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'''Goatse''' (pronounced "goat see," "goats," "goat say/seh", often referenced by one of its current ]s, and occasionally called '''goatsex''') is one of the most infamous ] ]s. Its front page contains a sexually explicit picture, ''hello.jpg'', featuring a man wearing a gold ring on his left hand (and nothing else) manually stretching his ] and ] to a diameter roughly equal to the width of his hand. Below his gaping anus, the man's dangling ] and ] are visible. The site is commonly linked to by ]s in order to shock unsuspecting users with the image. | |||
As of ], ], the domain ''goatse.cx'' is no longer online. However, many ]s of the site are still available and the image itself has been posted at many other websites. The most common mirror was ''goat.cx''; however, goat.cx was no longer online as of ], ]. As of ] of that year, the domain goat.cx, like goatse.cx, had been suspended by the ], however the domain as of April 2005 appeared to be back online, showing only the message "be right back." In May 2005, there was an image on the site showing a pumpkin with some hands around it as if it was stretching its anus. Christmas Island Technology Corp has registered goats.cx as of ], ] with obviously nonexistent ]s, presumably in an attempt to prevent another mirror of the original goatse.cx. As of July 2005, goats.cx now displays the text "SIRS! WE HAVE A PROBLEM! ]" | |||
The two mirrors that closest resemble the original are currently at http://goatse.ca/ and http://goatse.freespaces.com/, although neither have the Giver, Contrib or Feedback sections. The latter of the two has links to four other shock sites - Tubgirl, Harlequin Fetus, Lemonparty and Loopback. | |||
==Etymology== | |||
The intended meaning of the site's name is not known for certain. It is commonly interpreted as a ] on the phrase "] ]", although no goats are involved anywhere on the site. | |||
It has been claimed that prior to hello.jpg, Goatse.cx contained a picture of a woman being anally penetrated by a goat. This is incorrect. The alt attribute on the image, "stinger", actually comes from the ] #quake channel. The image itself was discovered on a webpage called ''members.xoom.com/stinger'' (it was removed and placed in ''members.xoom.com/_stinger''). Goatse.cx was created by a #quake member expressly for the purpose of displaying the image. | |||
The ] only lists versions of the Goatse.cx site as far back as ], ], at which point hello.jpg was already being used. | |||
Others believe that ''goatse'' is actually an acronym for "Guy Opens Ass To Show Everyone", with the usage of the ".cx" ] being purely coincidental. This is likely a ]. | |||
Also, a member of another EFNet channel who, tired of the channel being mistaken for a ] channel, began sending hello.jpg to those who requested pirated software, renaming it appropriately to what was requested. Around this same time, members of that channel were also taking advantage of the free domain registration offered by the newly-online Christmas Islands ] (]), many of whom played on the phonetic resemblance of "se.cx" to "sex". | |||
It was then that one of this channel's operators put hello.jpg on one of such domains, to facilitate easier and more effective shocks by replying to such requests with something like "see <nowiki>http://goatse.cx</nowiki> for all your cracks/warez needs." | |||
==Identity of the "Goatse Man"== | |||
A series of pictures by a man identified as Kirk Johnson contain the precursor images to hello.jpg and some following. At this point, it is highly likely that Kirk Johnson is the "Goatse Man." Kirk Johnson is a regular poster to the ] alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.male.anal, among others, and a rather simple analysis confirms this; it is unlikely that there is another practitioner of ] with the same ] on the upper-left edge of his anus. Furthermore, both the gap.zip (see below) pictures and Kirk Johnson's pictures show the same large yellow ] being used. | |||
