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[[File:Bait and switch.jpg|thumb|240x240px|The ''bait-and-switch'' technique consists of misleading a person into clicking a link by telling them erroneous information.]] | [[File:Bait and switch.jpg|thumb|240x240px|The ''bait-and-switch'' technique consists of misleading a person into clicking a link by telling them erroneous information.]] | ||
'''Shock sites''', also known as '''shock media''' or '''shockers''', are any piece of media (mostly on the Internet) that use disturbing content, commonly [[:Category:Pornography|pornography]], [[:Category:Gore|gore]], and other [[:Category:Graphic content|graphic imagery]] to shock viewers. Just like traditional [[screamer]]s, shock sites have a goal to shock their viewers with unexpected content. Some famous examples of shock sites include [[2 Girls 1 Cup]], [[Jarsquatter]], [[1 Lunatic 1 Ice Pick]], [[Kekma.net]], and [[Goatse]]. These websites have gained a high level of popularity since the late 20th century, and are often used as a practical joke. The first shock website ever created was [[Rotten.com]], a site which featured photographs of dead people, disturbing diseases, deformed bodies, and a lot more. In addition, Rotten.com was also the first gore website ever created. | '''Shock sites''', also known as '''shock media''' or '''shockers''', are any piece of media (mostly on the Internet) that use disturbing content, commonly [[:Category:Pornography|pornography]], [[:Category:Gore|gore]], and other types of [[:Category:Graphic content|graphic imagery]] to shock viewers. Just like traditional [[screamer]]s, shock sites have a goal to shock their viewers with unexpected content. Some famous examples of shock sites include [[2 Girls 1 Cup]], [[Jarsquatter]], [[1 Lunatic 1 Ice Pick]], [[Kekma.net]], and [[Goatse]]. These websites have gained a high level of popularity since the late 20th century, and are often used as a practical joke. The first shock website ever created was [[Rotten.com]], a site which featured photographs of dead people, disturbing diseases, deformed bodies, and a lot more. In addition, Rotten.com was also the first gore website ever created. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
In 1996, [[Rotten.com]] was registered by Thomas E. Dell (Soylent) after he wrote a program that could guess domains with one word, and "Rotten" was one of the unclaimed words. Rotten.com hosted a gallery of gore videos and images.<ref>Wofford, T. (2017, November 29). [https://theoutline.com/post/2549/rotten-com-is-offline "Rotten.com Is Offline"]. The Outline.</ref> One file submitted, titled "motorcyle.jpg", concerned many of the site's users and resulted in tons of e-mails being sent to the creator from viewers. The file name suggests that the injury was a result of a motorcycle accident, although the website claimed it was likely an "attempted shotgun suicide" | In 1996, [[Rotten.com]] was registered by Thomas E. Dell (Soylent) after he wrote a program that could guess domains with one word, and "Rotten" was one of the unclaimed words. Rotten.com hosted a gallery of gore videos and images.<ref>Wofford, T. (2017, November 29). [https://theoutline.com/post/2549/rotten-com-is-offline "Rotten.com Is Offline"]. The Outline.</ref> One file submitted, titled "motorcyle.jpg", concerned many of the site's users and resulted in tons of e-mails being sent to the creator from viewers. The file name suggests that the injury was a result of a motorcycle accident, although the website claimed it was likely an "attempted shotgun suicide."<ref>web.archive.org/web/20050516235424/rotten.com/FAQ/</ref> | ||
