YouTube Went Down for a Few Hours & Parents Everywhere Freaked Out

You may have noticed, but around 9:30 p.m. Eastern on Tuesday, there was a major YouTube outage. While the incident only lasted a few hours, parents on Twitter had plenty to say about their kids’ favorite past time.

We’ve rounded up some of the funniest tweets from parents who somehow survived the episode below!

1. Oh the horror!

YouTube is down, I bet kids everywhere going psycho not being able to watch other kids play with toys right now 😆

— T___ (@TGD871) October 17, 2018

2. Moo haha!

#YouTube has crashed. Now my kids will be forced to talk to me😂😂

— corey⚜️sully (@IamCoreyAnne) October 17, 2018

3. 🙌 🙌 🙌 

Kids in bed on time because #YouTubeDOWN pic.twitter.com/iSgOvagqAQ

— Kym Delventhal (@kmd6300) October 17, 2018

4. Creepy!

With #youtube down I couldn't resist… Hopefully, your kids have #Fortnite to keep them occupied. ;) pic.twitter.com/kD42Can58n

— Ryan Clark (@ryans140) October 17, 2018

5. ::laughs maniacally::

Hey kids, back to your home works!!! #Youtube is down!!! LOL!!! Haha!!! 😆

— The Marxists Are Taking Over (@BabalugaBaluga) October 17, 2018

6. For reals.

When kids find out that YouTube is down and now they have go play with toys instead of watching a YouTube video of a kid playing with toys https://t.co/HAydIiSDty

— ✌️ (@ualreedykno) October 17, 2018

7. Truth.

Imagine all the kids in the world that are bouta go up to their parents for entertainment now that youtube is down#YoutubeisDown#youtbedown pic.twitter.com/EEEZ5KDlAE

— Taheezy 🇾🇪🩸 (@habeebies) October 17, 2018

8. Oh yes, it’s totally the apocalypse.

The apocalypse is upon us, at least according to my kids: @YouTube is Down! #YoutubeIsBroken pic.twitter.com/YdN0BNtcfx

— Michael Anderson (@nminus1) October 17, 2018

9. The struggle is real.

And kids all around the world were forced to play their video games, rather than watch someone else play them on YouTube. #YoutubeisDown #YouTube

— wskrz 🇳🇱🇨🇦🇪🇺 (@wskrz) October 17, 2018

10. Just for a few.

Me hiding from my kids until Youtube can comes back up #YouTubeDOWN pic.twitter.com/G7tR2uYhbr

— candy corn stan account (@therealkrissy2) October 17, 2018

11. Yep.

my kids reaction to #YouTubeDOWN especially that they are planning on being YouTubers 👌👍 pic.twitter.com/3pEwThdv7H

— JT Brannan (@JTBrannan_) October 17, 2018

12. I guess they don’t want to just spend time with me?

https://twitter.com/Pinrax/status/1052410460371279872

13. We can make it through.

Hug your kids tonight. #YouTubeDOWN

— The Wolf (@Wolfgang187) October 17, 2018

14. Score!

https://twitter.com/dad2ktj/status/1052400979155406848

15. Ha! Oh the drama.

1 hour into #YouTubeDOWN The food rations are running low, one of the kids got bit by a rattlesnake, and people are dying from dysentery left and right. This might be my last entry

— Laramie (@laramiecheyenne) October 17, 2018

––Karly Wood

Feature Photo: Hello I’m Nik via Unsplash

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