control. Without proper guidance, employees below the higher-ups have no idea what they are allowed to do, control, and what have you. The easiest way to fail a business? Expect subordinates to fix everything without any pushback, even if "fixing" things is virtually impossible.

Bosses have a funny way of blaming everyone but themselves, which we're sure you've experienced first-hand at least once in your lifetime. When higher-ups and executives hide the important information from their employees, how are the employees supposed to prosper and excel? Without the essential information that should be the driving factor for all of their work, they are left with very little to base their tasks on.

In the next tale below, a boss informs his employee that the revenue plan for the upcoming year is nearly $350k too short, despite having looked at the employee's plan earlier and not batting an eye. Now, the employee is expected to wave a magic wand and crunch the numbers, but the numbers just aren't there. Scroll below to continue reading.

This couple noticed a black stray cat always coming up to their home. After some time, they saw that the cat looked pregnant, and thinking about how cold it is outside in the deep of winter, they decided to take her in. In two weeks time, she gave birth in the corner of their home office to 5 adorable kittens, four girls and one boy. The couple kept the kittens for 10 weeks, and practically turned their basement into a full kitten nursery with the 5 cuties down there. In the 10 weeks, they grew attached, but knew the time would come to give the kittens away to their furever homes. 

It was an emotional affair to get them to new homes after having spent 10 weeks intimately with them, and even watching them be born. They decided to keep the mama cat, who they named Lucy. The story is not just adorable, it's uplifting and precious, and a holiday winter miracle that the cats could be born in the warmth of a home, instead of the cold outside. Reading stories like these makes every cat distribution system feel special, because it's not everyday that someone opens their home to stray cats. 

Quit your job right now if these stories resonate with you, because these people had some excellent reasons for quitting ASAP. 

You don't have to be a detective to spot the signs of a sinking ship. For example, if everyone's paychecks bounce on payday, that's a great reason to immediately start a job search. If the employer can barely keep the lights on, there's no guarantee you'll have a job for much longer. Or if your boss has started to demand that people work overtime more and more and more, cutting into the employee's actual lives outside of work, that's an unpleasant environment to spend time in. Better seek work elsewhere before things get even worse!

These people have been through the wringer, and they're sharing the interesting stories of the reasons they chose to quit. If some of them resonate with you, well, it's never too late to start all over and reevaluate your career path. Sometimes you're unhappy at a job and you don't even realize until you find a new place that values their employees, prioritizes a work life balance, and provides you with a boss who cares about their workers. You never know what you could accomplish until you try! 

Our feline friend group has truly outdone itself this time. Cats really are the most relatable creatures: their indolence, their craziness, their wide swings of capricious emotion. That's why we've come up with this hissterical, purrfect cat memes to make you feel totally seen. If your mood has been feeling a little… meh lately, don't worry — the internet has once again deployed its most powerful emotional support staff: cats. As you scroll through this purrfect compilation, you'll witness cats reenacting your case of the Mondays, your frustration in traffic, your lies to yourself as you tell everyone how much you're going to work on when you get home, and your ongoing emotional negotiations with your own brain. They overreact dramatically, nap enthusiastically, and judge quietly — just like us. It's a magical mirror, but fluffier and with fewer existential taxes. 

We all need a purrk me up once in a while, and cat memes are actually the purrfect purrk me up! There are endless cat memes, endless types of cats, and endless scrolling to be done before we're all 6 feet under. So what are you waiting for? Grab a warm cup of hot cocoa, get under the covers, and do some much needed cat meme scrolling. 

This man should have far more important matters to be dealing with in his life than his neighbor's pile of leaves. But alas, that is how he has chosen to expend his energy.

Unfortunately, this inevitably means that his neighbor was going to have to find a way to appease him. Quickly, this proved to be impossible. 

What's amusing about this neighborhood curmudgeon was that he was particularly fixated on any pile of leaves that obstructed the view from the window of his home. It's not like these leaves were piling up on his own property. Furthermore, no one else in this small suburb seemed to take issue with how the neighbor's was raking his lawn. In fact, the neighbor was fully in compliance with HOA rules and regulations, so it's not like he was breaking any rules that made him worthy of such treatment.

