# what the hell is Domo-Kun?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-domo-kun/114086>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 14, 2002, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-domo-kun/114086 "2002-06-14T19:20:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-domo-kun/114086/1 "2002-06-14T19:20:40Z")

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Hmm, floating kittens and a turd in a field… makes perfect sense to me.

what the hell is [it?](http://www.whatsbetter.com/display.pyt?item=4318&item=4317)

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**Author:** ![Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtar)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-domo-kun/114086/2 "2002-06-14T20:54:50Z")

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[http://www.cardhouse.com/japan/domokun.htm](http://www.cardhouse.com/japan/domokun.htm)

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**Author:** ![CheapBastid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8baadc/32.png) [@CheapBastid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheapBastid)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2002, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-domo-kun/114086/3 "2002-06-15T02:35:36Z")

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Kinda long story.

Domo-Kun is a Japanese monster used by a TV station (as per Ashtar’s link) that became very popular at [Fark.com](http://Fark.com) where there are threads where folks alter intersting photos with Photoshop. The kitty (cliche kitty) is another popular ‘device’ used when photoshopping.

They came together in a humerous photo that lambasted folks saying that God kills a kitten every time you masturbate. That photo became so popular that in response to it the photo you linked to was created “every time you send that fucking photo god kills a domo kun”

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**Author:** ![CheapBastid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8baadc/32.png) [@CheapBastid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheapBastid)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2002, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-domo-kun/114086/4 "2002-06-15T02:39:32Z")

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[http://carcino.gen.nz/images/index.php/00b9a680/16b0039a](http://carcino.gen.nz/images/index.php/00b9a680/16b0039a)  
[http://217.206.205.128/picture/godkills2.jpg](http://217.206.205.128/picture/godkills2.jpg)  
[http://forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comments.pl?IDLink=133509](http://forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comments.pl?IDLink=133509)