He has been given many ]s by various ] communities, including "The Goatse Guy", "Goatse Man", "Matt", "Narayan", "Assman", "Cavanah", "Bob Goatse", "The Ass Pirate" "Mr G.", "The Goatman", "The Receiver", "Stinger" (hello.jpg was originally passed around on ] as _stinger.jpg, with the intent of prodding an ]), "Gatasa", "Gman", "Goatsemon", "Goatse", "Gaping Ass Man", "Señor Goatse", "Fuuma Monou" and many others. | |||
Some have claimed that "he" is actually a ], and he is actually pulling open his ]. However, the rest of the images in the series are unambiguously male. | |||
An interview with a man who shows similar elasticity (and has been believed by some to be the "Goatse Man" himself) can be found at http://www.bmezine.com/news/people/A20210/plp56/index.html | |||
==Organization== | |||
Goatse.cx had four sections, three of which have images of questionable taste: | |||
*The ''"Receiver"'' section, showing the aforementioned hello.jpg. Hello.jpg has the <tt>alt=</tt> attribute "stinger". Before the picture is the text in ], "The goatse.cx lawyer has informed us that we need a warning! So.. if you are ] or find this ] offensive, please don't look at it. Thank you!" It also has links to <nowiki>http://www.dolphinsex.org/</nowiki> and <nowiki>http://www.urinalpoop.org/</nowiki>. It once had a link to http://www.biganal.com/ (all of which are now occupied by ]). This text is not a sincere warning in the minds of some, as hello.jpg is very close to it. The text below hello.jpg reads, "IMPORTANT NOTE: There are many merchandising attempts for goatse.cx around the web-- none of them are real, none of them are official. Do not buy this gimmick merchandise. The official goatse.cx merchandise is coming soon!" The title of this page is "Eh". | |||
* The ''"Giver"'' section, showing a picture (<tt>giver.jpg</tt>) of a man reclining in an orange convertible (later versions show him on a yacht or speedboat of some kind, with ocean or river waves in the background). He has an oversized ] which reaches up to his chest. The length and girth of mentioned penis is exaggeratedly anatomically disproportionate to the rest of the man's body; the photo shows obvious signs of being "]" or otherwise graphically altered for shock value and/or humor. The title of this page is "Whoa". The whole website contains an ] ]: either that the Giver will be able to stick his oversized penis into the Receiver, and therefore, bring on highly pleasurable ] for the two men; or that the Giver's oversized ]s are responsible for the Receiver's condition. | |||
*The ''"Feedback"'' section, where e-mails are exhibited. | |||
*The ''"Contrib"'' section showcasing visitor contributions to the site. Contrib has additional variations of <tt>hello.jpg</tt> and <tt>giver.jpg</tt>, as well as other images and files. The title of this page is "Contributed Work". '''Warning:''' The page begins with an ] version of <tt>hello.jpg</tt>. | |||
** <tt>bush.jpg</tt> is a picture of ] ], calling someone on a ] in his office, with <tt>hello.jpg</tt> displayed on a ] ] on his desk. | |||
** <tt>collage-holyzoo.jpg</tt> is a ] of faces of different people affiliated with holyzoo.com and thinkattack.com, and a closeup on the gaping anus of the man in <tt>hello.jpg</tt>. The image contains the text "Special Thanks for being there for a laugh. From your friends at http://holyzoo.com and... " | |||
** <tt>goatse-wwii.jpg</tt> is a picture of a large snowball, with "goatse.cx" written on the side, chasing ], ], and ]. | |||
** <tt>giver2.jpg</tt> is a picture of the Goatse giver holding his oversized penis. | |||
** <tt>magiceye.jpg</tt> is a ] picture. After about 16 seconds, the image changes to that of a 256 color version of <tt>hello.jpg</tt>. It attempts to fool viewers by exploiting the fact that, although the server sends a ] type stating the filename is a ] image, the image is in fact an animated ]. | |||
** <tt>warning.jpg</tt> is a warning sign picture telling people not to go to goatse.cx | |||
** <tt>goatsex.swf</tt> is a ] Movie, set to the hook from "]" by ]. The movie shows a large dildo being inserted into the anus of the man posing in hello.jpg. The background is from another gap.zip picture, gap8.jpg. | |||
** <tt>Goatman.mp3</tt> is an ] Music file. It takes up 518 KB. | |||
** <tt>Foxy_goatse.mp3</tt> is another ] music file, a parody of the ] song Foxy Lady. It takes up 1061 KB. | |||
