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Irony ([info]isntitironic) wrote in [info]fandom_wank,
@ 2004-01-16 11:22:00
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Current mood:annoyed
Entry tags:censorship, it had to happen, oppression

goatse.cx wank!
For anybody who has been under a rock for the last few years and somehow missed it, goatse.cx is a domain registered so that somebody would have a place to post a photo of a guy stretching his anus. It has achieved considerable notoreity, being right up there with tubgirl and the breast larvae on the list of links sent to unsuspecting and annoying newbies.

So the other day, somebody saw the photo, complained, and the people who run .cx suspended the site. I'm frankly amazed that it took so long.

As might be expected, the fans of goatse.cx have plenty to say about this. They're currently at six pages on the feedback forums, and growing. They've started a petition. They're complaining about censorship! "Help! Help! I'm being oppressed!"

John27: As you may know, the domain http://www.goatse.cx has been suspended as of today. This saddens me as a member of the internet community and as an American, as this domain has not only brought joy into my life, but joy into the lives of many others. By removing such an important part of the internet, you are hereby depriving millions of people their chance to experience its greatness.

Zeeness: This is the saddest day the Internet has ever known. The icon that is goatse defined a generation, and now it has been raped from us cold-heartedly. None of the emoticons supplied by this messageboard can express the pain I am experiencing.

Dasyati: You should be PROUD to have goatse.cx as your flagship domain. The novelty of showing it around to horrified newbies wore off a long, long time ago; instead, it has become a beacon for the lost ideal of free speech on the internet. So few sites these days are able or willing to stand for this concept so proudly and vividly. They all shy away from it in the fear that, god forbid, someone should be offended.

And those are all from the first page.

Save goatse.cx, and you will save your soul!

(EDIT: Oooh, and there's even a little bit of furry-bashing one one of the later pages! Wank on!)


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[info]funkyhelix
2004-01-16 08:35 pm UTC (link)

I would assume this is more ot_wank, as an entire fandom of some guy being a gigantic asshole is silly. But as it's here, read up even more musings on this over at Metafilter.

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[info]funkyhelix
2004-01-16 08:36 pm UTC (link)

Oh wait. Dennis Rodman has fans. Not so silly I guess.

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[info]feenix
2004-01-16 09:56 pm UTC (link)
I'm sure, somewhere, there's gaping anus fanfic.

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(Anonymous)
2004-01-16 08:39 pm UTC (link)
Penny Arcade (http://www.penny-arcade.com/)even makes mention of it

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[info]sarajayechan
2004-01-16 08:45 pm UTC (link)
...I never thought I'd see "goatse.cx" and "wank" in the same sentence. XD

Zeeness: This is the saddest day the Internet has ever known. The icon that is goatse defined a generation, and now it has been raped from us cold-heartedly. None of the emoticons supplied by this messageboard can express the pain I am experiencing.

*choke*

Goatse.cx was an icon, but...this guy waxing depressing poetic on how it was "raped" from people?! ...Yeah...a pic of a guy stretching his ass is such a big loss.

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[info]electricchick
2004-01-16 09:17 pm UTC (link)
And how can something be raped from you, anyway?

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(no subject) - [info]naeelah, 2004-01-16 09:53 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]ieatpeople, 2004-01-16 11:47 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]vassilissa, 2004-01-17 07:10 am UTC
Re: - [info]electricchick, 2004-01-17 07:48 pm UTC

[info]esorlehcar
2004-01-16 09:43 pm UTC (link)
I'm pretty sure that was a joke.

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[info]phosfate
2004-01-16 10:24 pm UTC (link)
I think many of them are firing the tonguecheek ray.

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[info]mariagoner
2004-01-17 04:37 pm UTC (link)
I love Zeenees, if only because I'm going to be quoting what he just wrote for years to come.

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[info]smo
2004-01-16 08:50 pm UTC (link)
This is the saddest day the Internet has ever known.

Please, PLEASE tell me these people are not serious.

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[info]wankprophet
2004-01-16 09:07 pm UTC (link)
There's no way they're serious. These same comments on F_W would be obviously facetious, playing with the wank.. I'm thinking that, for the most part, we're just dealing with a bunch of people with a good sense of humor about all this. It's almost like reading a "theonion.com" article or something.

