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YouTube goes down briefly in rare outage YouTube goes offline before ‘highly trained monkeys’ fix the problem
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YouTube crashed in a rare outage. The video sharing site has sent a system error message to users attempting to stream footage. Video site YouTube went offline today. The site’s 1 billion users had to wait a few minutes for “A team of highly trained monkeys has been dispatched to deal with this situation,” according to an error message on the site.
The unusual outage sent users all over the world into a panicked frenzy.
Twitter user @SUP3RKONAR had a sense of humor about the situation, writing: "YouTube no longer works! This is the end! Flee!" Users of the site took to social media to express their “horror” at the outage, faced with the realization that they might have to read a book, watch TV, or, eek, go outside!
Swedish user @KristofferSjo admitted was well aware of his terror, stating: "I panic when YouTube is down for five minutes." Relief was felt worldwide when the monkeys saved the day.
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