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|date = July 22, 2005 (unofficial release October 30, 2004) | |date = July 22, 2005 (unofficial release October 30, 2004) | ||
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'''Zippocat''' was a [[shock video]] published on July 22, 2005, to [[ogrish.com]] that later became an internet meme. The video depicts a small gray kitten getting pet by a German/Belgian man. A few frames later, the small gray kitten got held upside down by a German/Belgian man. A few seconds later, the man sets the cat on fire with a zippo lighter and burns it alive while continuing to record. The video was promptly removed and gained an unknown number of views before deletion. The video | '''Zippocat''' was a [[shock video]] published on July 22, 2005, to [[ogrish.com]] that later became an internet meme. The video depicts a small gray kitten getting pet by a German/Belgian man. A few frames later, the small gray kitten got held upside down by a German/Belgian man. A few seconds later, the man sets the cat on fire with a zippo lighter and burns it alive while continuing to record. The video was promptly removed and gained an unknown number of views before deletion. The video was believed to have been lost until 2022, when a user found a video download on archive.ph. However, the user chose to keep the video hidden and not share it to the public. | ||
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Many users 5'd (slang for rating something five stars) this page. On the comments of the page, a user called "Spotz" claimed "he 5'd" because of the ''Doom'' music, to which a user named "Gecko" replied, saying "Nothing justifies 5'ing burning kittens. Not even Doom music." Those four words at the end of the sentence later became an internet meme. | Many users 5'd (slang for rating something five stars) this page. On the comments of the page, a user called "Spotz" claimed "he 5'd" because of the ''Doom'' music, to which a user named "Gecko" replied, saying "Nothing justifies 5'ing burning kittens. Not even Doom music." Those four words at the end of the sentence later became an internet meme. | ||
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The administrators of the Ogrish.com website tracked down the video's uploader and the actual killer of the cat, which took them only two days. The uploader was a 15-year-old Belgium male and the actual killer was a 26-year-old Belgium male, and both men were eventually killed.{{Cite}} | The administrators of the Ogrish.com website tracked down the video's uploader and the actual killer of the cat, which took them only two days. The uploader was a 15-year-old Belgium male and the actual killer was a 26-year-old Belgium male, and both men were eventually killed.{{Cite}} | ||
