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Screamerenthusiast99 at 21:31, 25 April 2026

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	*'''[[YTMND]] mirror''': hello.ytmnd.com		*'''[[YTMND]] mirror''': hello.ytmnd.com
	*'''[[Meatspinnetwork.com]] mirror''': web.archive.org/web/20200727152258/goatse.cc		*'''[[Meatspinnetwork.com]] mirror''': web.archive.org/web/20200727152258/goatse.cc
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	*'''A site with a similar image of Kirk Johnson stretching out his anus''': web.archive.org/web/20110719010616/stretch.ragingfist.net		*'''A site with a similar image of Kirk Johnson stretching out his anus''': web.archive.org/web/20110719010616/stretch.ragingfist.net
	*web.archive.org/web/20020928115111/<nowiki>http://www.sozluk.sourtimes.org</nowiki>		*web.archive.org/web/20020928115111/<nowiki>http://www.sozluk.sourtimes.org</nowiki>
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	*'''[[YouTube~~\|Youtube~~]] mirror (came from last measure)''': youtube.com/watch?v=p1XpJEGdPXI		*'''[[YouTube]] mirror (came from last measure)''': youtube.com/watch?v=p1XpJEGdPXI
			*'''[[Youtube]] mirror''': youtube.com/watch?v=tgl9uxAyePQ
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Screamerenthusiast99: I added a new link that featured the screamer in it.

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	*web.archive.org/web/20020927021440/eksisozluk.com		*web.archive.org/web/20020927021440/eksisozluk.com
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Jerhan2010 at 16:12, 25 March 2026

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Screamer1234 at 09:08, 25 March 2026

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	On March 31st, 2024, the ''goatse.cx'' domain redirected to a [[wikipedia:Telegram\|Telegram]] group named "Goatse's Crypto Project"<ref>t.me/goatse_group</ref>.		On March 31st, 2024, the ''goatse.cx'' domain redirected to a [[wikipedia:Telegram\|Telegram]] group named "Goatse's Crypto Project"<ref>t.me/goatse_group</ref>.

	As of late 2024, the page now contains an elaborate article on Goatse, containing cryptic references to "Goatse AI" and mentions of "$goatse", which is most likely related to cryptocurrency, "GoatseTrivium," and various descriptions about the meme's origins and significance. It also includes other links such as the [[wikipedia:Telegram\|Telegram]] group and [[X\|Twitter]] page.		As of late 2024, the page now contains an elaborate article on Goatse, containing cryptic references to "Goatse AI" and mentions of "$goatse", which is most likely related to cryptocurrency, "GoatseTrivium," and various descriptions about the meme's origins and significance. It also includes other links such as the [[wikipedia:Telegram\|Telegram]] group and [[Twitter]] page.

