X users react to the CrowdStrike outage with glee and disappointment

Editor’s note: Check out our oft-updated live blog for all new developments about the Microsoft/CrowdStrike outage.

On Thursday, a Microsoft outage linked to a failed CrowdStrike update affected industry giants across travel and finance, and underscored the risks of our dependence on digital technology. As people flooded into work this morning — and CrowdStrike scrambled to get systems up and running — reactions to the outage on X captured a full spectrum of human emotion.

Here are the best memes, moments, and memories from that harrowing time. 💔

Congratulations to all who celebrated!

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Condolences to those who still had to work…

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Bless those who lived in ignorant bliss

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Pouring one out for the folks who are even more miserable than usual at an airport

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And to all the engineers and IT soldiers out there, we salute you 🫡

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