** <tt>goatsecx-winamp.zip</tt> is a ] file containing a ] skin, depicting hello.jpg. It takes up 313 KB. | |||
** <tt>hello.mpg</tt> is a movie, first showing the text "HI" on a black background, followed by shots of gap.zip pictures. At the end of the movie, the following text appears next to a picture of a teenage boy:<br> "http://www.goatse.cx <br> The goatse.cx lawyer has informed us that we need a warning! So.. if you are ] or find this ] offensive, please don't look at it. Thank you!" | |||
People sometimes link to goatse.cx images not shown on the actual webpages, such as <tt>loopback.jpg</tt>, a picture of a man looping his penis into his anus. There are also numerous other files in the directory http://www.goatse.cx/contrib/. | |||
The image <tt>hello.jpg</tt> originates from a set of 40 images depicting the man performing various anal sexual acts. In those images, the man used ] and ]s to stretch his anus. The images were located by '']'' and are also available from the "Contrib" section of the goatse.cx website under the filename <tt>gap.zip</tt>. <tt>hello.jpg</tt> is the third file in the archive, <tt>gap3.jpg</tt>. | |||
==Geographic location== | |||
The site uses the .cx country code, which is the ] of ], whose operators will not disclose registrants' personal information. They have recently suspended the site. The actual server of Goatse.cx is not located on Christmas Island, but in the ] and is owned by Hick.org, which is a website about computer programming and bathroom humor. The Hick.org domain was registered by ] in ]. Both Goatse.cx and Hick.org originate from the same IP address; the server is located in the ] metro-region. Goat.cx, a mirror of Goatse.cx, is located in the ] metro-region. | |||
==Parodies and tributes== | |||
] says that the front cover of the ] ] issue of ''Time'' magazine is seen by some to look suspiciously like ''hello.jpg'']] | |||
Because many frequent Internet users have been tricked into viewing the site at one time or another, it has become something of an Internet-wide ]. As such, hello.jpg and the other images on the site are common subjects of ] and ]. | |||
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* The following two parodies are hosted on ] ]. | |||
** <nowiki>http://www.geocities.com/electabuzz2002/lite.htm</nowiki> - Was originally like the Goatse.cx receiver section, but with <tt>hello.jpg</tt> replaced by the ASCII version found in the "Contrib" section of Goatse.cx. It has since been changed so that the "Receiver" and "Giver" are replaced by crude line drawings. | |||
** http://www.geocities.com/internetgoat/ - This website has the Goatse warning, and fake links, as well as a link to this webpage, with the words "Thanks for the hits!" | |||
* The following parodies all originate from the same IP address, hosted in the Houston, Texas metro-region: | |||
** - The "Pussy" <tt>hello.jpg</tt> is that of a ], and the "Wiener" <tt>giver.jpg</tt> is that of a ]. Oralse.cx also has a "Contrib" section of more shots of the cat and the dog, as well as modified versions of the aforementioned pictures. It also had a "Feedback" section with its own letters. | |||
** <nowiki>http://analse.cx/</nowiki> - This site has <tt>bunny.gif</tt>, which is a picture of bunch of ] ]s, each with a pancake on its head, who open their anuses in imitation of <tt>hello.jpg</tt>. The title of the page is "GoatsePancakeBunnyDance". A song called "bunny.mid" plays on the site, a version of "]". The string "Now this is something I just don't get. - Matthew 11:42" (Matthew 11 only has 30 verses) is seen in the source code. This site is also a spoof of ] and ] the rabbit. | |||
* In the tradition of oralse.cx and throatse.cx, "anti-shock" (sites that imitate shock/curiosity websites but do not feature objectionable content), has become an Internet trolling phenomenon where people advertise non-shock sites as containing pornographic or shocking matter. Commonly, the actual website linked-to is an image of a family pet, a recipe for sugar cookies, or . | |||