	== In popular culture ==		== In popular culture ==

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	== In popular culture ==		== In popular culture ==
	[[File:Goatse.jpg\|thumb\|293x293px\|Hackers successfully hijack an electronic billboard to display the dreaded image.]]		[[File:Goatse.jpg\|thumb\|293x293px\|Hackers successfully hijack an electronic billboard to display the dreaded image.]]
	Goatse has become an Internet meme due to many users being tricked into viewing the site or a mirror of it. The infamous images were posted on the official [[wikipedia:Oprah Winfrey\|''Oprah Winfrey'']] Message Boards in 2000, causing the board to be retired shortly afterwards. [[wikipedia:Slashdot\|''Slashdot'']] also altered its threaded discussion forum display software to prevent users from tricking unsuspecting readers into visiting the site.<ref>Levy, Steven. Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution. Penguin Books, 2001. Google Books, https://books.google.com/books?id=lVXnmsCCd3wC&q=goatse&pg=PA274.</ref> The use of ''goatse.cx'' as a "fake" link to shock friends became popular and was later adapted as a technique for common shock sites such as [[Tubgirl]].<ref name="vice" /> Website authors have used the goatse.cx image to deter hot-linking to their site by replacing the hot-linked image with an embarrassing one. This sends a clear message to the offending website's operators visible to anyone who views the web page in question. For instance, in 2007, ''[[wikipedia:Wired (magazine)\|WIRED]]'' hot-linked to another site in an article about the "sexiest geeks of 2007" and the site replaced the hot-linked image with one from goatse.cx.<ref>Waters, Richard. "What's the Story Behind the Bill O'Reilly Goatse Image?" The Washington Post, 9 Jul. 2008, https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/09/AR2008070901983.html.</ref> The site's images, including hello.jpg and others, have also become subjects of parodies, mirrors, and tributes.<ref>"Goatse." Sam Hocevar, archived from the original on 18 Jul. 2016, http://sam.zoy.org/goatse/.</ref> Additionally, the Goatse image has been used for various parodies, such as in the aftermath of [[wikipedia:Hurricane Charley\|''Hurricane Charley'']] in August 2004 when a photograph purporting to show "the hands of God" in the cloud formations circulated via email.<ref>Mikkelson, David. "God Hands." Snopes.com, 26 Aug. 2015, http://www.snopes.com/photos/natural/godhands.asp.</ref> Similarly, discs containing a leaked Mac OS X build, OSx86, were distributed in 2005 on [[wikipedia:BitTorrent\|''BitTorrent'']] filesharing networks, but instead of the expected Mac OS, the discs reportedly displayed the Goatse image when booted.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20051109102655/tuaw.com/2005/08/12/jumping-on-the-bandwagon-os-x-on-x86-omg/] Jumping on the bandwagon: OS X on x86 OMG] by Scott McNulty, published on TUAW.com on August 12, 2005. Internet Archive, archived from [http://www.tuaw.com/2005/08/12/jumping-on-the-bandwagon-os-x-on-x86-omg/ the original] on 9 Nov. 2005.</ref> [[wikipedia:Gay Nigger Association of America\|GNAA]] also did the same thing for the supposedly leaked [[wikipedia:Mac OS X Tiger\|''Mac OS X Tiger'']] release for Intel x86 processors.<ref>Farivar, Cyrus. "The Greatest Internet Moments of All Time." Gizmodo, 23 Jan. 2006, https://gizmodo.com/107940/macindell-part-quatre-the-ruby-goldmine.</ref>		Goatse has become an Internet meme due to many users being tricked into viewing the site or a mirror of it. The infamous images were posted on the official [[wikipedia:Oprah Winfrey\|Oprah Winfrey]] Message Boards in 2000, causing the board to be retired shortly afterwards. [[wikipedia:Slashdot\|Slashdot]] also altered its threaded discussion forum display software to prevent users from tricking unsuspecting readers into visiting the site.<ref>Levy, Steven. Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution. Penguin Books, 2001. Google Books, https://books.google.com/books?id=lVXnmsCCd3wC&q=goatse&pg=PA274.</ref> The use of ''goatse.cx'' as a "fake" link to shock friends became popular and was later adapted as a technique for common shock sites such as [[Tubgirl]].<ref name="vice" /> Website authors have used the goatse.cx image to deter hot-linking to their site by replacing the hot-linked image with an embarrassing one. This sends a clear message to the offending website's operators visible to anyone who views the web page in question. For instance, in 2007, [[wikipedia:Wired (magazine)\|WIRED]] hot-linked to another site in an article about the "sexiest geeks of 2007" and the site replaced the hot-linked image with one from goatse.cx.<ref>Waters, Richard. "What's the Story Behind the Bill O'Reilly Goatse Image?" The Washington Post, 9 Jul. 2008, https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/09/AR2008070901983.html.</ref> The site's images, including hello.jpg and others, have also become subjects of parodies, mirrors, and tributes.<ref>"Goatse." Sam Hocevar, archived from the original on 18 Jul. 2016, http://sam.zoy.org/goatse/.</ref> Additionally, the Goatse image has been used for various parodies, such as in the aftermath of [[wikipedia:Hurricane Charley\|Hurricane Charley]] in August 2004 when a photograph purporting to show "the hands of God" in the cloud formations circulated via email.<ref>Mikkelson, David. "God Hands." Snopes.com, 26 Aug. 2015, http://www.snopes.com/photos/natural/godhands.asp.</ref> Similarly, discs containing a leaked Mac OS X build, OSx86, were distributed in 2005 on [[wikipedia:BitTorrent\|BitTorrent]] filesharing networks, but instead of the expected Mac OS, the discs reportedly displayed the Goatse image when booted.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20051109102655/tuaw.com/2005/08/12/jumping-on-the-bandwagon-os-x-on-x86-omg/] Jumping on the bandwagon: OS X on x86 OMG] by Scott McNulty, published on TUAW.com on August 12, 2005. Internet Archive, archived from [http://www.tuaw.com/2005/08/12/jumping-on-the-bandwagon-os-x-on-x86-omg/ the original] on 9 Nov. 2005.</ref> [[wikipedia:Gay Nigger Association of America\|GNAA]] also did the same thing for the supposedly leaked [[wikipedia:Mac OS X Tiger\|Mac OS X Tiger]] release for Intel x86 processors.<ref>Farivar, Cyrus. "The Greatest Internet Moments of All Time." Gizmodo, 23 Jan. 2006, https://gizmodo.com/107940/macindell-part-quatre-the-ruby-goldmine.</ref>

