All links SFW.
In apology for having to eat my hat, I present you this piece of work.

There was a meme that went around LJ. It measured your "coolness" factor, among other things.

The creator of the meme decided that it was too good an opportunity to pass up, and used it for ~~unscrupulous purposes~~ goatse.

People are unhappy, to say the least.

Edit: I should add that as of right now (1:38 AM EST), the post is still safe for work. I can't guarantee where the links in it might lead you to, though.

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julian_black
2007-05-11 12:10 am UTC (link)

[dies laughing]

I first encountered both Goatse and Tubgirl thanks to the vast cesspit of trollery that is Usenet (probably on alt.gossip.celebrities). I first got online in October of '98, and very quickly learned that there were certain URLs I shouldn't click on. Anything from rotten.com was bound to be scarring--in fact, I think that's where I first saw Tubgirl hosted.

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	harrylovesron 2007-05-11 12:51 am UTC (link)
	Anything from rotten.com was bound to be scarring--in fact, I think that's where I first saw Tubgirl hosted. I've only looked at rotten.com once- clicked a link to it, saw the words "decapitation by helicopter blade" on the front page, X'ed out and never went back. I've heard there's all kinds of nasty crap to be found on there. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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