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1997·Early web, before YouTube

Bad Day office video

One of the first video files forwarded around the world, and long believed to be genuine.

You might remember it as Bad Day, badday.mpg, Office worker smashes computer

View this upload on YouTube

This Moment happened away from the internet before anybody put it online. Originally published on physical.

The story

What this was

It first appeared in 1997, during early web, before YouTube. The copy this index knows about is on YouTube.

The same internet

Early web, before YouTube

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Where it came from

There is no original upload to identify: this Moment did not begin as one. What it began as is recorded here, and what is shown is a later copy.

Nothing here is claimed to be the first publication of this Moment, because the first publication was not an upload. This Moment happened away from the internet before anybody put it online. Originally published on physical.

Not established. This index only names a creator where the evidence supports it.

Where
Known on YouTube.
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