The glitchy rendering as shown in the attached files happens only on the version 1.8. I am applying no MODs to this version. It happens whether it's on single or multi, survival or creative.

I usually set my rendering distance to "16 chunks" for this version but the problem keeps happening at lower settings. I cannot tell when and under what condition this can happen. It just happens when I am playing the game normally. Once this happens, lowering the distance even to "2" (the lowest) or tweaking any other options in the video settings will not fix the issue until I just "quit game" and restart.