diff --git a/frontend/lib/chat.mjs b/frontend/lib/chat.mjs
index 25de6e0..90fa2aa 100644
--- a/frontend/lib/chat.mjs
+++ b/frontend/lib/chat.mjs
@@ -184,6 +184,16 @@ const setupChatboxEvents = (socket) => {
             );
             handled = true;
             break;
+          case "/votekiss":
+            printChatMessage(
+              "vote-kiss",
+              "/votekiss",
+              "b57fdc",
+              document.createTextNode("you voted to kiss " + args)
+            );
+            handled = false;
+            // we also handle this on receive
+            break;
           case "/help":
             const helpMessageContent = document.createElement("span");
             helpMessageContent.innerHTML =
@@ -191,7 +201,8 @@ const setupChatboxEvents = (socket) => {
               "&emsp;<code>/help</code> - display this help message<br>" +
               "&emsp;<code>/ping [message]</code> - ping all viewers<br>" +
               "&emsp;<code>/sync</code> - resyncs you with other viewers<br>" +
-              "&emsp;<code>/shrug</code> - appends ¯\\_(ツ)_/¯ to your message";
+              "&emsp;<code>/shrug</code> - appends ¯\\_(ツ)_/¯ to your message" +
+              "&emsp;<code>/votekiss</code> - like votekick but gay";
 
             printChatMessage(
               "command-message",
@@ -327,6 +338,32 @@ const formatTime = (ms) => {
   }:${seconds < 10 ? "0" + seconds : seconds}`;
 };
 
+let kisses = {};
+function handleClientCommand(content, user) {
+  let handled = false;
+  if (content.startsWith("/")) {
+    const command = content.toLowerCase().match(/^\/\S+/)[0];
+    const args = content.slice(command.length).trim();
+    switch (command) {
+      case "/votekiss":
+        kisses[args] = kisses[args] || {};
+        kisses[args][user] = true;
+        if (Object.keys(kisses[args]).length > 3) {
+          printChatMessage(
+            "user-kissed",
+            args,
+            "ff6094",
+            document.createTextNode("was kissed 💋")
+          );
+          kisses[args] = {};
+        }
+        handled = true;
+        break;
+    }
+  }
+  return handled;
+}
+
 export const logEventToChat = async (event) => {
   if (checkDebounce(event)) {
     return;
@@ -349,12 +386,15 @@ export const logEventToChat = async (event) => {
         event.colour,
         document.createTextNode("left")
       );
+	  for(let kissed in kisses) delete kisses[kissed][user]
       break;
     }
     case "ChatMessage": {
       const messageContent = document.createElement("span");
       messageContent.classList.add("message-content");
+      if (handleClientCommand(event.data, event.user)) break;
       messageContent.append(...(await emojify(event.data)));
+
       printChatMessage(
         "chat-message",
         event.user,
@@ -433,7 +473,10 @@ const beep = () => {
   oscillator.stop(context.currentTime + 0.22);
 };
 
+let viewers = [];
+
 export const updateViewerList = (viewers) => {
+  viewers = _viewers;
   const listContainer = document.querySelector("#viewer-list");
 
   // empty out the current list
diff --git a/frontend/styles.css b/frontend/styles.css
index 51230d7..707580e 100644
--- a/frontend/styles.css
+++ b/frontend/styles.css
@@ -188,10 +188,15 @@ button.small-button {
 
 .chat-message.user-join,
 .chat-message.user-leave,
-.chat-message.ping {
+.chat-message.ping,
+.chat-message.user-kissed {
   font-style: italic;
 }
 
+.chat-message.user-kissed {
+  color: #ff6094;
+}
+
 .chat-message.set-time,
 .chat-message.set-playing {
   font-style: italic;