Goatse reactions caught on tape

January 10, 2006 12:05 PM

Flickr set of people seeing Goatse photo for the first time : I would not have so blatantly copied this link from Boing Boing but this Flickr set is just way too funny to pass up.
posted by StarForce5 (87 comments total)

Brilliant.
posted by tweak at 12:14 PM on January 10, 2006

Good call StarForce5.
posted by Aknaton at 12:15 PM on January 10, 2006

Ron Jeremy wears clothes?
posted by srboisvert at 12:15 PM on January 10, 2006

So most of the people who look at Goatse have PowerBooks?
posted by hoskala at 12:20 PM on January 10, 2006

As a note, two of the pictures in the Flickr set are probably not safe for work, as the kids say. One contains a dust rendering of Goaste and the other contains a MILF upskirt of some sort.
posted by skynxnex at 12:21 PM on January 10, 2006

I would imagine it's the photographer's computer.
posted by you just lost the game at 12:22 PM on January 10, 2006

hoskala: most of the people that own macs are total pervs.
posted by tweak at 12:22 PM on January 10, 2006

of course, its just a collection of photos of people looking at photos right? how do we know its really goatse they're looking at
posted by poppo at 12:22 PM on January 10, 2006

That's how I looked the first time I saw goatse.
posted by you just lost the game at 12:23 PM on January 10, 2006

I think I'll do this with photos of people seeing the World's Ugliest Dog for the first time.
posted by you just lost the game at 12:25 PM on January 10, 2006

wow. that's awesome. by the way, one of those pics, as skynxnex pointed out, totally gives a peek at some old lady poonani.

you know. i'm fine with it. but the kids... well, they're crying in the hall.
posted by shmegegge at 12:26 PM on January 10, 2006

I know a goatse-looker when I see one.

Also, skynxnex, glad to see we're on the same freq with the, um, older lady.
posted by jsavimbi at 12:26 PM on January 10, 2006

god damn, that is an ugly dog.
posted by shmegegge at 12:26 PM on January 10, 2006

I'd like to see a Flickrset devoted to reactions to the MILF upskirt, myself.

Good fun, regardless.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 12:27 PM on January 10, 2006

So when's the photoset of First Reactions To That Upskirt Shot coming out?
posted by Spatch at 12:29 PM on January 10, 2006

When's the photoset of your reaction when you saw you got jinxed coming out, Spatch?
posted by you just lost the game at 12:31 PM on January 10, 2006

Took me awhile to find the upskirt. Gross. A brilliant idea though.
posted by geoff. at 12:31 PM on January 10, 2006

I'm also working on the photoset of owing Alvy a Coke, now, too.
posted by Spatch at 12:33 PM on January 10, 2006

Everybody take a picture of yourself when you look at the photoset. We'll make a photoset out of it.
posted by DrJohnEvans at 12:35 PM on January 10, 2006

Um, two of those photos contain the same guy reacting. I call shenanigans.
posted by NationalKato at 12:39 PM on January 10, 2006

Related MeFi discussion.
posted by MrMoonPie at 12:39 PM on January 10, 2006

my screenname: these are just pictures of people seeing goatse for the first time
friend's SN: whats goatse?
my SN: oh god
posted by deafmute at 12:41 PM on January 10, 2006

Brilliant. The expression on that guy in the Honda t-shirt (#21, I think) is the very definition of "I do NOT want to be exposed to anus!"
posted by languagehat at 12:42 PM on January 10, 2006

deafmute: get your camera ready
posted by StarForce5 at 12:42 PM on January 10, 2006

Numbers 8 and 21 are quite interesting. No reaction at all. None.
posted by kaemaril at 12:45 PM on January 10, 2006

Of course, were it a photoset of people being exposed to tubgirl for the first time, they would all be tearing their eyesballs out.
posted by Astro Zombie at 12:45 PM on January 10, 2006

Excellent.
posted by OmieWise at 12:46 PM on January 10, 2006

My personal favorite: favorite. I love the expression on the guy's face!
posted by nlindstrom at 12:48 PM on January 10, 2006

Brings back memories of the Goatse vs Tubgirl debate
posted by matimer at 12:49 PM on January 10, 2006

Oh. The upskirt isn't visible if -- like me -- you're saving time by clicking on the pop-up gallery. Which should tell you where to look.
posted by dhartung at 12:50 PM on January 10, 2006

Most of the people that own macs are total pervs.

Hey! I resemble that comment!
posted by nlindstrom at 12:50 PM on January 10, 2006

Here's the link: Tubgirl vs Goatse Debate
posted by matimer at 12:50 PM on January 10, 2006

Hmm, nothing tagged as 'firsttubgirl'. That's probably for the best.
posted by adamrice at 12:53 PM on January 10, 2006

It's pretty funny that Goatse even grossed out Ron Jeremy. Just imagine the stuff that guy has seen.
posted by Blubble at 12:55 PM on January 10, 2006

Cool link. Thanks.

Is it just me, though or is Flickr really slow for everyone? I usually give up before actually viewing anything there.
posted by jeff-o-matic at 12:56 PM on January 10, 2006

that's just beautiful.

