THIS is what Y2k was supposed to be.
Oh, what a time to be alive! Things happening in society lately just keep getting spicier and spicier. The cultural norm now is to just laugh when things hit the fan. So, of course, when Window users opened up their computers to the ominous blue screen today, what else was there to do but laugh? The Global IT crash was caused by the cyber security system Crowdstrike having an outage after an update. But it didn't just interrupt people's beloved scrolling time, oh no. It stopped society, we're talking about airports, hospitals, and all kinds of businesses. Everything was put to a halt and even after it was “fixed” a little before 8amEST people were still scrambling to pick up the pieces. Some are saying this is what Y2K was supposed to be like, but it just doesn't hit the same as it did back in 2000. But you know what does hit even better? The priceless X (formerly Twitter) reactions people are having! You can say a lot about society today, but you can't say we don't know how to laugh at ourselves. Below are some of our favorites!