Here's What Would Happen To The World If Facebook Went Down For Good

Earlier today, Facebook went down and absolutely no one knew what to do with their lives for about 21 minutes. 

It was hell. 

But the outage got us wondering, what would happen if Facebook just vanished off the face of the earth? 

The world as we know it would cease to exist.

Well, here's what we reckon could happen if 1.5 billion people were denied access to their favourite social networking site.


Your relationship would never be official ever again



I was once dating a girl for about seven months before she asked if I was her boyfriend. 


Now, I thought I'd naturally become her boyfriend but then she dropped the bombshell: 

"Well, why aren't we Facebook official?"

Facebook. Official. We split up not long after.

So, relationships would suffer massively and we'd all struggle to meet someone new because 99% of us are far too terrified of actually talking to members of the opposite sex in real life. 

Myspace would boom again

Checking in would no longer be a thing. So, what's the point in going to the gym if you can't share a selfie or an awful status about doing weights and running for 14 miles? Gyms all over the place would close and we'd all get fat. 



There would be chaos in the streets





I can see it now, 'full time mummy's running frantically around the streets screaming "LOOK AT THIS PICTURE OF MY BABY, DO YOU LIKE IT?! OH AND I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO PLAY CANDY CRUSH!"

Mayhem. Absolute mayhem. 

You'd never know when anyone's birthday is ever again



Thankfully, Facebook has always been there to remind us of our friends and family's birthdays. Without it, your aunt Julie can absolutely get f*cked if she thinks you're remembering to get her a card. 




ugh we could all buy calenders like they did in the olden days.

Keyboard warriors would perish

Reports of racism, homophobia and cyber bullying would see a decrease because those b*stard keyboard warriors would probably have to start sending their abuse via messenger pigeons. 


Or, they might actually just get a life.

We'd actually have to talk to each other





Earlier, during the outage, all of the office began engaging in conversation. 


Granted, everyone was talking about Facebook being down, but if it was gone for good, we'd eventually have to start talking about the weather and stuff. Wouldn't that be awful?

Stalkers. Everywhere.



At the end of every relationship comes a period of approximately 3-4 months where you both constantly check each other's profile to see if the other has moved on. 


But if people can't keep up to date with their ex's happenings there are going to be some seriously creepy stalkers looking through bedroom windows at 1am.


Myspace would boom again






Before Facebook we had Myspace, so surely the people in their desperation would flock to the very social networking site that initially made us anti-social. 

Bring back bulletins.

We'd actually probably just become better people





On a serious note, just take a second to think about just how long you spend on Facebook. 


Now, just imagine if you were forced to actually spend that time wisely. 


You might read a book, take up a new hobby, help an old woman across the road instead of staring at your phone or spend more time with loved ones. 


Maybe, just maybe, it wouldn't be so bad.