* <nowiki>Trollse.cx</nowiki> - a parody of the front page of goatse.cx, replacing the original picture with a picture of ] figure ], wearing a ] shirt ]ped to say LUnix. The giver section has a cartoon of two men, a still frame from ]'s animation satirizing ] users and game designer ]. One of them is clothed and sitting down in a chair. His oversized penis is bulging through the crotch of his red pants. In the background are pictures of ] characters Cliff Yablonski and JeffK. The "contrib" only has an ascii picture of Raymond. This website is hosted in the ] metro-region. The site links to ] and ]. The site also links to cowse.cx, which is advertised as "coming soon." Cowse.cx currently simply displays the word "moo". | |||
* <nowiki>http://www.goatse.org/</nowiki> - an illustration of ] from the video game '']'' bending over, with the hello.jpg anus doctored onto the already doctored picture to show an anus to the viewer (The filename of the picture is mariotse.jpg). | |||
* <nowiki>http://comedy.allinfoabout.com/goatse.html</nowiki> - A flash file that exhibits several Goatse parodies. | |||
* http://sam.zoy.org/fun/goatse/ - A gallery of Goatse parody pictures. Warning: The first page is not pornographic, but it contains links to pornographic and disturbing variations on hello.jpg | |||
* http://conese.ath.cx/ - A re-enactment of <tt>hello.jpg</tt> using an ordinary traffic cone. Non-pornographic. | |||
* <nowiki>http://forge.evula.net/fc/fc_goatse.jpg</nowiki> - An altered ] comic | |||
* <nowiki>http://www.redcoat.net/pics/couldsecx.jpg</nowiki> - A picture of the sky pulling a <tt>hello.jpg</tt> | |||
* http://www.digitaldfw.com/uberzine/hax.asp?clip=32 - A video showing two young men in the background of a newscast with a sign that says "Goatse." | |||
* <nowiki>http://www.cadaverine.net/misc/hello.jpg</nowiki> - An altered hello.jpg, showing the face of cartoon ] blocking the man's anus | |||
* <nowiki>http://www.cellosoft.com/nash/garbage/photos/simonb-goatse.jpg</nowiki> - A picture of a teenage boy doing a Goatse pose. The photo has the goatse anus doctored onto the seat of the boy's pants. | |||
*<nowiki>http://web.archive.org/web/20010305142500/http://www.conhugeco.org/goatse.cx</nowiki> - Neo Goatse.cx, which has two sections - The Effect, which shows a picture of a man with a ] rectum, and The Cause, which shows a pair of gap.zip pictures, the first depicting the Goatse man sitting on a large butt plug, the second with a pair of dildos inserted into his anus. The site now states: "Sorry... My web hosting company decided that a man pulling his ass apart wasn't appropriate content." | |||
* http://goat.se/cx - features a photograph (oogabooga.jpg) of a ] with its tail raised, showing its anus. There are no further pictures or links. The ] of this site is one of two possible URLs containing only the text of the original goatse.cx, the other URL being the unavailable http://go.at/secx. | |||
* http://analcock.tk/ - The front page features a picture (ninja.gif) of a crudely drawn man with a wand in his hand, and a penis sticking out of his buttocks, ejaculating. The text "ANAL COCK" written on him. Instead of "the giver", there is "The Gordon" page, which shows a picture (Gordon.jpg, with the caption "stoko") of a teenager. The feedback section leads to the text "CLOCK". The contrib section contains the text "Nothing yet :(". As of February 15, 2005 this website is inaccessible. | |||
* http://www.xcesta.org - features a reversed version of hello.jpg (looking out from the man's anus instead of into it) for the "Receiver" section. The site's name comes from a reversal of the Goatse.cx domain - reversed, Goatse.cx would be Xcesta.og, though the site uses ".org" because there is no such TLD as ".og". The inside of the 'anus' in the picture is actually an undoctored photo of the inside of a cave, something this parody's author claims reflects on the mind's ability to conclude based on assumptions. | |||
* http://goatse.biz/ - A "PG-rated" goatse tribute lacking any pictures, only displaying the text, "<Insert picture of rectum here>". | |||
* and http://www.timese.cx feature parody versions of , which look similar to goatse even before the parodies were made. | |||
* http://www.evilscheme.org/defcon/ - A gallery of censored goatse images being shown to people. | |||
* ] has an article, , about an image of a cloud formation that looks suspiciously like the Goatse.cx photo. | |||
