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Encyclopedia > Every time you masturbate... God kills a kitten
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The image

"Every time you masturbate… God kills a kitten" is the headline of an image created by a member of the website Fark.com in 2002.[1] The image is of a kitten, since known as "Cliché Kitty", being chased by two Domo-kun, and has the tagline "Please, think of the kittens". Image File history File links God-kills-kitten. ... Image File history File links God-kills-kitten. ... “Fark” redirects here. ... Kitten at six weeks. ... Domo-kun (pictured right). ...


Cultural references

In 2003, actor Dudley Sutton found inspiration from the Internet "where apparently people say that every time you masturbate God kills a kitten."[2] From that statement, Sutton developed a serious piece about "a young man's emotions and feelings, from the moment he's a baby tugging at his cock onwards."[2] In August 2003, he performed the one-man "Killing Kittens" show at the Smirnoff Underbelly.[2] Dudley Sutton (born April 6, 1933 in Surrey, England) is a British actor. ... Maccoinnich 01:39, 19 November 2005 (UTC) . The Smirnoff Underbelly is a venue used only during the span of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe (every August). ...


A video was produced by XXXchurch.com, the self-proclaimed "#1 Christian Porn Site", showing a slide show of kitten images to a piano accompaniment, while a voice-over urges viewers to "think of the kittens." They used the photoshopped kitten image in their campaign.[3] There is also a song hosted by the same organization called The Killing Kitties Song by Stereotype, a youth group band.[citation needed] Jay Porter, a critic of XXXchurch, was quoted as stating that "God kills a kitten every time you masturbate" is not an advisable message to direct at children, after the Michigan church used the slogan during an anti-pornography campaign in 2005.[4] The phrase also inspired the name of a sex club called Killing Kittens.[5] The brown "monsters" are Domo-kun, the mascot of Japan's NHK television station.[6] XXXchurch. ... Slideshow is a modern concatenation of Slide Show. A slideshow is a display of a series of chosen images, which is done for artistic or instructional purposes. ... A short grand piano, with the lid up. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... Porn redirects here. ... Domo-kun (pictured right). ... NHK Broadcasting Center in Shibuya, Tokyo NHK (, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai), or the Japan Broadcasting Corporation, is Japans public broadcaster. ...


The phrase sometimes is varied. For example, in 2003, The Daily Show correspondent Samantha Bee maintained a computer screensaver that showed kittens chased by vengeful ninjas, and the cut line, "Every time you masturbate, a ninja chops the head off a kitten."[7] The Daily Show (currently The Daily Show with Jon Stewart) is a Peabody and Emmy Award-winning American satirical television program produced by and airing on Comedy Central. ... Samantha Jamie Bee (born 1969) is a Canadian actress and comedian perhaps best known as a correspondent for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. ...


References

  1. ^ Fark Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ): Farkisms, Fark.com
  2. ^ a b c Quinn, Thomas. (August 4, 2003) Daily Mirror Edinburgh Festival 2003: Thomas Quinn - Pest at the fest. Section: Features; Page 22.
  3. ^ Mitzi Szereto (2005). The World's Best Sex Writing 2005. Thunder's Mouth Press. ISBN 1560257725. 
  4. ^ "Mich. Church Slammed for 'Porn Weekend'", Fox News, April 1, 2005
  5. ^ Romney, Jonathan. (November 26, 2006) Independent on Sunday Let's, talk dirty. ABC | Hollywood likes it sleek and perfect. Arthouse cinema prefers it ugly and 'difficult'. But the new film 'Shortbus' the sex is explicit, funny and very real. Jonathan Romney chats up its director, John Cameron Mitchell. Section: ABC; Page 6.
  6. ^ "What A Strange Chocolate: A Domo-kun sort of FAQ", CardHouse
  7. ^ Houpt, Simon. (November 24, 2003) Globe and Mail Bee dazzled. "It was very crazy and unexpected" to be whisked from Toronto to New York to make news that amuses, The Daily Show's Canadian component tells Simon Houpt. Section: Review Media; Page R3.


 
 

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