So… Facebook went down.
Yes people, the unbelievable just happened. It was as likely to happen as World War III, but alas, go down they did.
If you are like 90% of the Facebook addicted population, you would have likely taken to Twitter for answers.
And… you also probably didn’t expect to step on a landmine of hilarity.
#facebookdown was the top trending hashtag today:
People are coming out for the first time in months now that Facebook and Instagram are down. #facebookdown pic.twitter.com/cIEpRn5NB5
— Bipartisan Report (@Bipartisanism) January 27, 2015
And it was some serious shit, apparently:
BREAKING: Facebook suffers widespread outage affecting users in United States, Asia
— The Associated Press (@AP) January 27, 2015
This was tweeted by @AP in between news of Obama’s visit to Saudi Arabia, and Argentina’s spy agency dissolution plans.
Some people were kind enough to comfort others:
http://twitter.com/JuanFBaeza/status/559961037005262848
http://twitter.com/durjoydatta/status/559971291327778816
Some totally lost their sense of direction (and maybe sanity):
*puts down menu and leaves restaurant*
Well what's the bloody point now?#InstagramDown
— brendan (@macleanbrendan) January 27, 2015
I don't even need to go on Facebook or Instagram right now and I don't know what to do with my life #FacebookDown #instagramdown
— Katherine (@gleek) January 27, 2015
INSTAGRAM IS DEAD TOO BASICALLY THIS IS THE APOCALYPSE THANK GOD I HAVE CANNED PEACHES AND A SLINGSHOT IN THE HOUSE.
— Felicia Day?? (@feliciaday) January 27, 2015
http://twitter.com/Mamamia/status/559961053107200000
That moment when families look around and realize they have absolutely nothing to talk about… #facebookdown pic.twitter.com/OA7mnJWo3x
— Ryan Parker (@TheRyanParker) January 27, 2015
Facebook is down. I’m currently standing outside on the sidewalk offering pics of my breakfast & cat to anyone walking past. #facebookdown
— Simon te Brinke (@gramercypark) January 27, 2015
"I like that baby you've got there" I whisper through the bedroom window of a girl I haven't seen since elementary school #facebookdown
— Alexandra Petri (@petridishes) January 27, 2015
#ThingsIDidWhenFacebookWasDown Took a photo of my food and showed it to my friends in person to get Likes. #FacebookDown
— mrbrown (@mrbrown) January 27, 2015
People were forced to make do with what they had:
Manual Facebook Update Protocols Engaged: #FacebookDown pic.twitter.com/vxxgC6CMYf
— King Podge (@kingpodge) January 27, 2015
Instagram has also been knocked offline. The world turns to Twitter. #facebookdown pic.twitter.com/eLfSVf4Tvd
— Bipartisan Report (@Bipartisanism) January 27, 2015
Those glass-half-full types were annoyingly optimistic:
So #FacebookDown and suddenly every company in the world increases in productivity.
— Jeff McGrath (@youtah) January 27, 2015
Somewhere in Hollywood a producer is already working on a movie about this social media apocalypse #facebookdown
— Alexandra Ristway (@aristway27) January 27, 2015
There were a few theories as to the source of this dastardly attack on humankind:
Instagram and Facebook are down because they can't handle your duck face anymore. #InstagramDown #FacebookDown
— 9GAG ❤️ Memeland (@9GAG) January 27, 2015
For the last time we are not investigating #facebookdown
— South Australia Police (@SAPoliceNews) January 27, 2015
This day will go down in history to commemorate all the courageous survivors who stuck to their guns:
We shall speak of this day in history class someday. We survived. We all survived. #facebookdown
— Molly, Kylo Ren’s Wife (@MollyMcIsaac) January 27, 2015
AAAAAND we're back! How long until we can buy T-Shirts saying "We survived #facebookdown"?!
— E! News (@enews) January 27, 2015
You deserve a medal, you brave soul, you:
Facebook is back. We made it guys.#facebookdown pic.twitter.com/jWjpXHkseh
— Telstra (@Telstra) January 27, 2015
But mostly everybody’s just glad it didn’t turn into a full-fledged apocalypse:
IT'S BACK IT'S BACK OH YOU LITTLE SCAMP FACEBOOK NEVER DO THAT TO US AGAIN
— The World#facebookdown #nolonger— Chris Taylor ?️ (@FutureBoy) January 27, 2015