Still, the curmudgeon persisted and refused to give up. He even went so far as to trespass onto his neighbor's property and movies the leaves away from his window view. The fact that this man felt compelled to follow through with this and justify his actions simply because some leaves were "disturbing" his view just goes to show how much of a life this man needs to get. Hats off to the neighbor for finding the exact way to get him to stop.

Cats really are the masters of the full emotional spectrum - from sweet snugglebug to chaos goblin in 0.3 seconds flat. One moment they're choosing pure, unfiltered cuteness: tiny toes tucked, purr engine rumbling, eyes slow-blinking at you like you're their one true love. The next moment? They're choosing violence. And not dramatic, cinematic violence - no, no, the very specific feline kind. The "I will knock this cup off the counter while making unwavering eye contact" kind. The "I heard you open a bag of chips, so I must now sprint across the house at Mach 12" kind.

It's all part of being ruled - sorry, loved - by a cat. We cat pawrents know exactly what it's like to wake up adored and go to bed betrayed, only for them to curl up on our chests later like nothing ever happened. Cats operate on their own mysterious alignment chart: Cute, Chaotic, Void, and Menace. And honestly? We wouldn't want them any other way.

Because in between the cuteness and the violence lies the true magic of the feline spirit: the little chirps when they see a bug, the slow-rise stretch they do after a nap, the dramatic flop that signals "you may pet me now", and that signature cattitude that keeps us humble. Cats choose everything. We just follow along, laughing, swooning, and surviving the daily rollercoaster of whiskered whimsy.

When a retail employee catches a thief in the store, suddenly, all of their wildest work fantasies come true. They no longer need to remain quiet and polite in the face of an angry customer, unleashing the pent-up retail rage of the last few years in one fell swoop. After this cashier noticed something fishy about a repeat customer's return, and they realized that they had been stealing, returning, and re-stealing the same $50 board game for months. 

Caught red-handed, this thief wasn't going to be getting freebies anymore from the local game store, and a retail employee finally got to see some justice. 

Stealing from a small, family-run store is not just petty crime, but it says a lot about who you are as a person. Any adult living in our modern society knows how tough it is out there for small businesses, and with a dwindling interest in pricey board games, their sales margins are not great to begin with. Come on, we've all seen the Hallmark movies where the big city corporate girl goes back home and falls in love with the local shop boy. It's not pretty out there for the mom and pop shops! 

That's why, when this cashier turned into a SKU detective, they simultaneously became the best vigilante in town. 

Via u/Creatas

Aww, we love a successful adoption story brought to you purroudly by the Cat Distribution System. We swear, whatever this meowsterious force is doing for the feline population is sacred. We have no idea how it works (nobody does, to be honest) - but we love it. And in this case? It's like they send a secret message, whispering to this sweet stray cat in their shared cat language "Go there, to that person. He will take care of you. We know you're scared, but go. Approach, and see the meowing magic unfold."

Lo and behold, the meowing magic did unfold - little by little, this sweet stray cat gained trust in this person. He fed her, gave her attention, and maybe most importantly in this weather - a shelter. Winter can be harsh for stray cats, but this person provided this beautiful feline lady with an outside cat shelter. Seriously, it's like the CDS knows how to aim the cats who need a home to the most kind and loving people. Simply meowgic.

Besides, as cat lovers, we all love knowing a cat in need is in need no more - because they already have all that they need. Shelter, warmth, love, food, and lots of pets. While some people know they want to adopt a cat, and just wait for the Cat Distribution System to find them their feline match - some people don't even know they're on the list. But somehow, the CDS knows to send them the cat that'll be a purrfect addition to their family.

Medical leave is an essential benefit when you're working a full-time job. Not everyone has a generous savings account and a village to fall back on when the going gets tough, so having paid medical leave keeps their lives afloat while they focus on resting, healing, and making their new normal work.

Some places in the world have more employee protections than others, but we're not here to give you a rundown of that; this is a mere fact. The employee in the next story explains that they're from Germany, where their PTO continues to accrue even if they are on medical leave for a certain period of time. Whether you agree or disagree with this policy, that's up to you. But the proof is in the pudding, and this employee has the court rulings to back up their decision to cash in all 75 of their PTO days when their HR forces them to do so upon returning to work.

So, who's to blame here? Well, there's not one single person to blame, but rather, policy (if you think it's crooked). Us? We think the employee is exercising what's allowed in their country. Scroll to get the details.