	[[File:Olympics Goatse.png\|thumb\|left\|200px\|The alternative 2012 Summer Olympics's logo before it was later removed.<ref name="Wired">''[https://www.wired.com/2007/06/goatsecx-and-th/ Goatse.cx and the Birth of the Internet Meme]''. Wired. 4 June 2007. Retrieved 10 April 2023.</ref>]]		[[File:Olympics Goatse.png\|thumb\|left\|200px\|The alternative 2012 Summer Olympics's logo before it was later removed.<ref name="Wired">''[https://www.wired.com/2007/06/goatsecx-and-th/ Goatse.cx and the Birth of the Internet Meme]''. Wired. 4 June 2007. Retrieved 10 April 2023.</ref>]]
	Chris Anderson, in his book ''The Long Tail'' (2008), noted that goatse.cx is a well-known reference only among a small subculture of Internet users who use it as a shared context joke or secret membership code. Anderson cited an example of a photo of Anil Dash wearing a T-shirt with the word "Goatse" and stylized hands accompanying an article about Google in ''[[wikipedia:The New York Times\|The New York Times]]''.<ref>Anderson, Chris. The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More. Hyperion, 2006. Google Books, https://books.google.com/books?id=ElswmhzTc8cC&pg=PA59.</ref> In 2007, a sketch featuring two hands stretching the "0" wide in "2012" appeared on the BBC News 24 broadcast and website as an alternative to the official logo for the [[wikipedia:2012 Summer Olympics\|''2012 Summer Olympics'']], leading to its subsequent removal from the website.<ref name="Wired" /><ref>Leyden, John (4 June 2007). ''[https://www.theregister.com/2007/06/04/bbc_olympics_cx/ BBC hit by mass website attack]''. The Register. Retrieved 10 April 2023.</ref> In June 2010, computer experts known as Goatse Security exposed a security flaw in AT&T's system that revealed the email addresses of iPad users. The group uses a stylized cartoon of the cropped goatse.cx image as its logo with the motto "Gaping Holes Exposed."<ref>''[https://web.archive.org/web/20100615230959/http://security.goatse.fr/ Goatse Security]''. Archived from the original on 15 June 2010. Retrieved 10 April 2023.</ref> Pranksters also displayed the image on a digital billboard in Buckhead, Atlanta, Georgia, in May 2015.<ref>Haddon, Heather. "Atlanta Drivers Stunned by Lewd Image on Digital Billboard." USA Today, 12 May 2015, https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/05/12/lewd-image-digital-billboard-atlanta/27163101/.</ref>		Chris Anderson, in his book ''The Long Tail'' (2008), noted that goatse.cx is a well-known reference only among a small subculture of Internet users who use it as a shared context joke or secret membership code. Anderson cited an example of a photo of Anil Dash wearing a T-shirt with the word "Goatse" and stylized hands accompanying an article about Google in [[wikipedia:The New York Times\|The New York Times]].<ref>Anderson, Chris. The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More. Hyperion, 2006. Google Books, https://books.google.com/books?id=ElswmhzTc8cC&pg=PA59.</ref> In 2007, a sketch featuring two hands stretching the "0" wide in "2012" appeared on the BBC News 24 broadcast and website as an alternative to the official logo for the [[wikipedia:2012 Summer Olympics\|2012 Summer Olympics]], leading to its subsequent removal from the website.<ref name="Wired" /><ref>Leyden, John (4 June 2007). ''[https://www.theregister.com/2007/06/04/bbc_olympics_cx/ BBC hit by mass website attack]''. The Register. Retrieved 10 April 2023.</ref> In June 2010, computer experts known as Goatse Security exposed a security flaw in AT&T's system that revealed the email addresses of iPad users. The group uses a stylized cartoon of the cropped goatse.cx image as its logo with the motto "Gaping Holes Exposed."<ref>''[https://web.archive.org/web/20100615230959/http://security.goatse.fr/ Goatse Security]''. Archived from the original on 15 June 2010. Retrieved 10 April 2023.</ref> Pranksters also displayed the image on a digital billboard in Buckhead, Atlanta, Georgia, in May 2015.<ref>Haddon, Heather. "Atlanta Drivers Stunned by Lewd Image on Digital Billboard." USA Today, 12 May 2015, https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/05/12/lewd-image-digital-billboard-atlanta/27163101/.</ref>

