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The Bus Uncle

You might remember it as Bus Uncle Hong Kong

A possible copy is known, but ViralWorld has not verified that it is the right one.

2006·Early YouTube

A Hong Kong phone recording that became a national conversation and an early study in bystander video.

At a glanceThe facts

Remembered as
巴士阿叔
Spread in
2006
Format
Video
Era
Early YouTube
Made by
Jon Fong Wing Hang, a 21-year-old passenger
Who or what it shows
Roger Chan Yuet Tung, 51, and Elvis Ho Yui Hei, 23
Where
The upper deck of a route 68X bus bound for Yuen Long, Hong Kong
What it said
“You have stress, I have stress”
Origin
Origin not yet established
Available
Not held by ViralWorld

Why it matteredWhat changed

A quarrel on a Hong Kong night bus, filmed by a third passenger, was the most-viewed video on YouTube the following month. One of the two men was later attacked at his workplace.

TimelineIn order

  1. Made

    At about eleven at night, two passengers quarrel on the upper deck of a bus. A third films it, and posts it to a Hong Kong forum, YouTube and Google Video.1

  2. Record

    It is the most-viewed video on YouTube for the month, with 1.7 million views in its first three weeks.1

  3. Found

    The younger man identifies himself on a radio talk show.1

  4. Later

    Three masked men attack the older man at the restaurant where he works, leaving him with serious injuries to his face and eyes.1

What people misrememberSet straight

Commonly remembered asSomebody in the video says “uncle”.

ActuallyNobody does. The name was coined on a Hong Kong internet forum.1

Why it is here: something the internet still knows by name · it got out of its own corner of the internet fast · still being watched and quoted years later

Where it came fromWhat we know

Original source uncertain. This is the earliest copy currently known.

No original upload has been established for this record. The index is showing the earliest copy it currently knows about, and says so rather than guessing.

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

Where
Known on YouTube.

More from 2006You were there

SourcesWhat was read

  1. Wikipedia — The Bus Uncle

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