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AND THEN THE WHOLE BUS CLAPPED

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"And then the whole bus clapped" ("the entire train applauded", "everyone stood up and cheered", etc.) is a phrase associated with stories posted online, typically on Tumblr or Facebook, in which the teller or another person allegedly gains admiration of the surrounding public, usually after defending someone from social injustice. The line is often considered a giveaway sign of a fabricated story, or used sarcastically to express doubt or disbelief, similarly to and often together with "X's name? Albert Einstein!"

Origin

Exact origins of this phrase are unclear. According to Urban Dictionary, a similar phrase, "and the bus driver stood up and started clapping", originated from Poland.[1] The earliest known example of a story featuring applauding bus passengers was posted on July 28th, 2012 by reddit user Robert_Hoduin[2] The post, entitled "The Bus Knight", gained over 21,306 points (97% upvoted) and 1439 comments. In the comments it was claimed to have been posted the day before on Facebook.[9]

"reddit":https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/xbfwb/the_bus_knight/

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On May 18th, 2013, Facebook user Ricky Ghansah posted a story of his alleged encounter with a racist on a bus in Helsinki, in which he claimed to have received a round of applause after making the racist appologise aloud.[4] This was later reported in several Finnish publications, such as the pro-minorities blog Migrant Tales[5] and the newspaper Helsingin Sanomat.[6] Some people doubted the validity of Ghansah's story, alluding to similarities between it and the earlier Bus Knight story.

<a href="http://www.migranttales.net/fighting-racism-in-finland-the-ricky-ghansah-way/" class="button">Source</a>

In June 2015, Tumblr blog andthewholebusclapped[7] was launched, which collected various Tumblr posts containing stories that appeared fake, usually adding sarcastic "and everyone clapped"-type comments to the reblogs.

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tuhmblr-logic ulTaTb On the bus and some white lady is reading a book called White privilege, I repeat. Riding the public bus, white, and reading a book called white privilege. Irony? Did the whole bus clap for her?? not even surprised 10 3aMeTOK
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AND THEN THE WHOLE BUS CLAPPED

About

"And then the whole bus clapped" ("the entire train applauded", "everyone stood up and cheered", etc.) is a phrase associated with stories posted online, typically on Tumblr or Facebook, in which the teller or another person allegedly gains admiration of the surrounding public, usually after defending someone from social injustice. The line is often considered a giveaway sign of a fabricated story, or used sarcastically to express doubt or disbelief, similarly to and often together with "X's name? Albert Einstein!"

Origin

Exact origins of this phrase are unclear. According to Urban Dictionary, a similar phrase, "and the bus driver stood up and started clapping", originated from Poland.[1] The earliest known example of a story featuring applauding bus passengers was posted on July 28th, 2012 by reddit user Robert_Hoduin[2] The post, entitled "The Bus Knight", gained over 21,306 points (97% upvoted) and 1439 comments. In the comments it was claimed to have been posted the day before on Facebook.[9]


"reddit":https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/xbfwb/the_bus_knight/

Spread

On May 18th, 2013, Facebook user Ricky Ghansah posted a story of his alleged encounter with a racist on a bus in Helsinki, in which he claimed to have received a round of applause after making the racist appologise aloud.[4] This was later reported in several Finnish publications, such as the pro-minorities blog Migrant Tales[5] and the newspaper Helsingin Sanomat.[6] Some people doubted the validity of Ghansah's story, alluding to similarities between it and the earlier Bus Knight story.


<a href="http://www.migranttales.net/fighting-racism-in-finland-the-ricky-ghansah-way/" class="button">Source</a>

In June 2015, Tumblr blog andthewholebusclapped[7] was launched, which collected various Tumblr posts containing stories that appeared fake, usually adding sarcastic "and everyone clapped"-type comments to the reblogs.


<a href="http://andthewholebusclapped.tumblr.com/post/123232364947/reginaevilqueenmills-i-just-got-into-a-fist" class="button">Source</a>

Various Examples


<a href="http://nightofthelivingdeadpoetssociety.tumblr.com/post/64378512604/i-was-standing-on-the-bus-back-from-uni-and-the" class="button">Source</a> "Imgur":http://imgur.com/IX5QEuN "Imgur":http://imgur.com/Foe5PPT

<a href="http://cailins.tumblr.com/post/84875743137/guy-on-train-id-f----you-if-you-didnt-have-so" class="button">Source</a> tuhmblr-logic ulTaTb On the bus and some white lady is reading a book called White privilege, I repeat. Riding the public bus, white, and reading a book called white privilege. Irony? Did the whole bus clap for her?? not even surprised 10 3aMeTOK <a href="http://fakeposts.tumblr.com/post/138161036899" class="button blue">Source</a>

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My main issue with this phrase is it seems people on some sites are way too doubting of even stories that sound like they're really not THAT out there. For example I saw people using this phrase on a post recently about a professor who fooled their class by pretending to be a student first because said professor is young, and I immediately said "I'm honestly bothered people are calling bullshit on this because I can tell you for a fact some professors do this; my psychology professor was one who did this the first day of class, for one."

Like I get using this phrase for stories that sound clearly fake ("I told an entire group of skinheads to fuck off and they did, and I was given the key to the city because of it"), but it's getting to where some people act like almost literally everything on the internet is made up. Like I might as well be made up for all you know, I'm just a made up person whose posts you imagine seeing everyday and everyone around you think you're crazy for thinking the transgender inflation fetishist is real.

[and because sarcasm isn't always clear on the internet: the last sentence was a joke by the way]

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