	[[File:Notsurprising.png\|thumb\|right\|200px\|The image being reverted back and forth to show the image.]]		[[File:Notsurprising.png\|thumb\|right\|200px\|The image being reverted back and forth to show the image.]]
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	The band Libido Airbag's split EP with [[Wikipedia:Cock and Ball Torture (band)\|Cock and Ball Torture]] "Zoophilia / Rosebud Rhapsody" uses Goatse as the cover art.		The band Libido Airbag's split EP with [[Wikipedia:Cock and Ball Torture (band)\|Cock and Ball Torture]] "Zoophilia / Rosebud Rhapsody" uses Goatse as the cover art.

	Portuguese thrash metal band Tribus also incorporated Goatse into the cover art for their demo album ''Aguenta Cu... (Que Não É Só Cagar)''.		Portuguese thrash metal band Tribus also incorporated Goatse into the cover art for their demo album "Aguenta Cu... (Que Não É Só Cagar)".

	==See also==		==See also==

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	In [[wikipedia:Doom 3\|''Doom 3'']]'s expansion pack ''[[wikipedia:Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil\|Resurrection of Evil]]'', an arcade game called "Hellanoid" (a parody of arcade video game ''[[wikipedia:Breakout (video game)\|Breakout]]'') is seen in Erebus Labs, after beating 1-2 levels to display a similar image to Goatse in level 3. However, the game and two other unique arcade games (Sarge's Big Game Hunt and Martian Buddy Blaster) are replaced with redundant copies of "Super Turbo Turkey Puncher 3" in the ''[[wikipedia:Doom 3: BFG Edition\|BFG Edition]]'' (rebranded as ''Doom 3'').		In [[wikipedia:Doom 3\|''Doom 3'']]'s expansion pack ''[[wikipedia:Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil\|Resurrection of Evil]]'', an arcade game called "Hellanoid" (a parody of arcade video game ''[[wikipedia:Breakout (video game)\|Breakout]]'') is seen in Erebus Labs, after beating 1-2 levels to display a similar image to Goatse in level 3. However, the game and two other unique arcade games (Sarge's Big Game Hunt and Martian Buddy Blaster) are replaced with redundant copies of "Super Turbo Turkey Puncher 3" in the ''[[wikipedia:Doom 3: BFG Edition\|BFG Edition]]'' (rebranded as ''Doom 3'').

	Also from the world of ''Doom'' is [https://doomwiki.org/wiki/Impse Impse], or sexual intercourse with an [https://doomwiki.org/wiki/Imp imp]; the term originated in a piece of fan fiction and has since become a meme in the community.		Also from the world of ''Doom'' is [https://doomwiki.org/wiki/Impse Impse], or sexual intercourse with an [https://doomwiki.org/wiki/Imp imp]; the term originated in a piece of fan fiction and has since become a meme in the community.