Hmm, nothing tagged as 'firsttubgirl'. That's probably for the best.

Tubgirl is gross enough that I wouldn't want to look at it, but it's not ohmygod-look-away-as-quickly-as-possible gross like goatse, which took me like 5 or 6 viewings to get somewhat desensitized to.
posted by rxrfrx at 12:57 PM on January 10, 2006

and yeah, I think Flickr fails to meet my threshold level of website quickness, which is why I could never get into the whole "flickr is cool" thing
posted by rxrfrx at 12:58 PM on January 10, 2006

This is brilliant. Saw it earlier, and discussed how awesome it would be to someone feed a picture of Goatse into my friends' new 52" tv as we gather to watch a football game this weekend:

Me: A shot of six people jaws agape
Me: looking at an ass agape
Friend: ahh...the symmetry.
Me: Is it live or is it Goatse?
posted by tpl1212 at 12:58 PM on January 10, 2006

eww at the old lady poon
posted by goldism at 12:58 PM on January 10, 2006

the 8 phases of goatse
posted by quonsar at 1:03 PM on January 10, 2006

I like the professor with the Buddhist beads on his wrist: the only one with almost no reaction...perhaps he's meditating on the nature of suffering....
posted by kozad at 1:06 PM on January 10, 2006

My eyes are still bleeding from the first time I saw goatse.
posted by JeffK at 1:08 PM on January 10, 2006

They need to do a movie like "The Aristocrats" but it would be about everyone's experiences with goatse.
posted by rxrfrx at 1:14 PM on January 10, 2006

If I had a friend that carried a picture of goatse around with them on their phone or sidekick I'd start looking for a new friend. Seriously, who the fuck keeps that pic on their person?
posted by Item at 1:17 PM on January 10, 2006

"You are the Goatse man! You are Greater than you think! You are Limitless! You are Infinite! You are Able! Expand! Expand!"
posted by brownpau at 1:28 PM on January 10, 2006 [1 favorite]

some of them don't look as disgusted as they should be.
posted by tnai at 1:35 PM on January 10, 2006

Mrhands.wmv
posted by Balisong at 1:45 PM on January 10, 2006

The funny thing about tubgirl is that vagina is blurred out. Like that is the gross part of the picture.
posted by srboisvert at 2:01 PM on January 10, 2006

This site proves once again that the human face has a truly remarkable capacity for elasticity and expressiveness. It's really quite incredible -- no two reactions are the same, and yet we understand how each one is an indication of shock/repulsion/horror/what-have-you. It's an almost unparalleled instrument of communication. Except for, you know, speech and writing.
posted by Dr. Wu at 2:03 PM on January 10, 2006

It's pretty funny that Goatse even grossed out Ron Jeremy. Just imagine the stuff that guy has seen.
posted by Blubble at 3:55 PM EST on January 10 [!]

you know, I can see what would make someone think that Ron Jeremy has seen some crazy shit in his life. However, I think it bears mentioning that being a porn star doesn't prepare one all that much for seeing inside prolapsed and/or incredibly stretched rectums.

in mr jeremy's case in particular, it's worth mentioning that he IS the thing which most people are referring to when they say that they've seen some crazy shit. the guy looks like a hedgehog, fucks while asleep (not kidding. seen footage of it. it's funny.) cums at the count of 10 and is still doing porn when he's past 50 - by which age some people are grandparents.
posted by shmegegge at 2:05 PM on January 10, 2006

I like how the lady in tiedyed Rolling Stones shirt merely looks curious.
posted by scody at 2:06 PM on January 10, 2006

Have we linked to the Goatse jewelry yet? (safe for work)
posted by Peter H at 2:10 PM on January 10, 2006

How about a caption contest for the Ron Jeremy sequence?
posted by strawberryviagra at 2:23 PM on January 10, 2006

I have a pristine (only downloaded once), limited edition copy of the original Goatse image as a prize ....
posted by strawberryviagra at 2:25 PM on January 10, 2006

peter h, I'd love to have that claddagh engraved microscopically with brownpaus' link. Now that'd be a friendship ring!
posted by maryh at 2:38 PM on January 10, 2006

So if you have a Goatse man drawn on the back of your car, could you get pulled over for obscenity?
posted by stopgap at 2:53 PM on January 10, 2006

Am I the only person who has never actually seen goatse? Once I learned what it is, I've made *damn* sure never to look at it!
posted by salmacis at 2:58 PM on January 10, 2006

salmacis: But it's like a rite of passage! How else can you experience the joy of sending goatse to someone else who's never seen it?
posted by stopgap at 3:00 PM on January 10, 2006

stopgap : No, officer, it wasn't there when I left this morning... gasp! you don't think some ne'er-do-well might have done this when I stopped at the gas station, do you?