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(no subject) - [info]smo, 2004-01-16 09:09 pm UTC

[info]feenix
2004-01-16 08:55 pm UTC (link)
I just broke down in laughter after the person who said it made Christmas Island.

Um, I'd rather not have my country be defined by a gapin anus, kthx.

But I still weep for Goatse's loss

Does anyone know if analse is still up?

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[info]smo
2004-01-16 09:04 pm UTC (link)
What shall we do with the gaping anus,
What shall we do with the gaping anus,
What shall we do with the gaping anus,
Ear-lye in the morning?

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(no subject) - [info]isntitironic, 2004-01-16 09:05 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]smo, 2004-01-16 09:08 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]chash, 2004-01-16 09:33 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]smo, 2004-01-16 09:47 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]phosfate, 2004-01-16 10:23 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]musette, 2004-01-17 12:51 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]phosfate, 2004-01-17 12:59 am UTC
Re: - [info]musette, 2004-01-17 01:02 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]panthea, 2004-01-17 06:18 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]rhi_silverflame, 2004-01-17 02:12 am UTC
Re: - [info]musette, 2004-01-17 02:26 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]rhi_silverflame, 2004-01-17 02:37 am UTC
Re: - [info]musette, 2004-01-17 02:56 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]visp, 2004-01-18 12:20 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]schuldig, 2004-01-16 09:34 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]musette, 2004-01-17 12:49 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]smo, 2004-01-17 07:52 pm UTC
Re: - [info]musette, 2004-01-18 12:40 am UTC

[info]mael
2004-01-16 09:22 pm UTC (link)
For anybody who has been under a rock for the last few years and somehow missed it, goatse.cx is a domain registered so that somebody would have a place to post a photo of a guy stretching his anus.

But goddamn, I've been a bug and never realised it.

What's all this about? My corner of the internet has left me strangely deprived.

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Oh no... - [info]wankprophet, 2004-01-16 09:28 pm UTC
Re: Oh no... - [info]mael, 2004-01-16 09:32 pm UTC
Re: Oh no... - [info]liarliar, 2004-01-17 02:02 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]delfeus, 2004-01-17 09:12 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]isntitironic, 2004-01-16 09:30 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]mael, 2004-01-16 09:35 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]isntitironic, 2004-01-16 09:38 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]fxh, 2004-01-16 09:44 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]isntitironic, 2004-01-16 09:45 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]fxh, 2004-01-16 10:14 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]delfeus, 2004-01-17 09:14 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]panthea, 2004-01-17 06:20 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]bookshop, 2004-01-16 09:49 pm UTC
(no subject) - pooka, 2004-01-16 10:09 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]bookshop, 2004-01-16 10:11 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]mael, 2004-01-16 10:18 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]bookshop, 2004-01-16 10:37 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]mael, 2004-01-16 10:39 pm UTC
Re: - pooka, 2004-01-16 10:19 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]bookshop, 2004-01-16 10:33 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]rhi_silverflame, 2004-01-16 11:36 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]bookshop, 2004-01-16 11:51 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]rhi_silverflame, 2004-01-16 11:56 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]mael, 2004-01-16 10:08 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]isntitironic, 2004-01-16 10:14 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]mael, 2004-01-16 10:17 pm UTC
(no subject) - allen, 2004-01-16 11:18 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]iczer6, 2004-01-16 11:36 pm UTC
(no subject) - allen, 2004-01-16 11:45 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]jyuu, 2004-01-20 03:28 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]iczer6, 2004-01-20 04:04 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]vassilissa, 2004-01-17 07:18 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]munchkinott, 2004-01-17 01:31 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]kookaburra, 2004-01-17 12:30 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]biichan, 2004-01-17 04:46 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]mustbebunnies, 2004-01-17 09:50 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]beckalina, 2004-01-17 10:09 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]biichan, 2004-01-17 04:49 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]mael, 2004-01-17 05:01 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]biichan, 2004-01-17 10:36 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]beckalina, 2004-01-17 10:12 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]panthea, 2004-01-17 06:23 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]munchkinott, 2004-01-17 10:11 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]pipssister, 2004-01-17 11:46 pm UTC
My eyes! - [info]baskinglizard, 2004-01-16 09:58 pm UTC
Re: My eyes! - [info]loafing_oaf, 2004-01-16 10:43 pm UTC
I'm a show-off... - pooka, 2004-01-16 10:54 pm UTC
Well colour me surprised. - [info]ieatpeople, 2004-01-17 12:18 am UTC
Re: Well colour me surprised. - [info]bubosquared, 2004-01-17 03:16 am UTC
Re: Well colour me surprised. - [info]mael, 2004-01-17 05:03 am UTC
Re: Well colour me surprised. - [info]bubosquared, 2004-01-17 05:06 am UTC
Re: Well colour me surprised. - [info]mariagoner, 2004-01-17 04:43 pm UTC
Re: Well colour me surprised. - [info]iczer6, 2004-01-17 07:20 pm UTC
Re: Well colour me surprised. - [info]schoenschoen, 2004-01-18 12:02 pm UTC
Re: Well colour me surprised. - [info]bishounenhuntrs, 2004-01-19 12:26 am UTC
Re: Well colour me surprised. - [info]amasaglajax, 2004-01-20 05:56 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]vassilissa, 2004-01-17 07:14 am UTC
My eyes! My eyes! - [info]karmakaze, 2004-01-16 11:41 pm UTC
Fripping marvelous.
[info]dragomorph
2004-01-16 09:41 pm UTC (link)
I have 4chan to thank for giving me the HIGH privalege of seeing that image. Many, many times. IT'S NOT FUNNY ANYMORE.

