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A '''shock site''' is a form of [[screamer]] that uses disturbing imagery, commonly pornography, gore, and graphic content, to shock the viewer(s). Just like traditional [[screamer]] | {{TocDefault}} | ||
== Popularity == | A '''shock site''' is a form of [[screamer]] that uses disturbing imagery, commonly pornography, gore, and graphic content, to shock the viewer(s). Just like traditional [[screamer|screamers]], shock sites have a goal to shock the viewers with unexpected content. Some good example of shock sites are [[2 Girls 1 Cup]], [[Jarsquatter]], [[1 Lunatic 1 Ice Pick]] and [[Goatse]]. These websites have gained a high level of popularity and are often used as a way to prank people. | ||
== '''Popularity''' == | |||
[[File:Bait and switch.jpg|thumb|220x220px|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|220x220px|The ''bait-and-switch'' technique consists of misleading a person into clicking a link by telling them erroneous information.]] | ||
[[File:Goatse.png|thumb|220x220px|The '''[[Goatse]]''' homepage promoting their upcoming to became the subdomain service.]] | |||
Shock sites slowly started to spread around the web in the late 90's. The first shock site to be widely spread across the web was [[2 Girls 1 Cup]]. This one-minute clip of two women performing a scat play made a huge success. Since then, more shock sites surfaced on the Internet. | Shock sites slowly started to spread around the web in the late 90's. The first shock site to be widely spread across the web was [[2 Girls 1 Cup]]. This one-minute clip of two women performing a scat play made a huge success. Since then, more shock sites surfaced on the Internet. | ||
== Popular Culture == | == '''Popular Culture''' == | ||
Because of their popularity, shock sites have been mentioned or featured in many works of ficton. | Because of their popularity, shock sites have been mentioned or featured in many works of ficton. | ||
[[Lemon Party]] has been mentioned in a sketch on ''Talkshow with Spike Feresten'', ''Archer'', ''The Simpsons'', ''The Cleveland Show'' and ''30 Rock''. ''30 Rock'' made three allusions to "Lemon party". | [[Lemon Party]] has been mentioned in a sketch on ''Talkshow with Spike Feresten'', ''Archer'', ''The Simpsons'', ''The Cleveland Show'' and ''30 Rock''. ''30 Rock'' made three allusions to "Lemon party". | ||
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In the ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Guy Family Guy]'' episode ''[https://familyguy.fandom.com/wiki/Back_to_the_Woods Back to the Woods],'' [https://familyguy.fandom.com/wiki/Brian Brian] asks [https://familyguy.fandom.com/wiki/Stewie Stewie] for help getting unhitched to a pole, but Stewie refuses in retaliation for "making me watch that video with the 2 girls and a cup!" The episode then cuts to [https://familyguy.fandom.com/wiki/Brian Brian] filming [https://familyguy.fandom.com/wiki/Stewie Stewie] sitting on the computer and watching [[2 Girls 1 Cup]]. Stewie then proceeds to become surprised and shocked by the video.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moHj6cIrmQ4</ref> | In the ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Guy Family Guy]'' episode ''[https://familyguy.fandom.com/wiki/Back_to_the_Woods Back to the Woods],'' [https://familyguy.fandom.com/wiki/Brian Brian] asks [https://familyguy.fandom.com/wiki/Stewie Stewie] for help getting unhitched to a pole, but Stewie refuses in retaliation for "making me watch that video with the 2 girls and a cup!" The episode then cuts to [https://familyguy.fandom.com/wiki/Brian Brian] filming [https://familyguy.fandom.com/wiki/Stewie Stewie] sitting on the computer and watching [[2 Girls 1 Cup]]. Stewie then proceeds to become surprised and shocked by the video.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moHj6cIrmQ4</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'''.]] | ||
[[File:1-01.jpg|thumb|989x989px|Common shock sites]] | [[File:1-01.jpg|thumb|989x989px|Common shock sites]] | ||
<span>As shock sites made surface 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 almost 10 million views since it was posted to YouTube in April, 2008. | <span>As shock sites made surface 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 almost 10 million views since it was posted to YouTube in April, 2008. | ||
== Links == | == Links == | ||
* '''''[ | * '''''[http://wiki.screamerfanbase.com/Category:Shock_sites Shock Sites on the Screamer Fanbase.]''''' | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
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[[Category:Shock sites]] | [[Category:Shock sites]] | ||
[[Category:Gore]] | [[Category:Gore]] | ||
[[Category:Pornography]] | [[Category:Pornography]] | ||
[[Category:Graphic content]] | [[Category:Graphic content]] | ||
