Watch Me Quit: The Best Viral Quitting Videos Ever

Remember Marina Shifrin? Yes? No? Okay, here's a reminder: she was that employee at a news video company who became a brief (but bright-burning) viral star after announcing that she was quitting her job in a video where she danced to a song by Kanye West. 18 million views later she's writing for Glamour and tweeting about orange juice, but her legacy as a career agitator has clearly resonated with the disgruntled workers of America--52 percent of whom, according to a Shoutly poll, would like to quit their jobs in similarly viral fashion.

It makes sense. Quitting a job is already one of those moments that, in the keyed-up world of the quitter's mind, takes on larger-than-life properties: when I quit, the sky will split open, angels will sing, and the Beatles will reunite. Of course, reality rarely lives up to expectations, but the mass exposure of viral fame is one way to turn an act that's inherently alone into something seemingly less so.

Whether that's motivated solely by attention-seeking or something sadder, weirder, and more complicated, I'll leave for another post. For now, let's look back at (and rate) some of the best "I quit!" videos floating around the internet. WARNING: some videos contain coarse language and/or mariachi music.