Dragomorph
"He apparently found it really painful too. Cripes."

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Re: Fripping marvelous. - [info]rann, 2004-01-17 12:38 am UTC

[info]bubba_ray
2004-01-16 10:03 pm UTC (link)
Damn, I mean where the hell can we send people now with faked links while trolling any kind of community? This webpage has inspired millions of people, making them ponder things like, 'Oh my god, what is that man doing to his anus?' or 'Where's the back button of my browser?' some even 'Did I loose my car keys in there?' and some others 'Is that a wedding band on his hand, and is his wife making the picture?'.

Farewell Gaping Anus Man, we hardly knew you, and frankly we wouldnt want to shake your hand anyways.

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[info]iris
2004-01-16 10:08 pm UTC (link)
What. The. SHIT.

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(no subject) - [info]sarajayechan, 2004-01-17 12:04 am UTC

[info]meril
2004-01-16 10:18 pm UTC (link)
Now what will the Slashdot trolls use for their default annoying link?!

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WTF??!
[info]zee
2004-01-16 10:20 pm UTC (link)
Head? Meet wall.

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Re: WTF??! - allen, 2004-01-16 11:19 pm UTC

[info]rann
2004-01-16 10:57 pm UTC (link)
Shame you didn't get Psaiyan in on this one, I hear that guy's decided to make a change from spreading his disgusting and creepily obsessed fantasies about Rei Ayanami around the boards to petition and save goatse...

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(no subject) - [info]dragomorph, 2004-01-17 12:32 am UTC

[info]naeelah
2004-01-17 01:22 am UTC (link)
I've been trying to find another copy of the picture to send to a friend-- she's curious.

in the process, I found this interview with Mr. Goatse, it seems. I wouldn't take it too seriously, but hey, it's still interesting.

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(no subject) - [info]rann, 2004-01-17 02:08 am UTC

[info]palabradot
2004-01-17 02:27 am UTC (link)
Dear god. The internet never fails to bring the funny.

...and I gotta agree. That picture (and Tubgirl, especially Tubgirl) is a great instructor in the power that is 'mouseover'.

*wanders off muttering about FATAL*

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(no subject) - [info]rann, 2004-01-17 02:48 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]palabradot, 2004-01-17 03:48 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]rikoshi, 2004-01-17 10:05 am UTC

(Anonymous)
2004-01-17 03:44 am UTC (link)
Oh, caminante used this one. *Very* disgusting picture.

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[info]zannechaos
2004-01-17 04:48 am UTC (link)
Actually, those pictures exist hosted on another server elsewhere. I heard the talk of it, and my Train Wreck Syndrome got the better of me, so I googled for it -- and found it hosted in other locations. And they're still there at that other location.

So all hope isn't lost, apparently. ::snerks::

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(no subject) - [info]jchaos, 2004-01-17 05:51 am UTC

  
   
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