Every time you masturbate... God kills a kitten
"Every time you masturbate… God kills a kitten" was a 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".
The phrase originally appeared as the headline "Fact: Every Time You Masturbate, God Kills a Kitten. How Many More Have to Die?" with a kitten photo on the cover of The Gonzo, a satirical publication produced by students at Georgetown University, in 1996.[2]
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."[3]
They used the retouched kitten image in their campaign.[4] 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, 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.[5] The phrase also inspired the name of a sex club called Killing Kittens.[6] The brown "monsters" are Domo-kun, the mascot of Japan's NHK television station.[7]
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."[8]
See also
References
- ^ Fark Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ): Farkisms, Fark.com
- ^ "Broken Link - The Gonzo #10".
- ^ Quinn, Thomas. (August 4, 2003) Daily Mirror Edinburgh Festival 2003: Thomas Quinn - Pest at the fest. Section: Features; Page 22.
- ^ Mitzi Szereto (2005). The World's Best Sex Writing 2005. Thunder's Mouth Press. ISBN 1560257725.
- ^ "Mich. Church Slammed for 'Porn Weekend'", Fox News, April 1 2005
- ^ 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.
- ^ "What A Strange Chocolate: A Domo-kun sort of FAQ", CardHouse
- ^ 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.