Unless you've been living under a rock or actually have a life, you'll know that Facebook went down very briefly earlier.
When the 'Sorry, something went wrong' warning box popped up, carnage ensued.
Social media managers everywhere were re-thinking their career options, people who were bored at work had to switch to Pinterest and everyone collectively took to Twitter to moan about it...
Facebook goes down for 10 minutes, mass panic ensues http://t.co/OmwGEq2yE6#FacebookDownpic.twitter.com/AzXZJRr7UA
— CBC News (@CBCNews) 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
The best part about a #Facebook outage? Thousands of simultaneous distressed messages on Twitter in different languages. World harmony!
— Meghan Moran (@meghamora) September 17, 2015
Facebook is down. The Pope has defeated Satan. Long live Il Papa!
— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) September 24, 2015
There are people on the streets hurling printed-out pics of their kids at strangers bellowing “Like them. Like them.” #facebookdown
— Martin Belam (@MartinBelam) September 24, 2015
Facebook is down so here is a picture of me rocking my cat to sleep. pic.twitter.com/0ZKN1wJmUR
— Ricky Gervais (@rickygervais) September 24, 2015
And millions of people across the world just did this for the first time in years. #FacebookDownpic.twitter.com/VEEalkcqE3
— Dan Speerin (@danspeerin) September 24, 2015
Stay strong, everyone. Look outside. See the birds and sky. #facebookdown
— Peter Biello (@PeterBiello) September 24, 2015
How I'll be sharing photos now #FacebookDownpic.twitter.com/PI6Pi3EN1C
— Michael Gillett (@MichaelGillett) September 24, 2015
I went minutes...WHOLE MINUTES...without knowing my high school friends got engaged! 😉😆 #facebookdownpic.twitter.com/HB2xNz4BxN
— Jeff Barrett (@BarrettAll) September 24, 2015
OMG #Facebookdown. Whew. For a second I didn't know if the people who were mean to me in highschool still has sad un-fulfilling lives.
— Philip DeFranco (@PhillyD) September 24, 2015
In case anyone from the #Facebook team needs some help... #facebookdownpic.twitter.com/1Pq8dKd5jD
— J.de Beauvoir-Tupper (@James_Tupper1) September 24, 2015
#Facebookdown for a few minutes and social media (what was left of it) went into meltdown! https://t.co/RUgRaz21ldpic.twitter.com/j2JS5TvnRK
— The Press & Journal (@pressjournal) September 24, 2015
"Dearest Martha, I must inform you that our ordeal has passed its 25th minute. We may not survive..." #facebookdownpic.twitter.com/F3WhP7aEAl
— Micah Grimes (@MicahGrimes) September 24, 2015
Retweeted Decider (@decider):
When #Facebook is down. #FacebookDownpic.twitter.com/ieJ9xUuCCd
— Ricky Jarman (@RickyJarman1) September 24, 2015
Sitting on Facebook like...
Refresh. Refresh. Refresh.
#FacebookDownpic.twitter.com/ixmEIdEMNd
— #BeatLA (@SacRepublicFC) September 24, 2015
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Sophie Brown The Huffington Post UK
