Twitter's Flappy Bird Meltdown: is iOS Tapper the Most Frustrating Game Ever?
New game causes cracked screens, nervous breakdowns and pop culture references

Flappy Bird might be the most frustrating game ever made, at least according to Twitter.
Hundreds of people who downloaded the free iOS game have taken to the social network to vent their rage, and it's easy to see why.
In Flappy Bird you must tap the screen to make the on-screen bird fly higher, and not tap to make him sink lower. Using this you must navigate your sexually ambiguous feathered friend through a series of gaps left between two vertical pipes.
It's not very good, it's cheaply made, and parts of it look suspiciously like Super Mario Bros. I played it briefly and hit a high score of six (you're scored on the number of pipes you pass) pretty quickly, since then however I haven't passed two.
Then, suddenly, I found myself frustrated, and I understood the first world plight afflicting the Twitter masses. Here are some of the best outbursts.
Flappy bird is the source of 99% of my anger
— RyansAverageLife (@RyanAbe) January 24, 2014
whoever created flappy bird is literally satan
— kendanall (@kendallgoetzz) January 24, 2014
FLAPPY BIRD IS GOING TO CREATE ANGER ISSUES FOR THIS GENERATION I AM BEYOND FRUSTRATED!!!! I CANT EVEN GET PASSED 3!
— Kwami Solo (@Kwami_Solo) January 23, 2014
FLAPPY BIRD = warning: may cause sudden outbursts, obsessive use of foul language and also an extreme urge to throw your phone.
— Desarae (@Desaraeeeee) January 24, 2014
Of course lots of people decided the best way to deal with the injustice was to smash up their phones or an innocent nearby wall.
The ending result if I don't get past 5 on flappy bird pic.twitter.com/yYrhwPytOR
— Kevin White (@K_P_W3) January 24, 2014
Flappy Bird had me like... pic.twitter.com/JXjxdzRJss
— Dave Ricci (@DaveRicci_) January 24, 2014
My moms going to kill me #flappybird pic.twitter.com/9u5EaN1NGg
— Anthony? (@AntwanYanaz) January 24, 2014
my phone after a round of flappy bird pic.twitter.com/rPhUsdRraP
— Kyle Kushel (@kyle_kushel_) January 23, 2014
Others decided their pain would be best-remedied with a sense of humour and pictures of Steve Carrell.
Flappy Bird got me like pic.twitter.com/N8PEXD460J
— Jacob. (@jacob_remy24) January 24, 2014
How to play Flappy Bird pic.twitter.com/IKrtHzELjM
— Melissa Ashley (@MeliSpaghetti) January 24, 2014
Me playing flappy bird rn pic.twitter.com/kNKhaBd6fF
— destiny lord (@lord_destiny) January 23, 2014
Turns out some are actually quite good at the game though (or at least good at Photoshop).
My name is Jake, and I am an addict. Its time for me to retire from Flappy Bird pic.twitter.com/Dl8CTFh2qI
— Jacob Snitkin (@jsnitkin) January 23, 2014
if anyone has a flappy bird score higher than this let me know ;) pic.twitter.com/9blDDH100F
— parker biederer (@parkerbiederer) January 23, 2014
And finally, some sensible advice.
Attention players of the game so called "flappy bird"
1.click your home button
2.Delete flappy bird
3.Stop complaining about flappy bird
— rinpoche (@rinpostarr) January 24, 2014
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