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'''PenisBird,''' also known as "The Incident With The Bird" is a shock image hosted on '''Rotten.com''' and [[Encyclopedia Dramatica]]. The image displays a close-up picture of a naked man standing in the middle of a concrete parking lot with a Scarlet Macaw on the man's erect penis. The image became a trolling image and shock image similar to [[Goatse]] and got spammed on [[wikipedia:Slashdot|Slashdot]]. | '''PenisBird,''' also known as "The Incident With The Bird" is a shock image hosted on '''Rotten.com''' and [[Encyclopedia Dramatica]]. The image displays a close-up picture of a naked man standing in the middle of a concrete parking lot with a Scarlet Macaw on the man's erect penis. The image became a trolling image and shock image similar to [[Goatse]] and got spammed on [[wikipedia:Slashdot|Slashdot]]. | ||
There is an edited version of this GIF showing the bird ejaculating on the man's penis and semen discharging from it. This was featured on [[Offended]] and other [[ | There is an edited version of this GIF showing the bird ejaculating on the man's penis and semen discharging from it. This was featured on [[Offended]] and other [[shock site]]s. There is also a ASCII art version of this picture. | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
The website was first registered in 1996, and was hosted by a person named "Soylent". He made a program that could easily identify unregistered internet domain names consisting of a single dictionary word. After some searching, he found the word ''Rotten'' was one of these unclaimed names, so he later went on to register ''Rotten.com''. Rotten.com postured itself as an online free speech platform, in a time where Internet censorship laws and regulations had begun to restrict access to material online. | The website was first registered in 1996, and was hosted by a person named "Soylent". He made a program that could easily identify unregistered internet domain names consisting of a single dictionary word. After some searching, he found the word ''Rotten'' was one of these unclaimed names, so he later went on to register ''Rotten.com''. Rotten.com postured itself as an online free speech platform, in a time where Internet censorship laws and regulations had begun to restrict access to material online. | ||
The site received a lot of attention and coverage following an incident in which the site posted supposed images of medical personnel recovering Princess Diana's body from her fatal car accident<ref>web.archive.org/web/20050516235424/rotten.com/about/press.html - a picture of Princess Diana</ref> | The site received a lot of attention and coverage following an incident in which the site posted supposed images of medical personnel recovering Princess Diana's body from her fatal car accident.<ref>web.archive.org/web/20050516235424/rotten.com/about/press.html - a picture of Princess Diana</ref> This picture was eventually revealed to be fake. The website was also one of the first websites to publish images of jumpers from the September 11 terrorist attack, under the title 'Swan Dive'. | ||
===The Rotten Library=== | ===The Rotten Library=== | ||
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