Well, it was a not-so-nice, very infamous website. You can check out the probably NSFW Wiki article about it here. I didn’t see any pictures on the page but I wouldn’t want a coworker reading that over my shoulder accidentally.
Apart from the “London logo” that’s down near the end, recently added …
Yeah, you wouldn’t want to leave yourself open from behind.
(I had to Google the word myself.)
I guess I could clarify and save you the time…
The “calling card,” if you will, of goatse.cx was a picture of a man using both hands to hold open his anus. It’s a horrifying picture. Truly.
Before you go off researching or (Og forbid) googling for yourself, just please remember one thing: There are some things that neither mental floss nor brain bleach will get rid of.
Carry on.
ETA: Never mind. Hung Mung has described the horror.
Counselling is available if you need it.
So far I have successfully resisted the temptation to go see what goatse.cx was all about (I read the description, didn’t look up the pictures). You guys have made the temptation even stronger today, but I will continue to take Mindfield’s advice - you can’t un-see things. I have never looked up Tubgirl, either, and hopefully never will.
(That official London 2012 logo is hella lame.)
Which is why I asked here - fearing a NSFW search. While I now understand the concept (thanks Hung Mung) I do apprecieate the warning. I wish someone had so warned be before I looked up “tub girl” Some things you just cannot unsee.
Goatse is an old internet meme, but I did kinda admire what Jason Scott did with it. He had some kind of graphic thingy he’d designed on his site. Lots of Myspace kids were stealing his bandwith by hotlinking to it to use as teen-angst backround so Jason eventually switched the image. The story is here.
You are wrong.
That brand that will take us forward is hella lame.
There! I’m goat-seeing it now!
Would you want to be the guy to explain why they need to take it off the BBx webpage?
That Guy: Um, guys, we need to take that graphic off.
Superiors: Why? It looks kinda nifty, with the hands pulling apart and opening. It’s almost like we’re welcoming the world inside us!
TG: Yeah, that’s…that’s kinda the problem. You see…well…my friends…they…uh told me about this…goatse guy…and…well…
Superiors: Yeah? Spit it out, That Guy!
TG: He’s got a prolapsed rectum and opens his ass wide enough to shove a fist inside. If it helps any, I heard he’s French.
Superiors: Wait. He’s doing what? How did you see this? No, don’t answer that. But…that’s…that’s two fists holding the zero in the year for the logo…I don’t see how a man…(does a quick little search for “goatse”)
Oh Jesus tittyfucking Christ.
TG: Yeah, we need to take that down now.
Superiors: Hey, there’s this nice webpage called lemonparty that we heard of…
#8 is nice. but #3, ‘running man’ rocks- or would if the door had WC on it.
Goatse started a brief and disturbing trend for shock sites. Tub Girl was one of the first unfortunate products of this, as was “Loopback.” Thankfully, the trend of shock sites seemed to have lost its charm on the sites I frequented at the time, so I wasn’t exposed to any of the subsequent … um … efforts. (Including Lemonparty. And I intend to keep it that way.)
Yes, the nightmares are harsh.
groooooan
Actually their current number 11’s quite good!
(David Brent)
In further interesting news, the animated version of the logo is causing seizures.
Meanwhile, the organizers are defending the logo against broader criticism at the same time saying that: "But a London 2012 spokesman told BBC Sport: “The emblem is flexible and will evolve over the next five years.”
She added: “Our emblem needs to be modern, bold, flexible and as relevant today as in five years’ time.”" Hardly a whole-hearted defence.
In a third link on the BBC website here there’s a pretty good analysis of the logo, what they were trying to achieve and “expert” opinions as to how well it’s working.
Can someone explain to this ignorant slut why? Oh, I see someone has attempted to do so. Maybe I just can’t see it. I don’t see a prolapsed rectum–just a bad graphic in lurid colors. That alone would disqualify it for me.
(and why is the “alternative” design one of what looks like the outline of France with the Union Jack? Or is that the outline of the “limits” of London (not The City)?
I really like the first one–the rings intertwined with a stylized LONDON.
Bwaahahahaha!! The current #11, “The origin of the Olympic Logo?”, is hilarious!!! (The actual one sucks! This one is my favorite.)
If you want to understand, you have to see goatse. Honestly, it’s not worth it.
He’s right, if you have every seen it that would be the first thing that popped into your head when you saw the graphic. It’s one bit of ignorance that need not be fought. Just back away slowly and leave your google search parameters in safe mode.
And now, much like when anybody says the name ‘Dick’, people will giggle at anything remotely resembling two fists and a circle. That logo is obviously two hands holding a plate, not buried in a hole but clearly a lot of M’s do V.