February 25, 2004

Tribute to Goatse.cx. First page is SFW, but beyond it there be Goatses. [Via Milk and Cookies.]
posted by homunculus 20 years ago
  • (methinks everybody's momentarily scared to comment on such FPPs now)
  • Actually, I'm just afraid to follow any of the links on the page.
  • I think that the real issue is whether or not we were duped or if we were presented with the actual facts as the president had them presented to HIM. If we assume that W lied to the American people, exactly how far up the chain of command is it reasonable to go before we... um... oh jeez. wrong thread. ..i'm so embarrassed...
  • Okay, anyone who makes a goatse birthday cake is just...ew. The Xmas gingerbread men though cracked me up.
  • Not to sound un-hip, but why is this unappealing thing called a "goatse"?
  • Why the wedding ring? *mind boggles*
  • It's called goatse because the originating (or perhaps 'immortalizing') source is the website at goatse.cx. It's long been a fixture at slashdot, where you learn quickly to avoid it. Hopefully you don't learn the lesson the hard way.
  • If only "Cock" could see us now, eh?
  • there is a genuinely interesting interview with (what seems to be the real) goatse guy at Body Modification E-Zine but: for christsake's don't click on this if you have ANY qualms about witnessing pictures of a man inserting objects larger than an apple into his anus. YOU HAVE BEEN REPEATEDLY WARNED Quite frankly, I find the hubbub over the guy strangely quaint. Now what this is out of the way, what will our children find to disgust one another? /slippery slope
  • ha! the cookies are great! i have to confess, i only just recently accessed the real goatse just to see what all the fuss was about. so now of course i'll be left with huge questions for the rest of my life. i mean... how... why... what the... oh lordy.
  • i knew that it had hit the big time when i had students referring to goatse in class. i was teaching a genetics lab, they were growing yeast. i asked one group where their plate of yeast was. one guy responded, "it got goatse-d." i looked at him strangely for a minute, made him repeat it, then looked at the plate. it had a big, puckered, red growth, that did indeed look surprisingly like the main feature of the goatse image. after hearing him say it, i couldn't really think of a more succinct way to put it - "it got goatse-d" pretty much summed up exactly what it looked like. and now it's gone. sigh. remember the good old days, when every website was called eSomething, and you could get all kinds of things for free? /geezer
  • The goatse man plays an imnportant role in all our live, and thus his continued popularity. He normalizes all of us. Regardless of how disfunctional your relationship with your spouse/kids, no matter how crappy your job, no matter you spend large swaths of time conversing with strangers on a weird minkey-fetish web site, AT LEAST YOU ARE NOT THAT GUY. Realted; What does the goatse guy look at and go HOLY FUCKING SHIT,WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?
  • keith: tubgirl?
  • Hee! The cookies made me giggle like a little girl.
  • Yeah, the Goatse guy represents America under the Bush administration... (reads previous thread) ... sorry. My bad. And to answer Squidranch's question, here's an excellent wikipedia article on "shock sites" such as goatse (article probably SFW, some links located there definitely aren't).
  • that is a great wikipedia article! even funnier because it's written so matter-of-factly: Rate My Poo Ratemypoo.com is another "rateme" parody that features submitted pictures of fecal matter. It is hosted by rotten.com.
  • for christsake's don't click on this if you have ANY qualms about witnessing pictures of a man inserting objects larger than an apple into his anus Personally, I'm completely fine with anything up to and including about large apple/cricket ball size. After that it just gets gross.
  • well you know what they say bbf: two fingers is fine, three fingers is fine, four fingers is fine, but if you slip a thumb in there it's jail for you.
  • *cof, cof*
  • Not to sound un-hip, but why is this unappealing thing called a "goatse"? guy opens ass to show everyone
  • It must be sweeps week....
  • truly raunchy acroym created yesterday
  • bwah! :-D
  • ::taps foot, awaits WENDELL anagram or thrown Velveeta brick::
  • wendell's egregious narcissism deserves exorcism-- launch Limberger! [or related 100% real cheese-flavored product]
  • Recursive! Cheating! (Look, it's a bunny, and a pancake, and goatse in one!)
  • Website Elicits Nostalgia; Derriere Exhibitionism Looming Larger! *runs away*
  • helps other monkeys understand, new coolness usually links unnoticed strands
  • v. good polychrome. (when a previously-unseen-by-me thread appears in the sidebar, I know homunculus has struck. Like Zorro, sorta).
  • Doesn't polychrome's comment belong here? not that I have any self-interest in it...
  • Oh, dear, I had totally forgotten the February acronyms above...
  • Awesome link, homunculus.
  • I liked the reflective look the older guy had on. As though he were pondering a Foucault-like essay on the implications of this piece. I did not like the upskirt.
  • yeah the middle-aged lady's vagina was a bit surprising.
  • I still have to love the guy on the original site who got the goatse tattoo across HIS ENTIRE CHEST. I'll bet he's fighting off potential mates with a stick.
  • Also, homunculus, great link as always. I loved this comment: "He should do a social experiment where he surprises the same people another time with TubGirl and compare reactions… FOR SCIENCE!"
  • Yeeeeahhhh Boyyyyeeeeee!!
  • The Hedgehog couldn't handle it.
  • Now you can say "I love you THIIIIIS much" with a ring.
  • Awesome!
  • Those are posed for reactions, not true reactions.
  • I know that, one cold day in 2020 or such, when CNNBBCzeera.news' report on the death of 'the goatse man, who created an icon of the early era of the net', I'll shed a tear.
  • mmmmm the iGoatse
  • My secretary wants to know what I'm laughing about. I don't think I can explain.
  • iWouldn't.
  • Fill it with Dubya speeches and it's good enough for the Smithsonian.
  • Do these people have NOTHING BETTER TO DO? My tax dollars are trapped in a cult.
  • What's your problem, RoseBud?
  • This is not obscene content. But whatever you do, don't click it. Just...don't.
  • The Ring (SFW, except it reminds some of us of . . . y'know)
  • A contemporary version of the traditional Irish wedding ring, a symbol of friendship and love. Unlike goatse, whose symbology I refuse to decode for fear of breaking my brain. And, if I remember correctly, Mr. Goatse was wearing a wedding ring.
  • I think the metafilter thread on this credit card may be the single funniest thing I have ever read on that site...
  • I think the metafilter thread on this credit card may be the single funniest thing I have ever read on that site... b0iNk! EOF
  • Fool me once, homunculus, shame on you, fool me twice...OH DEAR GOD THE HUMANITY
  • need new eyeballs pls kthxbye
  • Don't fight it tool. Lose yourself in the great void. Nom nom nom!
  • Is sexyrobot ever on mofi anymore? *waves in case*
  • If I'd known a cat eating corn off the cob started that whole meme, I coulda' started it a lot sooner. Sam, my little orange cat, has been doing that for nearly 19 years. Also, ICK!
  • It's back. Don't believe me? Check the URL. And it's bigger and scarier than ever.