Goatse: A disgusting picture of a man stretching his anus extremely wide.
But is that all goatse is? This thread attempts to show you more than the simplistic definition of goatse as an internet shock site and image; here, we take a deeper look into the eye of a butthole and its universal cultural and social influences.
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[b]A BRIEF HISTORY OF GOATSE[/B]
Goatse was originally created by a man named Kirk Johnson, who passed away around a year ago. Kirk Johnson's fame as the 'Goatman' we well known before his identity was revealed in 2005. Goatse, as its known, was a famous 'shock image' passed around on bulletin boards in the early 90's first known as hello.jpg, until it received a home at [url]http://www.goatse.cx[/url] a Christmas Island domain in 1999. The image is of a man bending over and dilating his anus with his hands, and the view is from the rear. It was just one image in a series of a man inserting large objects into and stretching his rectum.
[img]http://angryhosting-east.mirror.waffleimages.com/files/e9/e9fae47555f9c1188667119093cf60c873702f1e.jpg[/img]
[b]Goatse as art[/b]
From its original artist to its renditions today, goatse has deeply sewn itself into the fabrics of not just internet culture, but real-life culture as well. It is used as a display of grotesqueness, of love, of dismay, of unity, and many more.
Here are a few well known renditions of goatse with commentary from other Facepunchers.
[img]http://fastcache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/12/2011/04/audi_goatse.jpg[/img]
[quote]At the beginning of staring at this image, you might think that it's just a boring advert on a boring old billboard, but what you might see if you don't have shit in your eyes is pure art, and how goatse(x) has made its way into popular culture. The goatman spreads his ass not only for extreme pleasure, or the sight of someone staring at his red, gushy, asshole, but on this billboard, he has the purpose of making Wi-Fi in the car. That seems pretty thorougly explained right? Wrong. On a more deeper level this billlboard represents how a man spreading his asshole to the size of a fist can make its way into popular culture, and probably even into the porn folders of the Audi CEO.[/quote]
[img]http://i.imgur.com/yU9gb.jpg[/img]
[quote]This image reminds me of an old fairy tale, where the little gingerbread dude flees from his creator, taunting farmers and shit along the way. But the little dude makes one critical error, he trusts a furry to take him across a river. The "fox" slowly devours him while the poor thing screams in absolute agony.
Moral of the story: Don't trust furries.[/quote]
[img]http://wtfhub.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/goatse-ring.jpg[/img]
[quote]Whilst looking at this image, I got the cold chills down my back, while goatse was tearing his asshole open to a bloody pulp, could he be trying to represent true love? His fragile asshole canal represents a pure, christain, relationship. One of the hands representing his wife, while the other hand represents himself, both wanting to open the pit of pleasure, together.[/quote]
[img]http://innthebasement.com/wp-content/uploads/ellen-degeneres.jpg[/img]
[quote]Ellen Degeneres: a lesbian. At first glance this piece is nothing more than a funny, smiling dike, but with a deeper, more sophisticated look, it becomes a subtle rendition of goatse expressed by the pulling of the hands to reveal the hideousness underneath. The image displays anti-dike qualities with a hint of satire towards modern humor. Notice the many rings on the hands versus the just one in the original goatse. What does it mean? Perhaps the artist meant to display universalism and union in this rendition of goatse; that it applies to not just men, but people of all sorts. [/quote]
[img]http://www.mukamo.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/goatse-2012-olympic-logo.jpg[/img]
[quote]What better way to express union in hideousness than with the Olympics. By a man ripping apart his asshole we see an expression of one, as all nations attempt to compete in who can best display their prostates. [/quote]
[b]Praise for goatse from the art community[/b]
Hot
-- Van Gogh
Jesus I'm sweating with lust.
-- Michelangelo
I. Love. Goatse.
-- da Vinci
CCOF RULES!!!!
-- Kanye West
[b]Contributors:[/b]
Craptasket
Propane
Morphology53
OIFY / CCOF
goatman more like god
Very informative, who knew the rump of one man could be one of the most recognizable symbols of the internet.
for the greater goat
he's dead?
I learned a lot about a man stretching his butthole
A thought provoking thread. I feel that this re-examination of the goatman will change many members views on how we look at the anal stretching magnificence that is hello.jpg.
im pretty sure that one car billboard's symbol was representing a steering wheel, not a goatse
oh well
The Ellen one cracked me up. Because her face is equivalent to bumhole.
Why do we need these threads? I guess they can be entertaining to some but still...
yes yes, this little big man has gotten across the world. didn't know he was dead tho. :frown:
3 posters from the OIFY.
I'm outta here.
RIP goatman you will be missed
RIP
Kirk "Goatman" Johnson
we knew ye deeply
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i deeply enjoy the poetry! really touches me!
[QUOTE=Jo The Shmo;30071494][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/fKQGB.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
Holy shit. I've been playing Minecraft since the first 1,000 purchases, and I have honestly never seen a good "sculpture" before. Let alone a lifelike one, and good artwork.
tru 2 lyfe
:wtc:
Good thread. Did not disappoint
This thread is going places.
Because of this thread, I have learned more about the goatman
I wonder what drove this man to do such a thing.
church of the holy goatman
Art has never been expressed on such introvert terms.
Why did I click into this?
RIP Goatman, your asshole will be in our hearts forever.
erip
Who let the OIFY posters out of their cages?
:goatse:
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