* http://www.bananase.cx - Contains a (non-pornographic) cartoon of a young boy with a large banana inserted through his anus. These cartoons are modeled after or taken directly from ], a British ]. | |||
] mod Gloom, features a version of goatse.]] | |||
* <nowiki>http://mattsteg.homeunix.com/albums/familyguy/fg_stewie_pigey.jpg</nowiki> - A '']'' screenshot showing Stewie with a doll of a female pig. If the user direct-links to the image, the goatse image may be superimposed on the lower right corner of the image. | |||
* , which used to have the Goatse.cx image altered so that it looks as if the man is covering his anus with a ] ], and with a Xbox controller covering his penis and testicles. The page is titled "The Butcher". Others were "The Baker", which was "The Butcher" but with an ] in place of the Xbox, and "The Candlestick Maker", which had the Goatse.cx giver with a ] in place of the oversized penis. The "feedback" button leads to a mailto to gimps@r33t.org. "Hate" leads to a "What would ] do?" thread on the r33t.org ]. And the r33t.org link links to the said website, which has a "]" theme. The website has been taken down due to the lease expiring, and was hosted in the ] metro-region. The Xbox picture (though not the Atari 2600 or the joystick) can be viewed at http://web.archive.org/web/20020526122729/www.xbo.cx/. Currently, http://www.xbo.cx has become a commercial Xbox modding site. | |||
* <nowiki>http://home.comcast.net/~nameatdotcom/goatsetime.jpg</nowiki> - An altered version of a Time magazine cover | |||
* <nowiki>http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v118/andrespictures/someonegoatseswithtime.jpg</nowiki> - A picture of a person with his trousers down holding a TIME magazine with the cover facing the camera over his buttocks. | |||
* http://img96.exs.cx/img96/2517/eww7qa.jpg - A picture showing the back of the goatse man (but not the offensive parts of him), with several kittens where the rest of the goatse picture would normally be. The text "ewww!!" is above the kittens and below the top part of the goatse image. | |||
* http://www.clitoros.org/snpcff3/rom - A low-brow ROM hack of ] which contains several references to goatse. | |||
* <nowiki>http://www.gorkalimotxo.net/mt/img2004-01/goatse.jpg</nowiki> - A digitally altered picture showing a Spanish woman speaking at a podium. The podium has the text "Goatse.cx el ministero va de culo" written on it. | |||
] assault level.]] | |||
* of the ] book ] digitally altered to include "The Giver" from Goatse.cx. | |||
* http://www.preparingforemergencies.co.uk - A parody of the official Government website (http://www.preparingforemergencies.gov.uk), the 4th image from the left in the logo is a representation of Goatse.cx | |||
* A page identical to goatse, except there is a ] ] based game instead of the Goatse image. the text instead reads "The tetrise.cx lawyer has informed us that we need a warning! So.. if you are under the age of 18 or find this photograph offensive, please don't look at it. Thank you!" | |||
* contained an article featuring a photo of blogger ] wearing a Goatse-themed t-shirt from , an online submission-based t-shirt company. | |||
*Some have considered ] to be a 1,000-year-old foremother of goatse. | |||
*The game ] by ] and ] features blocks forming a rough image of hello.jpg in level 3 of the Hellanoid game. | |||
* ] featured an assault level for which the final objective was to move the Hellbender through the Goatse.cx anus. | |||
==External links== | |||
'''Warning!''' Many of the links below contain the same images found on Goatse.cx. | |||
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* http://goatse.cx/ - Leads to the notice of the domain suspension. | |||
* <nowiki>http://www.theinternetisstupid.com/modules.php?name=Gallery</nowiki> - A gallery collection of the goatse series. | |||
* http://www.goaste.cx/ - A humour site capitalising on the mis-typings of the goatse URL. | |||
* http://goat.cx/ - Leads to an image of a pumpkin with two carved out hands. | |||
