Netflix Went Down Worldwide Last Night – And People Lost Their Shit

The site was glitchy for about 20 minutes before shutting down entirely for two and a half hours.

And it ruined my Saturday night. My housemates had just left to go out, so I was well and truly alone, with NOTHING to do.

Classic Netflix, ruining my social life.

Maybe the shut-down stemmed from all the hard-core weekend bingers, what with the releases of both Luke Cage and Amanda Knox, and the system just couldn't keep up.

I, for one, thought that the apocalypse was upon us.

Netflix issued this tweet:

Hi all - we are aware of streaming issues and we are working quickly to solve them. We will update you when they are resolved.
— Netflix CS (@Netflixhelps) October 1, 2016

And Twitter blew the fuck up. People, myself included, were losing their shit

Netflix is down. Me: pic.twitter.com/qtdPcrDkVg
— Mohamed Hemish (@MohamedHemish) October 1, 2016

Even the Luke Cage Twitter account piped up

Got some heroes at #Netflix fixing things. They're all over it. Meantime, keep this in mind. #LukeCage pic.twitter.com/eUPkE8dH5H
— Luke Cage (@LukeCage) October 1, 2016

It was allllll 'bout dat Luke Cage

How many people were in denial that #netflix was down and kept on trying again and again to watch #LukeCage ??? pic.twitter.com/2g62fyZvnc
— ?øq????uöpuå?q (@banxking) October 1, 2016

The apocalypse, I'm telling ya

This gal, literally

#Netflix down pic.twitter.com/9IrKGF0X0I
— Ale Punch (@muegano) October 1, 2016

Wonder how many kids will be born 9 months from tonight? 'Well son, Netflix was down so there was nothing else to do' #netflixdown
— Andrew Hayward (@aphphotographer) October 1, 2016

Me when I tried to watch Netflix but found out it's down. pic.twitter.com/VC1YZYkNMu
— Dorian Parks (@DorianParksnRec) October 1, 2016

Two and a half hours later, all was resolved

Not all heroes wear capes. Engineers to the rescue. We're back. @Netflixhelps pic.twitter.com/WKCIufYU36
— Netflix US (@netflix) October 1, 2016

But for some, it was too late. They'd given up and gone to sleep. Netflix-less.