[Note: I know this isn’t sports related. But my findings compelled me to post this.]
Before I finally turn over to attempt to fall asleep night, I typically watch a show — often on Netflix, a web-streaming service. They have approximately 50 million subscribers, according to CNN.
Around 11:30 p.m. ET Tuesday night, I opened up Netflix app on my iPad ready to turn on my show of the week.
Unfortunately, it was lagging, never opened, and so it was very clear that there were problems on Netflix’s end. As I often do to confirm what I figured, I searched “Netflix” on Twitter and was disappointed, but not surprised, with what I read.
The standard tweet was something like, “I hate my life. Netflix is down. Now what?”
Um, read a book. Call someone and have an actual conversion. Talk to your roommate, if you have one. Catch up on work, or at least be productive. Read the newspaper (online, of course). Netflix is a nice resource but folks took it too far. Truly first-world problems.
Read some of the tweets below:
Netflix is down & i feel like crying .
— W O L F I E (@xArcanine) August 20, 2014
my Netflix won’t work and it makes me want to hurt someone
— desirae (@asssquake) August 20, 2014
Is netflix down? What am I supposed to do?
— Morgan Patterson (@moepatterson94) August 20, 2014
Why is my netflix refusing to work, I need to get back to the important things in life like 90210.
— caroline (@C_lowery7) August 20, 2014
If Netflix won’t let me watch Grey’s Anatomy I will die
— Anna-Marie (@Anna06marie) August 20, 2014
What am I supposed to do now? My netflix is out
— Thomas (@ZBThomas1898) August 20, 2014
I just want someone who will watch Netflix with me and eat all day
— Isabel Vallejo (@isabelvallejo39) August 20, 2014
Q:What is life without Netflix? A:nothing
— Hannah Webster (@hannahgrace_513) August 20, 2014
Netflix isn’t working! Now what am I supposed to do with my life?!
— Michael Cochrane (@MikeCochrane_) August 20, 2014