# Brown toothy thing in the "Every time you masterbate, God Kills a Kitten" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 13, 2002, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brown-toothy-thing-in-the-every-time-you-masterbate-god-kills-a-kitten/142385 "2002-12-13T01:10:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SC\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@SC\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SC_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brown-toothy-thing-in-the-every-time-you-masterbate-god-kills-a-kitten/142385/1 "2002-12-13T01:10:14Z")
Ok. There was an internet meme floating about recently, dealing with a picture captioned [“Every time you masterbate, God kills a kitten.”](http://www.oralse.cx/contrib/psakitty.jpg) In this picture, there is a little grey kitten and it looks like it’s being chased by this boxy brown… thing … with arms, legs and a face. What is that brown thing supposed to be? I think it may be a pop culture thing in Japan because I’ve seen it on banner ads to Japanese pop culture merchandise sites, but those sites are in Japanese, and not knowing the name of the thing in either English or Japanese makes it heard to search for. I’ve also seen variations on the picture, including “God Kills a Star Wars Fan”. Is there some website that’s collected all the diferent versions of this? ---
**Author:** ![Daowajan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@Daowajan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daowajan)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brown-toothy-thing-in-the-every-time-you-masterbate-god-kills-a-kitten/142385/2 "2002-12-13T01:23:20Z")
Domo-kun. He’s the mascot of the NHK television station in Japan. I’ve heard he’s supposed to be a dinosaur. ---
**Author:** ![orr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e47c2d/32.png) [@orr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orr)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brown-toothy-thing-in-the-every-time-you-masterbate-god-kills-a-kitten/142385/3 "2002-12-13T01:24:15Z")
It’s a Domo-kun. Here’s a link to a FAQ I found on Google: [http://www.cardhouse.com/japan/domokun.htm](http://www.cardhouse.com/japan/domokun.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Vanyel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@Vanyel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vanyel)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brown-toothy-thing-in-the-every-time-you-masterbate-god-kills-a-kitten/142385/4 "2002-12-13T01:24:45Z")
It’s called a[domo kun](http://projects.morphxtech.com/Domo/about/about.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brown-toothy-thing-in-the-every-time-you-masterbate-god-kills-a-kitten/142385/5 "2002-12-13T01:25:01Z")
It’s Domo-kun, the mascot for NHK, Japan’s government-run network. All about Domo-kun (and some of the other characters in his ads (it’s not clear from the descriptions, but Shinibu and Morio are bats). [http://www.cardhouse.com/japan/domokun.htm](http://www.cardhouse.com/japan/domokun.htm) Some photos of a live appearance: [http://www.e-yone.co.jp/event/020119a/](http://www.e-yone.co.jp/event/020119a/) Watch him dance (move your mouse across his screen): [http://www.nhk.or.jp/hiroshima/dancing/](http://www.nhk.or.jp/hiroshima/dancing/) ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brown-toothy-thing-in-the-every-time-you-masterbate-god-kills-a-kitten/142385/6 "2002-12-13T01:26:38Z")
Darn, take the time to Google and you’re beaten out by three other people. ---
**Author:** ![SC\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@SC\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SC_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brown-toothy-thing-in-the-every-time-you-masterbate-god-kills-a-kitten/142385/7 "2002-12-13T01:28:53Z")
Wow. So, is there any repository of these photoshoped images of Domo-kun-as-Instrument-of-Gods-Misdirected-Wrath-To-the-practice-of-Masterbation? ---
**Author:** ![Daowajan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@Daowajan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daowajan)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brown-toothy-thing-in-the-every-time-you-masterbate-god-kills-a-kitten/142385/8 "2002-12-13T01:40:32Z")
I’m not aware of one. You could try hanging around [FARK](http://www.fark.com) and checking out the photoshop threads. Invariably Domo will show up in something, but not always a “every time you masturbate” image. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brown-toothy-thing-in-the-every-time-you-masterbate-god-kills-a-kitten/142385/9 "2002-12-13T01:43:52Z")
Mast\*\*u[/]rbate ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brown-toothy-thing-in-the-every-time-you-masterbate-god-kills-a-kitten/142385/10 "2002-12-13T01:46:06Z")
That’s mast **u** rbate ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brown-toothy-thing-in-the-every-time-you-masterbate-god-kills-a-kitten/142385/11 "2002-12-13T01:50:41Z")
It’s amazing - ya think given the number of times we’ve _all_ done it, “masturbate” would be the LEAST misspelled word in the English language! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brown-toothy-thing-in-the-every-time-you-masterbate-god-kills-a-kitten/142385/12 "2002-12-13T02:02:31Z")
Why’s that? We’re only typing with one hand! I mean, when I say _we_, I, uh… I’ll just shut up now. ---
**Author:** ![SC\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@SC\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SC_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brown-toothy-thing-in-the-every-time-you-masterbate-god-kills-a-kitten/142385/13 "2002-12-13T02:03:33Z")
I dunno. I always have trouble seeing what I’m typing. Maybe I’m going blind. 🙂 You know, when I initially goggled for this, goggle’s spellcheck didn’t complain at me. I wonder why. ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brown-toothy-thing-in-the-every-time-you-masterbate-god-kills-a-kitten/142385/14 "2002-12-13T02:20:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SC\_Wolf \* > \*\*I dunno. I always have trouble seeing what I’m typing. Maybe I’m going blind. 🙂 > > You know, when I initially goggled for this, goggle’s spellcheck didn’t complain at me. I wonder why. \*\* Maybe you shoulda tried GOOGLE. Hee! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brown-toothy-thing-in-the-every-time-you-masterbate-god-kills-a-kitten/142385/15 "2002-12-13T03:06:12Z")
_From the “Domo-kun” website cited by **Vanyel** :_ > [@](#): > > When he is in a bad mood, he breaks wind… Why, no wonder the kitten is running away from it! ---
**Author:** ![Profane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47774/32.png) [@Profane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Profane)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brown-toothy-thing-in-the-every-time-you-masterbate-god-kills-a-kitten/142385/16 "2002-12-13T03:40:23Z")
[More Domo-kun goodness.](http://www.geocities.com/sarah12trees/DomokunsVisit.html) ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brown-toothy-thing-in-the-every-time-you-masterbate-god-kills-a-kitten/142385/17 "2002-12-13T04:22:17Z")
Wow. And here I was all this time thinking it was a phallic symbol. Guess we know whose mind has to be dragged into the gutter and into a nice bubble bath in the sink. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brown-toothy-thing-in-the-every-time-you-masterbate-god-kills-a-kitten/142385/18 "2002-12-13T05:30:22Z")
Maybe all that hair on your palms caused your hands to slip? 😛 d&r ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brown-toothy-thing-in-the-every-time-you-masterbate-god-kills-a-kitten/142385/19 "2002-12-13T05:44:38Z")
“wank” has four letters ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brown-toothy-thing-in-the-every-time-you-masterbate-god-kills-a-kitten/142385/20 "2002-12-13T14:07:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by LolaCocaCola \* > \*\*It’s amazing - ya think given the number of times we’ve _all_ done it, “masturbate” would be the LEAST misspelled word in the English language! 😉 \*\* Not that many people masturbate to the dictionary. But I guesss **Shoshana** does. 😛 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brown-toothy-thing-in-the-every-time-you-masterbate-god-kills-a-kitten/142385.md?page=2)