In 1999, the domain [[Goatse.cx]] was registered. Its front page showed a picture, titled "''Hello.jpg''", which depicted a man using both of his hands to widely stretch his anus.<ref>Nast, C. (2013, April 16). [https://www.wired.com/2013/04/goatse/ "Goatse And the Rise Of the Web's Gross-Out Culture"]. [[wikipedia:WIRED|Wired]].</ref> The image was originally titled "gap3.jpg" in the .zip file called "Gap.zip", a file with images of [[Kirk Johnson]] "using dildos and butt plugs to stretch his anus" | In 1999, the domain [[Goatse.cx]] was registered. Its front page showed a picture, titled "''Hello.jpg''", which depicted a man using both of his hands to widely stretch his anus.<ref>Nast, C. (2013, April 16). [https://www.wired.com/2013/04/goatse/ "Goatse And the Rise Of the Web's Gross-Out Culture"]. [[wikipedia:WIRED|Wired]].</ref> The image was originally titled "gap3.jpg" in the .zip file called "Gap.zip", a file with images of [[Kirk Johnson]] "using dildos and butt plugs to stretch his anus."<ref><nowiki>https://handwiki.org/wiki/Social:Goatse.cx</nowiki></ref> The viral spread of Goatse popularized the concept of shock sites, and also helped to popularize other early shock sites depicting graphic images, like [[Tubgirl]]. | ||
In 2000, [[Ogrish.com]] was registered to cover uncensored news and videos. Ogrish.com was best known for its publication of war footage and caused controversy by not asking for consent from any victims' families to upload content depicting a victim's death. The company later rebranded as LiveLeak in 2006.<ref><nowiki>https://web.archive.org/web/20160316104436/http://www.businessinsider.com.au/profile-of-hayden-hewitt-founder-of-liveleak-2014-10</nowiki></ref> | In 2000, [[Ogrish.com]] was registered to cover uncensored news and videos. Ogrish.com was best known for its publication of war footage and caused controversy by not asking for consent from any victims' families to upload content depicting a victim's death. The company later rebranded as LiveLeak in 2006.<ref><nowiki>https://web.archive.org/web/20160316104436/http://www.businessinsider.com.au/profile-of-hayden-hewitt-founder-of-liveleak-2014-10</nowiki></ref> | ||
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[[Spritecranberry.net]] was created in 2019, and originally redirected the viewer to a graphic [[YouTube]] video titled "How to express your dogs anal glands at home (Veterinarian recommended way)", in which a veterinarian inserts his fingers inside a dogs anus. The site later changed to a redirect to an image of a bloody hair transplant. | [[Spritecranberry.net]] was created in 2019, and originally redirected the viewer to a graphic [[YouTube]] video titled "How to express your dogs anal glands at home (Veterinarian recommended way)", in which a veterinarian inserts his fingers inside a dogs anus. The site later changed to a redirect to an image of a bloody hair transplant. | ||
On April 23rd, 2019, [[Kekma.ga]] was released. Kekma.ga | On April 23rd, 2019, [[Kekma.ga]] was released. Kekma.ga was a shock site that once opened displayed an 18+ age warning and a giant button that read "ENTER" in the middle. Once clicked, the website would change to extreme gore, with a centre video of a man squatting in a pool of blood, forcing a large, bloodstained industrial screw into his urethra. A 41-minute video titled "The Kekma movie" was released on September 11, 2020, and contains several YouTube Poops, various parodies, offensive jokes, and numerous statements about the September 11 attacks. The owner of the website followed up with another site called [[WomensAlliance.xyz]] in October 2020, which shut down a few months later. The site shut down in February 2022, on its final domain Kekma.net. | ||
A viral graphic shock video titled [[Duckpack51|Duckpack51]] was uploaded to [[TikTok]] by user Mayengg03 in June 2021, who was banned after moderators found his post. The video was named after the Blogspot page where it originated from, and showed a clip of a girl dancing before cutting to a video of a man named Rodolfo Belluci being executed via decapitation. In the same year, a formerly lost "snuff" film made in 2015 titled Necropedopheliac, which is commonly referred to as [[Snuff R73]], was found after a horror cinema [https://icebergcharts.com/ iceberg chart] mentioning the film was posted onto Reddit. The film is a 10 minutes 55 seconds compilation of extreme medical gore from the [https://www.britannica.com/event/Syrian-Civil-War Syrian civil war] involving children and babies, as well as security footage from China of a man stomping on a toddler. Youtuber [https://youtube.fandom.com/wiki/Tuv Tuv] described the video as "The most banned video on the Internet."