* Goatse ]: <nowiki>http://retropay.com/goatse/goatse.cx/</nowiki>, <nowiki>http://web.archive.org/web/19991008013724/http://www.goatse.cx/</nowiki>, <nowiki>http://synflood.at/mirrors/goatse.cx/</nowiki>, <nowiki>http://www.kwaak.net/~ard/goatse/goatse.cx/</nowiki>, <nowiki>http://www.goatse.org/mirror</nowiki>, <nowiki>http://goatse.reacharound.org/</nowiki>, <nowiki>http://www.boobtits.com/bad/hello.jpg</nowiki> (image only), <nowiki>http://www.goatse.ca</nowiki> (links exchanged for "Fight Censorship!". | |||
* <nowiki>http://www.rokbom.com/</nowiki>, which is a "front page" for a personal website (http://rokbom.com/index.php, linked by an additional "Rokbom" link). The receiver page lacks the "merchandise" string that the current version has, suggesting that the front is a mirror of an older version of goatse. The modified contrib section has the text "A small request: SUP XXX JASON IS THE RECEIVER" in addition to other content, and the text "Our first Christmas present: A collage from the people at holyzoo.com! Thank you!" is present, unlike in the current version of Goatse; the image is on both sites, however. | |||
* <nowiki>http://www.boobtits.com/bad/goatse/</nowiki>, <nowiki>http://www.dejenerate.net/ruxpin/pub/goatse/</nowiki>, <nowiki>http://goatse.reacharound.org/contrib/gap/</nowiki>, <nowiki>http://www.exet.nu/html/bildarkiv/goatse.shtml</nowiki>, and <nowiki>http://goat.cx.homepage.dk/</nowiki> - Links to gap.zip and gap.zip galleries | |||
* <nowiki>http://www.bmezine.com/news/people/A20210/plp56/</nowiki> - An interview with a man who some have claimed to be the Goatse Man. '''WARNING!''' This page contains pornographic material similar to that at Goatse.cx. | |||
* <nowiki>http://www.stileproject.com/son.html</nowiki> - Images of the man from the above interview at bmezine.com | |||
* http://sam.zoy.org/fun/goatse/ - has a comprehensive goatse tribute section with many well-known (and many lesser-known) photoshoppings of the images from the site | |||
* <nowiki>http://adult.pornparks.com/rosebutt/kirk/001/index.htm</nowiki> - Photographs of a man named Kirk Johnson, who some claim to be the Goatse man. '''WARNING!''' This page contains pornographic material similar to that at Goatse.cx. | |||
* <nowiki>http://www.boobtits.com/bad/goatsegirl/</nowiki> - A collection of images of a woman doing similar acts. | |||
* <nowiki>http://www.stilemedia.com/?v=shmap1.wmv&akey=99d5cdb42c95c70f54713174542d4d30</nowiki> - A video of Kirk Johnson doing two different acts of stretching his anus. | |||
* <nowiki>http://www.detroithardcore.com/lensman2.jpg</nowiki> - Kirk Johnson's "Lensman" photograph. The image is also on the detroithardcore.com main page. | |||
*An individual named made an official complaint to the domain's registrant. Check of the goatse.cx whois entry. | |||
*The suspension of goatse.cx was on ]. | |||
* http://static.stileproject.com/rnd/fp/ripgoatse.gif - "RIP Goatse" cartoon | |||
* <nowiki>http://linux.is.analdeluxe.de/</nowiki> - The pumpkin picture | |||
* http://www.b0g.org contains many goatse references within its archives | |||
* <nowiki>http://dejenerate.net/ruxpin/pub/GOATSETHEVIDEO.wmv</nowiki> - Another video of the Frenchman from the BMEZine interview stretching his anus. | |||
* http://www.kolumbus.fi/xtmb/goatsefloppy/ - A site that has ] ] and ] images which can be used to show goatse on any ]-architecture computer. | |||
* http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=759&id=651492004 - Scotsman article on Goatse | |||
* <nowiki>http://www.linuks.mine.nu/magiceye.jpg</nowiki> - Mirror of the magic eye picture. | |||
* Goatse.cx tribute song by ]. | |||
* A new goatse, though unlikely the original, is available as an animated .gif at <nowiki>http://koti.mbnet.fi/marsa/tih0p@erminet.gif</nowiki> | |||
* - Stereogram (3D) Goatse | |||
* - An interstellar dust cloud that looks surprisingly familiar | |||
* <nowiki>http://www.orgasmatrix.com/articulos/goatse/</nowiki> - Tributo a Goatse - Article about Goatse in Spanish | |||
* - A Thrash metal tribute song | |||
* <nowiki>http://www.femse.com</nowiki> - Miss Goatse, an image of a woman in a goatse-like pose. '''WARNING!''' Image just as graphic as the regular Goatse image. | |||
* - An Australian ISP with a logo that bares resemblance to the original Goatse image | |||
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