The day in which the Great Journey commenced as foretold in the Great Prophecy, in which hundreds of nude pictures of various female celebrities, whose bodies many men have salivated over, were leaked on the Internet. As a result of a leak of such biblical proportions, "The Fappening" commenced, which implies that thousands masturbated to these leaked pictures.

8-31-14, Never Forget The Fappening.
Sam: Dude, remember when all those pics of Kate Upton and JLaw went viral?

Tim: Yeah man, I took part in The Fappening.
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August 31st 2014, a day that shall go down in history. On the day of The Fappening ,high amounts of explicit photos of various female celebrities including Jennifer Lawrence and Ariana Grande were leaked. The internet rejoiced.
P1: Dude did you see those leaked nudes of Jennifer Lawrence?
P2: Of course! Who didn't take part in the fappening?
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The greatest day in the history of the internet, which took place from August 31st-September 1st, 2014. Dozens of nude photos from the hottest celebrities such as Kate Upton and Jennifer Lawrence were leaked into the internet underground and made their way onto social media shortly after. It was also discovered that Kate's boyfriend Justin Verlander may have been cheating on her with other women, judging by the numerous pictures and videos of women leaked from his phone.
Man 1: Dude, why didn't you come into work yesterday?
Man 2: .....The Fappening.
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31st of August 2014 saw the release of nude pictures of celebrities including Jennifer Lawrence and Kate Upton by a based god through hacking these celeberties' iCloud accounts.

The pictures have spread through social media platforms such as reddit and 4chan

/r/Thefappening and the /b/ have been the engines in which has propelled this event into history.
Remember remember the 31st of August for that day The Fappening was brought upon us all.
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An event in which hackers leaked nude images of over 100 female celebrities. Every male gets a rock hard erection at the sight of one of the pictures that were leaked, particularly Jennifer Lawrence or Kate Upton.
"The fappening has occurred my friend"
"I sure as hell hope JLaw's tits can satisfy my penile needs"
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A title for the controversial leaks of celebrity nudes from the deepweb. Starting 9/1/2014, a member of a celebrity nude-sharing ring leaked photos originating from hacked accounts.
Ever since The Fappening Jennifer Lawrence will never be the same.
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On September 31st, 2014, several Hollywood actresses' nude photos were put on 4chan's /b/ board. The ensuing amount of material made for a great Labor Day weekend.
Where were you when The Fappening happened?
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