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{{Infobox shock site | {{Infobox shock site | ||
|title = | |title = Ogrish.com | ||
|image = Ogrish.jpg | |image = Ogrish.jpg | ||
|maker = Unknown | |maker = Unknown | ||
|type = Shock site | |type = Shock site | ||
|date = October 31, 2000 | |date = October 31, 2000 | ||
|imagecaption = | |imagecaption = Uncover Reality | ||
}} | }} | ||
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Several internet service providers is many different countries blocked access to Ogrish.com in 2005.<ref><nowiki>http://www.fitug.de/debate/0508/msg00037.html</nowiki></ref> | Several internet service providers is many different countries blocked access to Ogrish.com in 2005.<ref><nowiki>http://www.fitug.de/debate/0508/msg00037.html</nowiki></ref> | ||
In July 2005, | In July 2005, the [[Zippocat]] video was publicly posted to ogrish.org, which received backlash from forum users, administrators, and many non-Ogrish users. The video was soon deleted off the site, and the user who uploaded the video was eventually arrested. Shortly thereafter, a [[YTMND]] site was created out of the video featuring music from the 1993 first-person shooter game ''[[wikipedia:Doom (1993 video game)|DOOM]]'', and thus '''NEDM''' meme was created. | ||
On April 21, Ogrish closed this section, finally making the transition from a "gore" website to an "uncensored news" website. In April 2006, Ogrish.com introduced a podcast service (DJ'd by Shawn Wasson) and added a new forum section called Underground Media - members have the choice to join this section to see more images and videos. | On April 21, Ogrish closed this section, finally making the transition from a "gore" website to an "uncensored news" website. In April 2006, Ogrish.com introduced a podcast service (DJ'd by Shawn Wasson) and added a new forum section called Underground Media - members have the choice to join this section to see more images and videos. | ||
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According to the site's FAQ, the name derives from the archaic word "ogrish", meaning "like an ogre", as defined in older dictionaries in a figurative sense; that is, being like a person who is felt to be particularly cruel, brutish or hideous. This website sometimes goes down and back up with the name ogrish.co and ogrish.tv. | According to the site's FAQ, the name derives from the archaic word "ogrish", meaning "like an ogre", as defined in older dictionaries in a figurative sense; that is, being like a person who is felt to be particularly cruel, brutish or hideous. This website sometimes goes down and back up with the name ogrish.co and ogrish.tv. | ||
In 2006, Ogrish.com rebranded to | In 2006, Ogrish.com rebranded to LiveLeak, which still hosted graphic content until 2020, when the site shut down.<ref><nowiki>https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/7/22424356/liveleak-shock-site-shuts-down-itemfix</nowiki></ref> | ||
On November 16, 2020, LiveLeak had rebranded to ItemFix, and the LiveLeak site now redirects to ItemFix. | |||
==References== | ==References== |
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