# Creepy image on straight dope home page **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 27, 2008, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-image-on-straight-dope-home-page/450731 "2008-05-27T07:09:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-image-on-straight-dope-home-page/450731/1 "2008-05-27T07:09:33Z")
I go onto the [Straight Dope home page](http://www.straightdope.com/) to be confronted by [this picture](http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/imgad?id=CIesgOPJx9u_1AEQrAIY7wEyCPf_D4sFB7D3), apparently part of a sponsored ad, though I can’t tell what it’s touting. And no, I’m not going to click on it. Blecghgh. Can’t you find advertisers that feature puppies or something? ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-image-on-straight-dope-home-page/450731/2 "2008-05-27T07:42:51Z")
Charity for the rare skin condition digilitus? I got nothin’ ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-image-on-straight-dope-home-page/450731/3 "2008-05-27T07:47:21Z")
I never knew that mini-borgs were cute as a button. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-image-on-straight-dope-home-page/450731/4 "2008-05-27T07:47:36Z")
Skin for the skinless. Doesn’t he look cold? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-image-on-straight-dope-home-page/450731/5 "2008-05-27T07:49:14Z")
[QUOTE=Koxinga] Blecghgh. Can’t you find advertisers that feature puppies or something? [/QUOTE] Something like “Hi Kids! I’ve got some puppies in the van - come with me!” ? ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-image-on-straight-dope-home-page/450731/6 "2008-05-27T10:29:30Z")
I remember one advertisement that I won’t repost, but it made me giggle like school-girl due to certain internet message board stereotypes. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-image-on-straight-dope-home-page/450731/7 "2008-05-27T11:40:06Z")
It’s the [Dancing Baby](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_baby) now that he’s hit puberty. Just a phase he’s going through. ---
**Author:** ![Pithy\_Moniker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8dc957/32.png) [@Pithy\_Moniker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pithy_Moniker)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-image-on-straight-dope-home-page/450731/8 "2008-05-27T11:40:12Z")
Domo arigato Mr Roboto Jr ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-image-on-straight-dope-home-page/450731/9 "2008-05-27T12:48:34Z")
Jesus Christ, this is what counts as creepy now? No wonder anybody who posts any kind of non-vanilla thread these days gets hounded as a troll. ---
**Author:** ![chicken\_wire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@chicken\_wire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chicken_wire)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-image-on-straight-dope-home-page/450731/10 "2008-05-27T12:56:22Z")
Still life with young Scientologist? ---
**Author:** ![nd\_n8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/439d5e/32.png) [@nd\_n8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nd_n8)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-image-on-straight-dope-home-page/450731/11 "2008-05-27T12:57:37Z")
See, that’s why I keep trying to tell my boys to cut back on the video games. But do they listen? Noooooo. The next thing you know they have little digital pentangle nipples and that Village of the Damned look in their bloodshot eyes. And yes, I believe it causes the baldness too. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-image-on-straight-dope-home-page/450731/12 "2008-05-27T13:07:58Z")
I’d been wondering when _Lawnmower Man 3_ would be out. I mean that franchise totally had legs. Right? Right? ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-image-on-straight-dope-home-page/450731/13 "2008-05-27T21:05:52Z")
[QUOTE=Revtim] Jesus Christ, this is what counts as creepy now? No wonder anybody who posts any kind of non-vanilla thread these days gets hounded as a troll. [/QUOTE] What he said. If you think that’s creepy, you ain’t been on the internet before. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-image-on-straight-dope-home-page/450731/14 "2008-05-28T01:40:12Z")
[QUOTE=Troy McClure SF] What he said. If you think that’s creepy, you ain’t been on the internet before. [/QUOTE] Can you imagine if the OP saw goatse? The black hole at the center of the galaxy would explode. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-image-on-straight-dope-home-page/450731/15 "2008-05-28T01:44:09Z")
[QUOTE=Revtim] Can you imagine if the OP saw **goatse?** The black hole at the center of the galaxy would explode. [/QUOTE] But it ain’t _creepy!_ ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-image-on-straight-dope-home-page/450731/16 "2008-05-28T02:02:07Z")
[QUOTE=Gatopescado] But it ain’t _creepy!_ [/QUOTE] That argument’s full of holes! ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-image-on-straight-dope-home-page/450731/17 "2008-05-28T02:23:46Z")
Looks a little _too_ happy to me. Wonder what’s going on in that freaky head of his. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-image-on-straight-dope-home-page/450731/18 "2008-05-28T02:29:26Z")
[QUOTE=Gatopescado] But it ain’t _creepy!_ [/QUOTE] It creeped me the fuck out. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-image-on-straight-dope-home-page/450731/19 "2008-05-28T02:35:00Z")
Reminds me of the _Andy Griffith_ episode where Opie was abducted by that South American tribe who tattooed him prerequisite to slicing him into bits for barbecuing. (Good thing Barney’s gun accidentally went off and shot the shaman through the eye just before the knife fell.) ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-image-on-straight-dope-home-page/450731/20 "2008-05-28T05:04:17Z")
_Gattaca_ meets _Real Doll_? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-image-on-straight-dope-home-page/450731.md?page=2)