Unless you've got dust on your fingertips, I think that'd work.
posted by kaemaril at 3:21 PM on January 10, 2006

I remember my first goatse, it was also my first experience with the unlimited popup window spawn. First time I had to force quit my G3.
posted by MiltonRandKalman at 3:27 PM on January 10, 2006

Because of this thread, I finally worked up the nerve to google tubgirl. She's adorable!
posted by maryh at 3:37 PM on January 10, 2006

This one has to be my favorite. It's so subtle. At first you think there is no real reaction at all. Then you notice that the corners of her mouth are turned up and assume she's smiling, or maybe laughing. But then you look into her eyes...
posted by LeeJay at 4:26 PM on January 10, 2006

Duh, what's goatse?
posted by lometogo at 4:56 PM on January 10, 2006

Am I the only person who has never actually seen goatse? Once I learned what it is, I've made *damn* sure never to look at it!

See my comment here. (XQUZYPHYR's following comment really makes it work, though.)
posted by Cyrano at 5:41 PM on January 10, 2006

I had to look up goatse as I didn't know what it was either. For those who would prefer to leave the image to their imagination only (and I'm really, really glad I didn't go search for the actual sites first), here's the wikipedia explanations of goatse and tubgirl.
posted by Zinger at 5:51 PM on January 10, 2006

The funny thing about tubgirl is that vagina is blurred out. Like that is the gross part of the picture.

Japanese obscenity laws are weird.
posted by inpHilltr8r at 5:52 PM on January 10, 2006

Why did maryh link to child porn?
posted by Astro Zombie at 5:53 PM on January 10, 2006

champaign and goatse a perfict way to start an evening with an apperantly naked women (found via the tag).

Also, this one shows someone reciving goatse as an image message, shoing goatse in it's full glory (be warned)
posted by delmoi at 6:01 PM on January 10, 2006

I've spent some quality time with goatse and tubgirl, but hadn't had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Hands. Maybe now I can take up bridge.
posted by Scoo at 6:05 PM on January 10, 2006

Hmm, the wikipedia link for tubgirl.com informed me of hai2u.com, which I'd never seen before. Quite discussing, although I am very desensitized at this point.
posted by delmoi at 6:06 PM on January 10, 2006

I looked for the old woman's cooter, and could not find it.

On another note, my favorite is the analytical professor.
posted by Citizen Premier at 6:33 PM on January 10, 2006

Metafilter: I looked for the old woman's cooter, and could not find it.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 6:56 PM on January 10, 2006

Tubgirl is gross enough that I wouldn't want to look at it, but it's not ohmygod-look-away-as-quickly-as-possible gross like goatse, which took me like 5 or 6 viewings to get somewhat desensitized to.

Okay, you'd rather see feces flying through the air than a perfectly clean anus? What's wrong with you?
posted by Hildegarde at 7:30 PM on January 10, 2006

Okay, you'd rather see feces flying through the air than a perfectly clean anus? What's wrong with you?
posted by Hildegarde at 3:30 AM GMT on January 11 [!]

Monkey fan, maybe? :)
posted by kaemaril at 8:18 PM on January 10, 2006

That woman was a MILF with a WN.

A MIWNLF.
posted by Astro Zombie at 8:33 PM on January 10, 2006

Dammit, beat me to it. (That chick scares me.)
posted by davy at 8:42 PM on January 10, 2006

I had to look up goatse

well, ummmm.... yeah...
posted by pompomtom at 10:19 PM on January 10, 2006

I've spent some quality time with goatse and tubgirl, but hadn't had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Hands. Maybe now I can take up bridge.

Same, and of course, your comment made me curious. I thought "what could be worse than tubgirl, really?"

I... I can't even think of a snarky comment to describe how I feel now.
posted by Meredith at 10:39 PM on January 10, 2006

Why did maryh link to child porn?
posted by Astro Zombie at 5:53 PM PST on January 10 [!]

So it's official. We've out-repressed the Victorians. Tomorrow I whip up trousers for my table legs, because they're soooo sexy.
posted by maryh at 11:58 PM on January 10, 2006

Why did maryh link to child porn?
posted by Astro Zombie at 5:53 PM PST on January 10 [!]

So it's official. We've out-repressed the Victorians. Tomorrow I whip up trousers for my table legs, because they're soooo sexy.
posted by maryh at 11:58 PM on January 10, 2006

Why does the slideshow not work on my shiny new Firefox toy? Why? Why?
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 3:40 AM on January 11, 2006

*stamps his little feet*
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 3:41 AM on January 11, 2006

deafmute: "my screenname: these are just pictures of people seeing goatse for the first time
friend's SN: whats goatse?
my SN: oh god"

Instead of "oh god", the proper response should have been "Hold on, I'm coming over and I'm bringing my camera."
posted by Plutor at 5:34 AM on January 11, 2006

I think I found quonsar's link even more amusing than the main post.
posted by dgaicun at 11:59 AM on January 11, 2006

stavros : I don't know, why? Works OK on my shiny Firefox 1.5 :)
posted by kaemaril at 12:50 PM on January 11, 2006

In case anyone is interested to know, I'm going to be drawing the quintessential "why the fuck did you just show me this" guy for my art class.
posted by Citizen Premier at 6:35 PM on January 12, 2006

Citizen Premier, tell us if anyone recognizes Ron Jeremy from your picture of him.
posted by Aknaton at 11:22 PM on January 12, 2006