While you were dusting off your top hat and cleaning your monocle for the start of this Monday morning, you may have noticed something was off with the stock market.
For starters, the economy tanked hard, dropping 1,000 points in seconds after opening.
That's real bad.
Also, One Direction split up.
RT @lebullmarche: no need for charts today... when a simple pic sums up markets perfectly
#BlackMonday pic.twitter.com/w4sspdzFYd
— Jerm Hudson (@jermhudson) August 24, 2015
A snapshot of the market today. #BlackMonday pic.twitter.com/UVtOqqnFpJ
— Frivolously Wasted (@Lex_Parsimonae) August 24, 2015
Another global stock market crash... #BlackMonday pic.twitter.com/GfcPpy8fvM
— Matt Arrowsmith (@arrowsm) August 24, 2015
watching the Dow on #BlackMonday pic.twitter.com/xYBPasbknd
— side-eye spice (@goldengateblond) August 24, 2015
RT @PhillyD: #BlackMonday Is there a stock I can buy that is responsible for red fonts?! That seems like a winner today. pic.twitter.com/xbDSkUFuv7
— Don Brown (@tensigma) August 24, 2015
RT @RexHuppke: MSNBC: Stock market plunges
CNN: Stock market plunges
Fox News: OBAMA IS STEALING YOUR MONEY, BUY GUNS MADE OF GOLD!
#BlackMonday
— Little Miss Sunshine (@1par8head) August 24, 2015
RT @OnlyInBOS: Live look at #BlackMonday on #WallStreet... https://vine.co/v/ejmKmUAwr70
— Jeremy Madow (@JPMadow) August 24, 2015
RT @redsteeze: Save us, Deez Nuts #BlackMonday
— Lovestages (@lovestages) August 24, 2015
RT @richardosman: We're all upset about One Direction splitting up, but #blackmonday is an over-reaction.
— Lex (@_lecks_) August 24, 2015
RT @A_Liberty_Rebel: I must admit, I never thought investors in the Chinese stock market would take the news of One Direction splitting up …BlackMonday
— Filippo Minonzio (@tauramazov) August 24, 2015
#BlackMonday Good thing my $$$ is in (besides dog nail polish) signed Ryan Gosling photos. pic.twitter.com/cqAGOGJz6W
— Rick G. Rosner (@dumbassgenius) August 24, 2015
RT @Kolin_Quark: photos of guys with hands on face are down 10.7%! as global market runs perilously low on these images. #blackmonday httppic.twitter.com/eQ6vqJeBsY
— Alexander Kruska (@akruska) August 24, 2015
RT @OwenJones84: Fair to say that ex-Gordon Brown advisor @DPMcBride is somewhere between "nervous" and "concerned" #BlackMonday http://t.cpic.twitter.com/iEzV9UZNfA
— Mr Slugmeister (@IanSluggy40) August 24, 2015
RT @JohnGort: Right before #NYSE opening bell. #BlackMonday pic.twitter.com/uF8Sf0YKdo
— GoWithTheFlow (@NonDisposable) August 24, 2015
RT @Playing_Dad: Live picture of Wall Street right now #BlackMonday pic.twitter.com/P9cK8bbUiP
— The name is Bonn, (@jakabonn) August 24, 2015