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== Content ==

The site contains a picture of a man with a cactus inserted inside his anus, with a small drop of semen coming out of his penis. The website embeds a [[Adobe Flash Player|Flash]] file called out.swf to open an endless amount of tabs and play an extremely loud version of the song "The Cadillac Theory" by [[wikipedia:Stupeflip|Stupeflip]].

The site contains a picture of a man with a cactus inserted inside his anus, with a small drop of semen coming out of his penis. The website embeds a [[Adobe Flash Player|Flash]] file called "out.swf" to open an endless amount of tabs and play an extremely loud version of the song "The Cadillac Theory" by [[wikipedia:Stupeflip|Stupeflip]].

The page utilizes a [[wikipedia:JavaScript|JavaScript]] function called caca to display an alert with the text CAACACAAA, which calls itself recursively. Another JavaScript function, full, attempts to put the browser into full-screen mode. It also uses [[wikipedia:CSS|CSS]] styling to make the cursor invisible.

The page utilizes a [[wikipedia:JavaScript|JavaScript]] function called caca to display an alert with the text "CAACACAAA", which calls itself recursively. Another JavaScript function, full, attempts to put the browser into full-screen mode. It also uses [[wikipedia:CSS|CSS]] styling to make the cursor invisible.

==History==

During the summer of 2012, Screamer Cactus gained notoriety due to its usage in [[Twitter]] raids. In early 2016, a small team of people went to Twitch to trick streamers into opening the website during livestreams.

During the summer of 2012, Screamer Cactus gained notoriety due to its usage in [[Twitter]] raids. In early 2016, a small team of people went to [[wikipedia:Twitch_(service)|Twitch]] to trick streamers into opening the website during livestreams.

On April 8, 2016, a streamer named Takeru_46 opened the Screamer Cactus during one of his livestreams. The page stayed open on the broadcast for over four minutes before he managed to close it.

~~==See also==~~

* [[Last Measure]] - A series of websites with similar behavior.

* '''''[[:Category:Last Measure|Other shock sites that are very similar in spirit to this website.]]'''''

==Notes==

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* thomasbh.tumblr.com

* bit.ly/NRJ-LIVE-128kbps

'''Further Reading (French):''' jvflux.fr/Screamer_Cactus{{Maliciousnav}}

'''Further Reading (French):''' jvflux.fr/Screamer_Cactus

==See also==

* [[Last Measure]] - A series of websites with similar behavior.

~~[[Category:Last Measure]]~~

[[Category:2012]]

[[Category:Shock sites]]

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 == Content ==
-The site contains a picture of a man with a cactus inserted inside his anus, with a small drop of semen coming out of his penis. The website embeds a [[Adobe Flash Player|Flash]] file called out.swf to open an endless amount of tabs and play an extremely loud version of the song "The Cadillac Theory" by [[wikipedia:Stupeflip|Stupeflip]].
+The site contains a picture of a man with a cactus inserted inside his anus, with a small drop of semen coming out of his penis. The website embeds a [[Adobe Flash Player|Flash]] file called "out.swf" to open an endless amount of tabs and play an extremely loud version of the song "The Cadillac Theory" by [[wikipedia:Stupeflip|Stupeflip]].
-The page utilizes a [[wikipedia:JavaScript|JavaScript]] function called caca to display an alert with the text CAACACAAA, which calls itself recursively. Another JavaScript function, full, attempts to put the browser into full-screen mode. It also uses [[wikipedia:CSS|CSS]] styling to make the cursor invisible.
+The page utilizes a [[wikipedia:JavaScript|JavaScript]] function called caca to display an alert with the text "CAACACAAA", which calls itself recursively. Another JavaScript function, full, attempts to put the browser into full-screen mode. It also uses [[wikipedia:CSS|CSS]] styling to make the cursor invisible.
 ==History==
-During the summer of 2012, Screamer Cactus gained notoriety due to its usage in [[Twitter]] raids. In early 2016, a small team of people went to Twitch to trick streamers into opening the website during livestreams.
+During the summer of 2012, Screamer Cactus gained notoriety due to its usage in [[Twitter]] raids. In early 2016, a small team of people went to [[wikipedia:Twitch_(service)|Twitch]] to trick streamers into opening the website during livestreams.
 On April 8, 2016, a streamer named Takeru_46 opened the Screamer Cactus during one of his livestreams. The page stayed open on the broadcast for over four minutes before he managed to close it.
-==See also==
-* [[Last Measure]] - A series of websites with similar behavior.
-* '''''[[:Category:Last Measure|Other shock sites that are very similar in spirit to this website.]]'''''
 ==Notes==
 <references />
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 * thomasbh.tumblr.com
 * bit.ly/NRJ-LIVE-128kbps
-'''Further Reading (French):''' jvflux.fr/Screamer_Cactus{{Maliciousnav}}
+'''Further Reading (French):''' jvflux.fr/Screamer_Cactus
+==See also==
+* [[Last Measure]] - A series of websites with similar behavior.
+{{Maliciousnav}}
 {{Comments}}
-[[Category:Last Measure]]
 [[Category:2012]]
 [[Category:Shock sites]]