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Revision as of 01:30, 6 October 2010 by 99.230.178.90 (talk) (sd)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)A shock site is a website that is intended to be offensive, disgusting and/or 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, insulting, painful, profane, or provocative nature. Some shock sites display a single picture, animation, or video clip, or a small gallery, and are often passed around via e-mail 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). Most 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 w
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