OMG why is wiki down?? How will I do my homework? WTF is this??? JESSIE have u seen this?? DOES ANYONE KNOW WHEN THE WAR OF 1812 STARTED OR WHY OR WHAT IT IS?? I’m angry on Twitter.
Herpderpedia chronicles what must be a very difficult day in the life of the uninformed, as countless people take to the tweets, adrift without Wikipedia.
The humane thing to do would be to tweet at every one of these people with a thoughtful explanation of SOPA, but the easier thing to do is just laugh. [Herpderpedia via Laughing Squid]
Andrew
Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 7:35 AMThere aren’t enough ‘sighs’ in the world for their behaviour.
TSH
Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 10:23 AM+1
PeterB
Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 7:59 AMIf they didn’t even read and understand the notice on Wikipedia what kind of information would they have regurgitated in their assignments?
Jackson Bison
Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 8:33 AMI bet none of this talented mob ever donated even a single cent to Wikipedia either.
HTS
Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 9:30 AM+1
Matt
Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 8:44 AMBecause it’s just so damn complicated to read the Wikipedia page.
monkeymind
Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 10:36 AMWhy would they read the page, never have before…Copy..paste.
Big Windows
Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 9:07 AMBut… At least they are trying… Go team moron!
olearymo
Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 9:09 AM“Oh man I totes hate that ad on wikipedia asking for donations, yeh rite lol get screwed”.
“ONOES wikipedia isnt there omg this is sooo unfair u sux wikipedia!”
(yes, I know they’re not down due to lack of donations, but it’s just amazing the stupid extremes people feel)
Vebi
Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 10:04 AMTwitter is an excellent place to proclaim how clueless you are.
Steve
Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 10:18 AMStupid social media drones, the real drain on society is them. Instead of wasting their time on twitface and fakebook they could have taken a minute to figure out that you can still access wikipedia by pressing the stop button before the page fully loads..
ItsSimple
Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 11:11 AMJust view a cached copy of the wikipedia page its as simple as that…noobs!
Matt L
Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 3:44 PMThat’s akin to reading a 1922 edition of an encyclopedia in our day and age…
Richard
Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 11:36 AM…or disable javascript and reload the page.
Mark
Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 1:25 PM/facepalm
They should read the damn wikipedia page.
Just This Guy ...
Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 3:26 PMI run Firefox with a script blocker.
Wiki loads fine. Actually, I couldn’t work out what the fuss was until I remembered that fact. Turned scrpts back on, yep, blocked. Turned scripts off, all good again.
In other news, I have always maintained that it’s the users who put the twit in twitter.
Matt L
Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 3:36 PMIt’s good people have this reaction, it’s what Wikipedia wanted the pollies to see as the result of wikipedia being closed. A mass outcry “WHERES MY FREEDOM”… .It’s working.