Yesterday, the sky turned black and clouds formed overhead. Babies cried, dogs howled, and little old ladies fell to their knees, wailing in despair. That’s because yesterday, Facebook went down. Though the outage was only for 14 minutes, the Internet reacting with swift, somewhat predictable outrage. Luckily, most of that outrage was hilarious. See how people *really* feel about the brief demise of Facebook below.
Facebook is down. A billion people look up from their phones for the first time in 9 years. Everything seems so modern. — innocent drinks (@innocent) September 24, 2015
What happens in Vegas really is staying in Vegas right now. #FacebookDown pic.twitter.com/tbrWAI65WS — City of Las Vegas (@CityOfLasVegas) September 24, 2015
Facebook crashed this afternoon – and the world temporarily lost it. http://t.co/VPaNJp77fl — TheJournal.ie (@thejournal_ie) September 24, 2015
FB users are roaming the streets in tears, shoving pictures of themselves in other people’s faces yelling ‘DO YOU LIKE THIS?! #facebookdown — Funny Tweets (@FunnyThingsUK) September 24, 2015
“Is Facebook back up yet?” #facebookdown pic.twitter.com/aWzbtx3N8N — Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) September 24, 2015
How I’ll be sharing photos now #FacebookDown pic.twitter.com/PI6Pi3EN1C — Michael Gillett (@MichaelGillett) September 24, 2015
#facebookdown day 1, minute 3: we still have electricity, poppa has been hoarding antibiotics and microbrews. We’re gonna ride this out. — Adam Mordecai (@advodude) September 24, 2015
#facebookdown “Are you sure?” pic.twitter.com/QisRmdv9g7 — Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) September 24, 2015
No beer and no Facebook make Homer go crazy. #FacebookDown pic.twitter.com/jnyTVzjYIf — Digital Spy (@digitalspy) September 24, 2015
Um, #facebookdown. How do we live like this? pic.twitter.com/4osrjdWRGD — E! Online (@eonline) September 24, 2015
All of us at work while #facebookdown is going on… pic.twitter.com/bn8AxxUap5 — JukinVideo (@JukinVideo) September 24, 2015
So, it looks like Facebook is down right now. Guess I’ll just… #facebookdown pic.twitter.com/2dkWqY1jcu — theBERRY (@theberry) September 24, 2015
Just sitting on Facebook like… #FacebookDown pic.twitter.com/He0lOcLeen — Atlanta Hawks (@ATLHawks) September 24, 2015
Facebook is down. Panic! #facebookdown pic.twitter.com/00JuOwu3Zl — Troy Myatt (@troymyatt) September 17, 2015
oh no. facebook is down. #facebookdown pic.twitter.com/m3fsWO7qO1 — Beert³ (@RP3P0) September 24, 2015
My reaction to #facebookdown today… #idontcare pic.twitter.com/DOBdccjeCy — Joe Valdez (@JoeValdez202) September 24, 2015
This new facebook design is much more clean. #facebookdown pic.twitter.com/Q6Sa8Pq16E — Francisco da Silva (@fvicentedasilva) September 24, 2015
Twitter when #facebookdown pic.twitter.com/uHGLMwQoXZ — Tyrion Lannister (@GoT_Tyrion) September 24, 2015
Me when #facebookdown happened then went back up. pic.twitter.com/AcrloGZljt — Tara Brown (@Faux_Ma) September 24, 2015
Facebook is down, Complains on twitter. — British Logic (@BritishLogic) September 24, 2015
OMG OMG OMG OMG FACEBOOK IS DOWN #FACEBOOKDOWN OMG OMG OMG WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE IT’S ALL OVER GOD SAVE THE QUEEN OMG OMG OMG! — Peter Shankman (@petershankman) September 24, 2015
Rough day calling people to find out what they ate and if their kids made it off to school ok. #facebookdown — Jeff Dwoskin (@bigmacher) September 24, 2015