Twitter saves the day
The world flocked to Twitter as WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram suffered major outages last night.
They went down for a total of six hours due to a technical glitch and you can imagine how amazing the memes were.
Here are some of the funniest Twitter reactions:
One Twitter user went viral for hilariously sharing a picture that will bring back so many memories.
If you know, you know. (Club Penguin).
The Business Casual page shared a picture of the Volturi from Twilight.
They captioned it, 'People who listen to podcasts looking at everyone freaking out that Instagram and Facebook are down like'
Peope pic.twitter.com/g21CYCx8AY
— Business Casual (@bizcasualpod) October 4, 2021
Any Squid Game fans out there?
Netflix used an iconic scene from episode one to depict how Twitter were carrying us all through the outage.
When Ire down. pic.twitter.com/mVFlVOOCOC
— Netflix (@netflix) October 4, 2021
Another Twitter user went viral when they shared a picture of a man, way out of his depth, standing in front of a very technical looking control panel.
They captioned it, 'The people who work for Instagram at work like.'
The pe. pic.twitter.com/YHa5wVo7vw
— Entrepernigga (@BdotHndrxx) October 4, 2021
Someone else posted a picture of a box TV, taking us right back to our primary school days.
They captioned it, 'Alright, this is what we’re doing for the rest of the day'
Alrighday pic.twitter.com/JeWSUfalpN
— Kyle Harris (@heykyleharris) October 4, 2021
How could we forget Twitter's online interaction with all the OGs.
They tweeted, 'hello literally everyone,' and received responses from the official accounts for Bratz, Tumblr, The Sims, Uno and loads more.
Read through some of the responses here:
Cny #internetshutdown https://t.co/vWwy8F2KB4 pic.twitter.com/v6CFloqOsx
— (@decayofdragons) October 4, 2021
Celebs get involved
Even some of the biggest celebs got involved, including Dolly Parton.
She shared a gif of herself barging through saloon doors, and wrote, 'Everyone showing up to @Twitter today while @Facebook @instagram @WhatsApp are down like...'
Everyone showing up today while @Facebook @instagram @WhatsApp are down like... pic.twitter.com/SGtr722FAo
— Dolly Parton (@DollyParton) October 4, 2021
Snoop Dogg tweeted, 'Ig down? Roll one and be productive'
While Reese Witherspoon shared a gif of herself yelling, 'Thank you,' and captioned it, 'All other social platforms today: Kaput.'
'Twitter:'
All other social platforms today: Kaput.
Tw: pic.twitter.com/GQPiDrpixz— Reese Witherspoon (@ReeseW) October 4, 2021
Usain Bolt shared a meme of himself in the lead at a race.
The two lads at the back are labeled, 'Facebook,' and, 'Instagram,' while Usain is labeled, 'Twitter.'
The sprinter wrote in the caption, 'Who did this'
Who did this ♂️ pic.twitter.com/YVbC3zb0Io
— Usain St. Leo Bolt (@usainbolt) October 4, 2021
Read more about the outages here.
