Tech

This morning Google was temporarily down all over the world causing widespread panic and concern as people tried to check work emails and join Monday morning meetings on Google Meet. The masses unsurprisingly took to Twitter, many joking and memeing about the absurdity of trying to google why Google was down, while others embraced the crash as a welcomed break from work or school duties. Although the crash only lasted under an hour, the instant reaction on social media is indicative of how much the world depends on communication tools like Gmail, especially in a time where millions are still working from home. Maybe a sign that we should diversify a bit?

We've collected some of the most amusing tweets from the meltdown on Twitter. 

We're all aware that big tech corporations store an insane amount of information about us, but it's probably safe to say that most of us weren't aware of the sheer vastness of it all (think literal millions of pages per person). Dylan Curran, Director of Technology at VFT Solutions, took it upon himself to investigate the amount of information that Google and Facebook have about him, and let's just say...what he found is unsettling to say the least.

As millennials on the older side of the generation, we were actually lucky to have experienced life before the internet was used for everything. It's definitely built character and probably lent us a little extra resourcefulness. Sometimes we feel like our grandparents talking about walking a mile in the snow to school when we talk about the days before smartphones, and this little text exchange between a post-millennial and an older, wiser person will show you exactly why. 

If you ever needed a meme to describe the amazing feeling of helping an old person with a computer, this is it. 'Tehc' memes feature everyone's favorite Mr. Meme and are coming for our self-satisfied tech moments. You know, feeling like a hacker when you open the Task Manager. Teaching a kid cousin how to force quit. These are all basic, but gratifying moments for anyone who uses computers. There haven't been a ton of these, but like Stonks and Helth, we expect to see 'em for a while.

Our boy Elon Musk might be the most cringey billionaire on the scene right now, and we can't help but love the resulting meme content. 

We've already made fun of the iPhone 11 once before, but honestly there are so many good memes coming out of it that we couldn't resist bringing you even more of them. And let's face it, we're all way too poor to ever afford this new Apple installment with its stupid cameras, so making a mockery of it seems like the proper thing to do.

Fancy things require over-the-top, bougie care instructions, apparently. At least for the Apple Card anyway. 

Apple published instructions for keeping your Apple credit card lookin' shiny the other day and people couldn't help but notice how ridiculous some of the steps are. No leather, denim, or loose change can come in contact with your card if you want to keep it from getting discolored. 

Got it, soooo just never have it touch anything then...?

We can't all be walking talking IT departments. But some people are, and thank GAWD for them. These techy memes will resonate with anyone who's been able to help people with the internet or coding beyond saying "have you tried unplugging it and plugging it back in?"

We have to be honest in that we don't really understand what it is that you programmers and coders do all day at work, but we do know is that you help bring us cool new gadgets and Amazon Prime drones and everything in between that lets us do literally everything from the couch - no movement necessary!

As Americans, we're all probably pretty familiar with the "garage" success story in which successful billionaires started out working in humble conditions, such as in a basement or garage until they made it big. This Twitteruser brought up an interesting different viewpoint!

This thread is pretty eye-opening, but we certainly don't want to dominate the discussion here - what do you all think? Are billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Steve Jobs self-made? Or did they receive a little more help than the rest of us along the way?

Calling all coders, developers and software engineers! We have some nerdy memes for when you can't stand to look at lines of code any longer. We all need to take a break every now and again, after all! And lastly, we want to thank you for continuously providing us with the tech products we all can't live without.

We live in a tech world, whether you like it or not, and for that we have to thank our overlords Facebook, Google, Amazon and more. In all seriousness though, we feel like the tech people who work for them aren't represented enough in memes, and so we're bringing you some on this lovely day. May the code be with you.