<ref><nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkwX91YT4Tw</nowiki></ref> | A viral graphic shock video titled [[Duckpack51|Duckpack51]] was uploaded to [[TikTok]] by user Mayengg03 in June 2021, who was banned after moderators found his post. The video was named after the Blogspot page where it originated from, and showed a clip of a girl dancing before cutting to a video of a man named Rodolfo Belluci being executed via decapitation. In the same year, a formerly lost "snuff" film made in 2015 titled Necropedopheliac, which is commonly referred to as [[Snuff R73]], was found after a horror cinema [https://icebergcharts.com/ iceberg chart] mentioning the film was posted onto Reddit. The film is a 10 minutes 55 seconds compilation of extreme medical gore from the [https://www.britannica.com/event/Syrian-Civil-War Syrian civil war] involving children and babies, as well as security footage from China of a man stomping on a toddler. Youtuber [https://youtube.fandom.com/wiki/Tuv Tuv] described the video as "The most banned video on the Internet."<ref><nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkwX91YT4Tw</nowiki></ref> | ||
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The website has also been described by [[wikipedia:Jimmy Fallon|Jimmy Fallon]] on the ''Opie and Anthony'' radio show, on [[wikipedia:Chelsea Handler|Chelsea Handler]]'s TV show ''[[wikipedia:Chelsea Lately|Chelsea Lately]]'', [[wikipedia:Michael J. Nelson|Michael J. Nelson]] from RiffTrax.com during the [[wikipedia:RiffTrax|RiffTrax]] for ''Avatar'', by Jon Stewart on ''[[wikipedia:The Daily Show|The Daily Show]]'', ''[[wikipedia:American Dad|American Dad]]'', and by [[wikipedia:Michael Cera|Michael Cera]] and [[wikipedia:Jonah Hill|Jonah Hill]] during promotion for the 2007 comedy film ''[[wikipedia:Superbad|Superbad]]''. | The website has also been described by [[wikipedia:Jimmy Fallon|Jimmy Fallon]] on the ''Opie and Anthony'' radio show, on [[wikipedia:Chelsea Handler|Chelsea Handler]]'s TV show ''[[wikipedia:Chelsea Lately|Chelsea Lately]]'', [[wikipedia:Michael J. Nelson|Michael J. Nelson]] from RiffTrax.com during the [[wikipedia:RiffTrax|RiffTrax]] for ''Avatar'', by Jon Stewart on ''[[wikipedia:The Daily Show|The Daily Show]]'', ''[[wikipedia:American Dad|American Dad]]'', and by [[wikipedia:Michael Cera|Michael Cera]] and [[wikipedia:Jonah Hill|Jonah Hill]] during promotion for the 2007 comedy film ''[[wikipedia:Superbad|Superbad]]''. | ||
In the ''[[wikipedia:Family Guy|Family Guy]]'' [[wikipedia:Family Guy (season 6)|season 6]] episode ''Back to the Woods'', Brian asks Stewie for help getting unhitched to a pole, but Stewie refuses in retaliation for making him watch "that video with the | In the ''[[wikipedia:Family Guy|Family Guy]]'' [[wikipedia:Family Guy (season 6)|season 6]] episode ''Back to the Woods'', Brian asks Stewie for help getting unhitched to a pole, but Stewie refuses in retaliation for making him watch "that video with the two girls and a cup!" The episode then cuts to Brian filming Stewie sitting by the computer and watching [[2 Girls 1 Cup]]. Stewie then proceeds to become surprised and shocked by the video.<ref><nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moHj6cIrmQ4</nowiki></ref> | ||
=== Reactions === | === Reactions === | ||
[[File:Reaction 2.png|thumb|220x220px|A group of soldiers reacting to '''2 Girls 1 Cup'''.]] | [[File:Reaction 2.png|thumb|220x220px|A group of soldiers reacting to '''2 Girls 1 Cup'''.]] | ||
<span>As shock sites | <span>As shock sites surfaced on the web, more reaction videos were being posted and eventually became a trend on the Internet. The concept of a reaction video </span>is to get someone to visit a shock site while recording their reaction. A good example of this is the ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doZnJSojBtw Marines 2 Girls 1 Cup Reactions]'' video, which has accumulated more than 11 million views since it was posted to YouTube in April 2008. | ||
== Links == | == Links == | ||
