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Goatse guy found dead in his apartment

Tim elegizes:

It's the death of a cultural icon of the Internet. (If you have no idea who the Goatse guy is check out the section on shock sites and shock content on Wikipedia).

This poster on the Christmas Island NIC forum sums it up well:

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.

I'm sure we'll all miss him, even if you weren't a fan of his work there's no denying his contribution to popular culture. Truly an American icon.

I have only one thing to add:

/*
                       --------------
                      /              \
                     /      REST      \
                    /        IN        \
                   /       PEACE        \
                  /                      \
                  |     Bob Q Goatse     |
                  |                      |
                  |                      |
                  |      21  January     |
                  |                      |
                  |         2001         |
                 *|     *  *  *          | *
        _________)/\\_//(\/(/\)/\//\/\///|_)_______
*/

posted Mon 26 Jan 2004 in /random | link

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