It looks like Christmas came early for one unsuspecting dog-lover this year! The Cat Distribution System does not discriminate between cat owners and doggo pawrents anymore - if the CDS says you need a cat, the CDS will bring you a cat whether you like it or not. One freezing Midwest morning, this dog owner heard a helpless cat meowing on his front porch in the snow. The nights can reach up (or down, depending on how you look at it) -5 degrees Fahrenheit, which is no kind of temperature for any sort of cat to be out in.

But this cat isn't just any cat; it's a rare kind of Siamese cat, called a "Flame point Siamese". Instead of the traditional brown markings of a Siamese, these kitties have been blessed with a fiery red tinge to their fur, making them purrfectly adorable in every way. They're also known to be quite sweet and cuddly, so if this kitty ends up being a stray, this pawrent just hit the feline jackpot when it comes to saving stray cats!

There's a lot more to this story, but we'll leave you to read it all for yourself. Just know, on this fine Sunday, that another cat was saved by a hooman with a good heart. And that's enough to make today a good day.

Gift-giving can be a challenge, no matter how close you are with the recipient. Even if you've known someone for decades, when you're tasked with giving them a present for the holidays, it's like you suddenly forget everything you knew about them. Not to mention that some people kind of do have everything already… What do you get for a person who doesn't have any new hobbies and has all the money they need to buy themselves everything they desire? 

You can't go wrong with a hand-written card and a gift card, or something small and generic, like a hat or a some gloves. It's not great — it's just okay — but it's also not a bad present. And trust me, these people below have been given some hilariously bad gifts throughout the years, and they told all in their stories! 

For some gift-givers, taking an old present from years prior and re-gifting it is the easiest solution. However, it's often far too easy to tell when you've been given a regifted item, and it doesn't feel good. Other gifters take it upon themselves to mold the receiver into the person they wish they could be, like giving a football to your nephew who only cares about doing science projects and reading, all in the hopes that he suddenly races to the yard to play catch. These unfortunate presents usually just end up in the "donate" pile a few years later, having never been touched.  

At the end of the day, sometimes that awful present turns into a hilarious story, and you could call that the gift that keeps on giving. Long after your terrible aunt has given you a shirt that's 3 sizes too big, and the shock of it has worn off, you and your cousins will have something to reminisce and laugh about for years afterwards. 

As we approach the beginning of a new year and the end of the current one, we can't help but wonder where the time is going! Every year passes by more and more quickly. Maybe it's because we're purrfectly deep into the darkness of winter, and we need seven layers of coats just to walk outside, but we feel like our lives are missing that spark that we used to have. This, plus the fact that we're about to get another year older, means that we have two options: continue down this path of getting older and grumpier, or find a way to connect back to our inner joy.

It sounds harder than it is, you just have to think about the one thing that makes you purrfectly happy. For us, it's cats and making cat memes. We grew up with the original Lolcats memes, where everyone spoke like "Iz wantz ur toona hooman" and created the first cat memes to ever exist. We would spend hours thinking up funny captions for our cat pictures without a care in the world. They make us think of better times, simpler times, and when everything just felt right in the world.

So, to end this year on a pawsitive note, we collected the 50 best original lolcats memes to bring you some of that old-school 'I Can Has Cheezburger' joy and meowgic. Bring out your sock-em-boppers and Pokémon cards, because it's about to get wildly silly up in here.

It's meme o'clock and we're not messing around. Stop what you are doing and let's laugh. We're tying to have some LOLs right now, homie. Is that cringe to say? Don't answer that, we don't care. To be cringe is to be free. We're just here to have a fun time and provide you a daily dose of some dopamine. It's tough out there! Nobody can afford to pass up an itty bitty tiny little thing that might help them crack a smile. What? You're just going to go home and what? Study a new language or do your taxes or something right after work? No way, we don't think so. It's time to turn that brain off and giggle your guts out. What is life without laughter? It is that episode of The Powerpuff Girls where that clown gets poisoned with bleach and then tries to turn the entire town big sad with no color. Memes are like Bubbles who sings the color and life back into everyone!

"Love-love-love la-la-love la-la-love makes the world go round!" Right? Am I right or is my millennial showing a little too hard right ow? Whatever, quit dilly dallying, let's LOL, scroll on to the memes below!