Gmail down: The 10 funniest tweets
Gmail crashed briefly on Monday, but Twitter was going strong with wry humor about the outage.
Gmail crashed briefly on Monday, but Twitter was going strong with wry humor about the outage.
Gmail, along with Google Drive and Google Calendar, went dark briefly at about noon on Monday, and Twitter became quickly overrun with听tips on alternative methods,听speculations about the Mayan听apocalypse, schadenfreude from Outlook users, and, most of all, wisecracks. Here are our 10 favorite tweets from the Great Gmail Outage of 2012: 听
Matthew Keys听鈥廆TheMatthewKeys听Penguins听re-enact听Gmail's听outage听[see video above].
The Onion听鈥廆TheOnion:听[In Focus] Google Shuts Down听Gmail听To Show Its Immense Power听http://onion.com/UxyLs8听
Chris _ _ Richards听鈥廆Chris__Richards:听Gmail is down. Go have lunch with somebody you care about.
Stay Puft听鈥廆StayPuft:听There is no Gmail. Only听Zuul. [Editor's note, if you don't get this one, then you haven't seen Ghostbusters enough times.]
滨苍诲别肠颈蝉颈辞苍听鈥廆颈苍诲别肠颈蝉颈辞苍:听Anyone else scared that if gmail continues being down, they'll have to actually speak to their coworkers?
Matt Yglesias听鈥廆mattyglesias:听Gmail outage is a great time to catch up on your LinkedIn messages.
Garrett Quinn听鈥廆GarrettQuinn:听Karl Rove is still insisting GMail is not down in Ohio.
Fake MTA听@FakeMTA:听The听G听train听enjoyed听a听rare听moment听of听working听slightly听better听than听Gmail.
Downtown Josh Brown听鈥廆ReformedBroker听I lived with no heat or power in the dead of winter for 12 days. But I am heartbroken about your temporary gmail outage.
Comedy Central听鈥廆ComedyCentral:听We can tell Gmail is down because we just got a smoke signal from a Nigerian prince.
Google's email service is now back up for most people, but if you are still having trouble accessing it, try going going here:听mail.google.com/mail/?labs=0听