Netflix went down and 'Stranger Things' fans were VERY upset

What would Barb do?
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Ariel Bogle
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If you're into amazing, 80's-inspired television, you may have spent your weekend freaking out because a Netflix outage interrupted your binge of the new show, Stranger Things.

According to a tweet from the U.S. company, errors were affecting those trying to watch Netflix on web browsers and the issue has since been fixed.

A supernatural pastiche of The Goonies, E.T. and almost every Stephen King novel, Stranger Things is incredibly suspenseful. For viewers, even an outage lasting mere minutes was too long, especially when you're trying to discover whether Will is alive.


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In this moment of panic, Netflix had a special message of perseverance and strength for viewers suffering through the forced timeout, courtesy of the show's best character with the best fashions: Barb.

What would Barb do when Netflix goes down?

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Ariel Bogle

Ariel Bogle was an associate editor with Mashable in Australia covering technology. Previously, Ariel was associate editor at Future Tense in Washington DC, an editorial initiative between Slate and New America.

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