The closing ceremony is well under way, and those in the stadium say the mood is "electric." But elsewhere — namely, the Twittersphere — some of the closing ceremony magic is lost on observers.

From the choice of musical acts (a boy band?!) to the sets to the soundtrack (on repeat?), journalists and British personalities were having a field day trashing the spectacle.

Some, like The Guardian's Jonathan Haynes, welcomed the negativity, calling it a return of sorts to regular British cynicism. "Two weeks of pent-up cynicism is flooding across Twitter in glorious waves. Thanks (hashtag)closingceremony :)," he wrote.

We'll leave you to find others, and there are some gems of snark and hilarity. Just browse (hashtag)closingceremony.

— Cassandra Vinograd — Twitter http://twitter.com/cassvinograd

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