So Many People Called The Los Angeles Sheriffs Dept About This Ridiculous Thing, They Had to Tweet About it
The world narrowly escaped another global apocalypse today when Facebook was down for several minutes this afternoon. And in case you needed another reason to lose faith in humanity, so many people called the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department in a panic that they weren’t able to stalk their High School crush or post pictures of their sushi that the official account for the Department had to post this on Twitter:
#Facebook is not a Law Enforcement issue, please don't call us about it being down, we don't know when FB will be back up!
— Sgt. Brink (@LASDBrink) August 1, 2014
Wow, people. Most of us saw Facebook was down and went back to work. By which I mean moved to other social media platforms like Twitter and Tumblr. Mostly to make fun of those people who were panicking about Facebook:
@moneyries yes, we get calls all the time like this, cable TV, all sorts of things not working, they think we control.
— Sgt. Brink (@LASDBrink) August 1, 2014
@_CrotalusAtrox_ so true!
— Sgt. Brink (@LASDBrink) August 1, 2014
I cannot stress how unbelievably sad this is: https://t.co/fbwAzRp3OE
— Kevin Nunez (@KNunez) August 1, 2014
@sandiegokat @LASDBrink They can be. And are. I weep for our future.
— Still_HB (@Still_HB) August 1, 2014
If you’re calling 911 about Facebook being down, shut off your Obamaphone and go outside for some fresh air – https://t.co/EfNG4ZXwZL
— Cameron Gray (@Cameron_Gray) August 1, 2014
But… I… they… be… wha? https://t.co/8M2pcORBkQ
— RB (@RBPundit) August 1, 2014
People called the police to… I can't even bring myself to type it. https://t.co/8M2pcORBkQ
— RB (@RBPundit) August 1, 2014
New hashtag: #thesepeoplevote https://t.co/F8ul4Z1g58
— Surviving Babel (@SurvivingBabel) August 1, 2014
this just won the internet for a month: https://t.co/jAYYTVp6XR
— drew olanoff (@drew) August 1, 2014
@LASDBrink What about MySpace? I think that's a dangerous infrastructure issue.
— Garey Mckee (@policelimit) August 1, 2014
This is exactly why Democracy just doesn’t work, people! Yes, I know we’re a representative Republic, don’t make me call the cops on you.
