These 22 internet down memes from last night will shame you into spending less time online

Yesterday the world plummeted into total darkness as we saw Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp all go down right before our very eyes. It was pure carnage. 16-year-olds found themselves trying to navigate iMessage for the very first time and uni students tried to post boomerangs of their glasses clinking but were tragically unable to do so. And, maybe this is worst of all, our mums weren’t able to share missing pet pictures of dogs from different counties in the UK onto their Facebook. In short: it was hell.

In this time of crisis, many of us swarmed over to Twitter to express ourselves the best way we know how – through memes. Here’s a collection of the best internet down memes from last night:

1. ‘LOL I’m so random’

https://twitter.com/Kirsten_KE/status/1445059227387629576

2. I find this way more funny than I should

https://twitter.com/partinggif/status/1445134112587755529

3. Lorde is ahead of her time x

https://twitter.com/vandanaiscool/status/1445113737803878406

4. ‘Holla when you get this’

me trying to get in contact with people with WhatsApp down pic.twitter.com/cciMdyfIaV

— Sophie Hall (@SophLouiseHall) October 4, 2021

5. The thought of Twitter going down makes me want to cry

https://twitter.com/NotAgainBen/status/1445108898390753287

6. My baby is THRIVING

Whatsapp Facebook and Instagram #serverdown

Meanwhile Twitter 😂 pic.twitter.com/hNgGhyOr46

— Prashant (@prashantgwari) October 4, 2021

7. I genuinely think Adele broke the internet with this tweet

https://twitter.com/LetitiaaWright/status/1445154568669642752?s=20

8. Uhh, who’s going to tell them?

As WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook are down, I try texting her on iMessage.
Well iMessage must be down too cuz she hasn’t texted me back pic.twitter.com/GEhsRq8WED

— JÒNAD (@iamjonado) October 4, 2021

9. Heroic behaviour

Guess I gotta fix instagram my damn self #Anonymous #instagramdown pic.twitter.com/tgNNCdY6L4

— Dillon➐ (@DJDALTON23) October 4, 2021

10. You really don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone

Me since WhatsApp , Instagram and Facebook went down pic.twitter.com/yFZHQsihUN

— Elvis Szn (@ElvisSzn) October 4, 2021

11. We’re all big clowns on this silly, floating piece of rock

https://twitter.com/miasnotokay/status/1445147947121926144?s=20

12. Instagram hurt the most

me waiting for instagram to work again #instagramdown pic.twitter.com/0mzz7n8xIn

— Masirah🖤🦋 (@mmairahmukrii) October 5, 2021

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13. This is an ick, sorry

After realizing Instagram was down and I didn’t have to restart my router and contact my internet provider. pic.twitter.com/Y5ZswjymSI

— Norm Kelly (@norm) October 5, 2021

14. I feel like everyone watched Squid Game last night when the internet was down

me going back on instagram as soon as it went back up pic.twitter.com/YcF6kVwUIm#instagramdown

— Kiwi (@FahidimtiazFamo) October 4, 2021

15. Last night proved to us that we all spend a gross amount of time online

Me when i realize that i spend 24 hrs a day on Instagram #instagramdown pic.twitter.com/xzG0n6RHSf

— Unais Mohammed (@Unais_mohammed_) October 5, 2021

16. It was a vibe on Twitter last night

Instagram down. Facebook down. WhatsApp down.

Twitter right now: pic.twitter.com/0jwn7bf78K

— Janet 🦋 (@BLM88) October 4, 2021

17. Twitter doesn’t get enough credit

https://twitter.com/anisahrouse/status/1445061822298591234?s=20

18. Pure heartbreak

Me coming back to zero texts on #WhatsApp after it starts working.#InternetShutDown#whatsappdown pic.twitter.com/QXpGoirr4S

— Sarmad Farooq (@eternalSarmad) October 5, 2021

19. The internet down Squid Game memes were the best

https://twitter.com/SamCook_7/status/1445153803976822788?s=20

20. Natural light burns our eyes!!

Every social media user right now like…#internetshutdown pic.twitter.com/Q48uhNU8cc

— YouWager Sports (@youwagersport) October 4, 2021

21. And we lived to tell the tale

I'm going to tell my kids I was apart of the world's biggest blackout #InternetShutDown pic.twitter.com/gFx9HLq2xG

— Anthony Reyes (@WaitForAnthony) October 4, 2021

22. ‘What the fuck happened?’

https://twitter.com/juneblues7/status/1445230403715932161?s=20

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