Wild Ride of the Day: Black Monday Really Messed with the Internet's (and the Economy's) Emotions

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  Apparently, the scene at the NYSE was an Mad Max-esque wasteland of tears

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  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

  
  
  
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  It threw the whole world into chaos

  
  
  

  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

  
  
  
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  For many, it was just another Monday to make jokes, mostly about One Direction splitting up

  
  
  

  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

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  And then marketers got into the game
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  But then, the market turned up super sharply and there was even more confusion
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  But mostly people just continued to freak out

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  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

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  But never forget those who lost One Direction today. They have it worse.

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