Wall Street may be in turmoil as it deals with a tech glitch that has suspended trading, but this news is like Christmas for the Internet. Blaming everything from the end times to the return of Bane, Twitter users were quick with the jokes to lighten any concerns over widespread financial panic. Stockbrokers may be crying, but have a laugh instead and check out some of the funniest responses to this debacle below.
BREAKING PHOTO: NYSE pic.twitter.com/6jUoEJMIE2
— Stay Puft (@staypuft) July 8, 2015
NYSE is stopped, planes are grounded, and sharks are falling from the sky in Virginia Beach. It’s been real real. ✌ — Nate (@BarstoolNate) July 8, 2015
He’s not kidding about the shark, either.
NY Stock exchange IT department right now to traders: Did you clear your cache? turn it off and turn it back on?
— Andy Nesbitt (@anezbitt) July 8, 2015
That’s not ideal. pic.twitter.com/pX5XpIECMq — Chris Burke (@ChrisBurke_SI) July 8, 2015
#NYSE pic.twitter.com/pGbdvfu34c
— Frazier Tharpe (@The_SummerMan) July 8, 2015
at the NYSE rn pic.twitter.com/NhgkVGM3QD — darth!™ (@darth) July 8, 2015
Can someone please check on the status of Skynet? Please? #nyse #Terminator
— Michael Amon (@michaelkamon) July 8, 2015
*#NYSE shuts down* The Internet: “Quick, everyone find a movie where the stock exchange is shut down and reference it!” — Matt Donato (@DoNatoBomb) July 8, 2015
…or blowing on it? #NYSE pic.twitter.com/Kbgwg7Bjk1
— Miss Atomic Blonde (@shelley_lee1013) July 8, 2015
#NYSE is on hold with #Comcast right now. They keep repeating “Your call is important to us”. — C. Michael Gibson MD (@CMichaelGibson) July 8, 2015
Currently on Wall St. #nyse pic.twitter.com/CNeXQtvjkf
— ஓ (@maverickisms) July 8, 2015
This guy has been to UAL’s OCC, the #NYSE and WSJ… if you see him, don’t let him in the office. pic.twitter.com/dsfWpffsqu — john colucci (@johncolucci) July 8, 2015
“So there I was, hanging out in the #NYSE server room…” pic.twitter.com/YqWNuZN4sb
— TrivWorks (@TrivWorks) July 8, 2015
When the NYSE goes down https://t.co/qqllGm1fP7
— Handsome Hank (@hen_ease) July 8, 2015
dont panic, but this is nypd hq right now. #nysepic.twitter.com/DJKc2U0VAL
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) July 8, 2015
(Via CNBC)