	A developer of the web game Sqword set up a trap using Goatse— when the site is embedded, the infamous image is shown with text saying "I steal other people’s code because I’m a total hack".<ref>''[https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/10/dev-sets-up-goatse-trap-for-sites-that-steal-his-free-web-game/ Dev sets up “goatse” trap for sites that steal his free web game]''. Ars Technica. Retrieved 11 April 2024.</ref>.		A developer of the web game Sqword set up a trap using Goatse— when the site is embedded, the infamous image is shown with text saying "I steal other people’s code because I’m a total hack".<ref>''[https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/10/dev-sets-up-goatse-trap-for-sites-that-steal-his-free-web-game/ Dev sets up “goatse” trap for sites that steal his free web game]''. Ars Technica. Retrieved 11 April 2024.</ref>.
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	A parody of the Goatse image is one of the possible [[Wikipedia:404 error\|404 error]] images given on [[Screamer Wiki]].		A parody of the Goatse image is one of the possible [[Wikipedia:404 error\|404 error]] images given on [[Screamer Wiki]].

	Professional Counter-Strike player Joshua "oSee" Ohm revealed his nickname is a reference to the infamous shock image. This inspired the Counter-Strike community to coin the twitch term "Goatsee" (as an alternative for "noSee") for whenever oSee pulls a multikill highlight.		Professional ''Counter-Strike 2'' (''Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'') player Joshua "oSee" Ohm revealed his nickname is a reference to the infamous shock image. This inspired the Counter-Strike community to coin the twitch term "Goatsee" (as an alternative for "noSee") for whenever oSee pulls a multikill highlight.

	The band Libido ~~Airbag’s~~ split EP with [[Wikipedia:Cock and Ball Torture (band)\|Cock and Ball Torture]] ~~“Zoophilia~~ / Rosebud ~~Rhapsody“~~ uses Goatse as the cover art.		The band Libido Airbag's split EP with [[Wikipedia:Cock and Ball Torture (band)\|Cock and Ball Torture]] "Zoophilia / Rosebud Rhapsody" uses Goatse as the cover art.

	Portuguese thrash metal band Tribus also incorporated Goatse into the cover art for their demo album ''Aguenta Cu... (Que Não É Só Cagar)''.		Portuguese thrash metal band Tribus also incorporated Goatse into the cover art for their demo album ''Aguenta Cu... (Que Não É Só Cagar)''.

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	[[File:Notsurprising.png\|thumb\|right\|200px\|The image being reverted back and forth to show the image.]]		[[File:Notsurprising.png\|thumb\|right\|200px\|The image being reverted back and forth to show the image.]]
	In [[wikipedia:Doom 3\|''Doom 3'']]'s expansion pack ''[[wikipedia:Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil\|Resurrection of Evil]]'', an arcade game called "Hellanoid" (a parody of arcade video game ''[[wikipedia:Breakout (video game)\|Breakout]]'') is seen in Erebus Labs, after beating 1-2 levels to display a similar image to Goatse in level 3. However, the game and two other unique arcade games (Sarge's Big Game Hunt and Martian Buddy Blaster) are replaced with redundant copies of "Super Turbo Turkey Puncher 3" in the [[wikipedia:Doom 3: BFG Edition\|BFG Edition]].		In [[wikipedia:Doom 3\|''Doom 3'']]'s expansion pack ''[[wikipedia:Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil\|Resurrection of Evil]]'', an arcade game called "Hellanoid" (a parody of arcade video game ''[[wikipedia:Breakout (video game)\|Breakout]]'') is seen in Erebus Labs, after beating 1-2 levels to display a similar image to Goatse in level 3. However, the game and two other unique arcade games (Sarge's Big Game Hunt and Martian Buddy Blaster) are replaced with redundant copies of "Super Turbo Turkey Puncher 3" in the ''[[wikipedia:Doom 3: BFG Edition\|BFG Edition]]'' (rebranded as ''Doom 3'').

	Also from the world of ''Doom'' is [https://doomwiki.org/wiki/Impse Impse], or sexual intercourse with an [https://doomwiki.org/wiki/Imp imp]; the term originated in a piece of fan fiction and has since become a meme in the community.		Also from the world of ''Doom'' is [https://doomwiki.org/wiki/Impse Impse], or sexual intercourse with an [https://doomwiki.org/wiki/Imp imp]; the term originated in a piece of fan fiction and has since become a meme in the community.

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