This morning, I reported a worldwide IT outage affecting everything from airlines to hospitals to 911 systems to workplaces. A bad Crowdstrike update sent to millions of users around the world was to blame, and it may take months before everything goes back to normal. Friends and family members who work in IT are having an absolutely terrible day, as is the guy who sent out the update, I’m sure.
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Nevertheless, the internet did what the internet does: It made light to the situation and added some needed levity for those affected by the outage. Here are some of my favorites.
First up is a screenshot of (alleged) IT people gaming X’s AI. Grok had a rough day too.
There were a few of these as well:
First day at Crowdstrike, pushed a little update and taking the afternoon off ✌️ pic.twitter.com/bOs4qAKwu0
— Vincent Flibustier 👽 (@vinceflibustier) July 19, 2024
This one comes from the TOLDYASO! file:
— DogeDesigner (@cb_doge) July 19, 2024
And then there were the poor IT guys whose days were ruined by the outage.
— Judianna (@Judianna) July 19, 2024
Those not affected by the outage were quick to dunk:
If your IT guy dresses like this you don’t have to worry about crowdstrike pic.twitter.com/J9T42dcLkO
— John W. Rich (Wealthy) (@Cokedupoptions) July 19, 2024
— nft_yogesh.sol (🦍,🦍) (@nft_yogesh) July 19, 2024
Mac users watching the #Crowdstrike debacle: pic.twitter.com/Pn3XVZsnfx
— ᴺᴼᵀ Jony Ive (@JonyIveParody) July 19, 2024
I’m pretty sure my husband, a lifelong PC man, became a Mac guy today.
Linux users 😎💪💪#Microsoft #Windows #crowdstrike #Infosys pic.twitter.com/l1Elt8DO1z
— Secular Chad (@SachabhartiyaRW) July 19, 2024
And, of course, there was no shortage of Y2K memes:
This is what they told us Y2K was going to be like. #crowdstrike pic.twitter.com/1pNaXzOLle
— Grifter (@Grifter801) July 19, 2024
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So here’s the Y2K bug, 24.5 years later pic.twitter.com/yTBmrVXxSh
— flavio (@flaviocopes) July 19, 2024
Then there were the tweets coming at Crowdstrike and Microsoft:
Microsoft right now. pic.twitter.com/5AA5YuseR5
— Matthew Highton (@MattHighton) July 19, 2024
#CrowdStrike #CrowdStroke #BOSD #bluescreen #Microsoft #windows #windows11 outage #404 #falcon #meme #coin #solana #it #sys #infosys #memecoin1000x #memecoin #MemeCoinSeason2024 pic.twitter.com/fsEMO6ebsR
— CrowdstrokeMe (@Crowdstroke24) July 19, 2024
crowdstrike intern after pushing to prod pic.twitter.com/Pj59gN57rg
— sophie (@netcapgirl) July 19, 2024
This one isn’t real, but still…
Finally, we have the requisite “put a fork in us” meme.
They got the vegas ball. It’s all over. We lost. pic.twitter.com/0EskhDXYxD
— aaron (@aaronoleary) July 19, 2024
God bless all the hardworking IT folks who keep things up and running behind the scenes. We see you.
