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A shock site is a website that is intended to be offensive, disgusting or/and disturbing to its viewers, containing materials of high shock value which is also considered distasteful and crude, and is generally of a pornographic, scatological, extremely violent, extremely profane, or extremely provocative nature. Some shock sites display a single picture, animation, or video clip, or a small gallery, and are often passed around via email or disguised in posts to discussion sites as a hoax in an attempt to trick readers into following the link to the website (a bait and switch). Other shock sites are merely websites that openly display shocking material.

Some shock sites have also gained their own subcultures and have become internet memes on their own. Goatse.cx featured a page devoted to fan-submitted artwork and tributes to the site's hello.jpg, and a parody of the image was also shown by a BBC newscast as an alternative for the then recently unveiled logo for the 2012 Summer Olympics. A shock video known as 2 Girls 1 Cup also quickly became an internet phenomenon, with videos of reactions, homages, and parodies widely posted on video sharing sites such as YouTube.

Examples of shock sites

Goatse.cx

Main article: Goatse.cx

Goatse.cx was one of the best-known shock sites, featuring an image of a man stretching his anus with his hands. The site featured a page devoted to fan-submitted artwork and tributes to the site's , and a parody of the image was also shown by a BBC newscast as an alternative for the then recently unveiled logo for the 2012 Summer Olympics.

The original domain goatse.cx was deactivated by the NIC .cx authority in January 2004, but several mirror sites are currently up and running hosting the original content (including the only currently active Top-level domain mirror: goatse.fr).

2 Girls 1 Cup

Main article: 2 Girls 1 Cup

2 Girls 1 Cup is a famous shock site/viral video portraying coprophilia and emetophilia. The site has garnered a great deal of attention on internet forums and video sites, spawning various reaction videos and parodies such as songs and animated versions. Among these is a video showing comedian Joe Rogan's reaction to the clip and a parody video featuring John Mayer. The video was also brought up in episodes of VH1's Best Week Ever and Family Guy.

Stile Project

Main article: Stile Project

Stile Project, which won a Webby Award in 2000 for Weird site and was a People's Voice winner, evolved into a website with a lot of pornographic and extreme material; Wired referred to the website as a "shock site" in a 2001 article.

Last Measure

Last Measure is a shock site developed by the GNAA (Gay Nigger's Association of America), an internet troll association, which uses Flash, Javascript, and Java to spawn pop-ups which contain various shock images, as well as attempts to launch IRC and E-mail clients, and plays a looping audio file that says, "Hey everybody, I'm looking at gay porno!" Some mirrors can also take a username parameter in the URL to track how many people have been sent to the site via a particular user. The site can also give you a severe virus.

See also

References

  1. ^ Kahney, Leander. "Gruesome Movie Sparks Outrage." Wired. August 29, 2001. Retrieved on September 18, 2009.
  2. ^ Kirkpatrick, Stewart (2004-06-09), "Lazy Guide to Net Culture: NSFW", The Scotsman
  3. ^ Herrmann, Steve. "Shock tactics." BBC. June 5, 2007. Retrieved on February 23, 2009.
  4. ^ The Best Week Ever, VH1.
  5. ^ "The Hands of God". Snopes.com. 15 June 2007. Retrieved 2009-08-03.
  6. Pawan Kumar (2008-11-11). "Goatse.cx; Distended?". Yaziyo News. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Text "Goatse.cx; Truly a Distended Anus?" ignored (help)
  7. "UPDATED: B3ta hacks the BBC with Olympic goatse". Guardian Unlimited.
  8. Archive.org's archived copy of the pages accessible through the domain goatse.cx before it was pointed to http://www.blackraven.cx/
  9. Joe Rogan Watches 2 Girls 1 Cup Video
  10. 2 Guys 1 Cup with John Mayer from john mayer
  11. Mulligan, Judie. "STARS TURN OUT TO HONOR THE BEST WEB SITES OF THE YEAR AT THE WEBBY AWARDS 2000." Webby Awards. May 11, 2000.
  12. Webber, Aaron (April 11, 2007). "Last Measure Shock Site: An Internet "Prank" with an Exploit Inside". McAffee SiteAdvisor Blog. McAfee. Retrieved 2009-03-10.
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