10 Best 'Slack Down' Posts As People Forced To Talk To Each Other

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Yes, the messaging tool Slack went down Wednesday due to "connectivity issues." If your company was one of the thousands that use the app, you probably found yourself resorting to ancient methods of communication, including using your telephone, Google Hangouts or — gasp — talking face-to-face.

Although the essential app returned just before 10 a.m. Pacific Time, mass hysteria befell much of America as workers sat at their desks, opened their computers, opened Slack and were greeted with an ugly yellow bar: No, the app isn't working.

While some workers quipped they might as well go home — including more than one digital journalist — others made the best of a sticky situation. Fortunately, the "rest of" the internet came through to help us cope with the loss.

Here are the 10 best tweets that perfectly encapsulate the nation's collective sighs, groans and facepalms.

1.

Slack is down and now I have no means to communicate with my team pic.twitter.com/BzR47bdQ3S
— manny (@mannyfidel) June 27, 2018

2.

When #Slack isn't working and you actually have to walk over to your coworker's desk to talk to them. pic.twitter.com/iUQTgf7tIi
— Riley Winn (@allRidoisWinn) June 27, 2018

3.

The three stages of Slack being down. pic.twitter.com/pVmvZspaQH
— PGP (@PostGradProblem) June 27, 2018

4.

Slack is down, and I talked to my colleagues...in the face??? https://t.co/pHvDZK6eVW pic.twitter.com/bl02wDrpXX
— Mashable (@mashable) June 27, 2018

5.

How I am sharing messages with colleagues right now. #Slack pic.twitter.com/rVDil4tM4C
— Michael Gillett | #WIMVP (@MichaelGillett) June 27, 2018

6.

"Slack is down"
Marc Chagall, 1931 #devart pic.twitter.com/kip67mi204
— Vicki Boykis (@vboykis) June 27, 2018

7.

Slack. A decrease in activity, as in business or work.

See also: What happens when #Slack is down. https://t.co/IXTWFYH91O pic.twitter.com/6PDhotg5RF
— Dictionary.com (@Dictionarycom) June 27, 2018

8. It's funny because it's true.

When Slack is out and you're working from home. pic.twitter.com/ZEcg9uasPZ
— Caitlin PenzeyMoog (@PenzeyMoog) June 27, 2018

9.

Slack is down at work and my coworker just slid this to me. pic.twitter.com/ChcrXJMeDf
— Sadie Boyd (@Wonder_Phoenix) June 27, 2018

10.

And #slack is down pic.twitter.com/MftmVWaIr0
— Nicola Corti @ #DCBERLIN18 (@cortinico) June 27, 2018

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