A massive outage affecting Amazon Web Services (AWS) on October 20, 2025, brought much of the internet to a standstill — and, in true online fashion, sparked a wave of memes and jokes across social media.

The disruption, which hit AWS’s US-EAST-1 region, caused widespread downtime for platforms including Snapchat, Fortnite, Roblox, Venmo, and Slack. Users flooded X (formerly Twitter) and Reddit to report the outage, with “AWS down” quickly trending worldwide. While businesses scrambled to manage the fallout, netizens did what they do best — turn chaos into comedy.

Social media feeds were soon filled with memes comparing the outage to a “digital apocalypse,” with users poking fun at how the internet seemed to collapse in unison. Many joked about productivity grinding to a halt, while othe

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