Google Was Down For Five Minutes And The Internet Couldn't Handle It

    It was the most frightening time imaginable.

    GOOGLE IS DOWN! Stand by your beds, don't be alarmed, this is when humanity sees how much it can remember.

    People kept their heads pretty admirably.

    Google is down! EVERY MAN FOR THEMSELVES, I'LL SEE YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE *grabs shotgun*

    So, Google is down apparently. Alrighty then... #FirstWorldProblems

    People it's defcon1 we are fucked i repeat we are fucked! Google search is down!

    Google is down? IT'S THE APOCALYPSE. RUN RUN RUN.

    Some people thought it was THE moment that Microsoft's Bing had been waiting for.

    Google is down. THIS IS BING’S TIME TO SHINE.

    Someone else made the exact same joke about Alta Vista.

    Looks like Google is temporarily down. NOW IT'S ALTAVISTA'S TIME TO SHINE

    And Ask Jeeves.

    #Google is down! I did think it was the end of the world until I remembered you can http://t.co/VbZksxg4Op

    The whole thing was a significant blow to the IT industry.

    Google is down and millions of IT technicians have no way to find out how to fix anything.

    But most worryingly, it's at times like this when we realise we don't actually know anything.

    Google is down. Nobody can remember how to find out information by any other means. Civilisation falls.

    But then several minutes later, the natural order of the internet was restored and Google reappeared. As you were, everyone.

    Ok Google is back, but still hearing reports of pterodactyls in skies above London #dontrelaxjustyet