# Goatse on the cover of Time magazine? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 21, 2004, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goatse-on-the-cover-of-time-magazine/265283 "2004-09-21T06:26:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Roland\_Orzabal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goatse-on-the-cover-of-time-magazine/265283/41 "2004-09-22T20:52:48Z")
I’d seen goatse before. It didn’t bother me too much the first time, and by now, I’m utterly immune to it. I’ve seen all manner of disgusting videos on the internet, and it generally takes a lot to bother me. So, having never heard of Tubgirl, I decided to Google away. **AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!** Why? Why, Og, why? Can we please just not speak of this ever again? Ever? Sweet holy mother of… ---
**Author:** ![PussyCow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/22d042/32.png) [@PussyCow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PussyCow)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goatse-on-the-cover-of-time-magazine/265283/42 "2004-09-22T21:14:28Z")
A Google on goatse has a hit for the Time cover. [Google](http://www.google.com/search?q=goatse&sourceid=mozilla&start=0&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8) ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goatse-on-the-cover-of-time-magazine/265283/43 "2004-09-22T21:18:31Z")
Google bomb? As a funny aside, “batshit crazy” somehow brought up Zell Miller… ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goatse-on-the-cover-of-time-magazine/265283/44 "2004-09-22T22:25:06Z")
I don’t know what this says about me, but I thought the photoshopped composite of a lotus pod and human breast was more disturbing than goatse or tubgirl. (If you haven’t seen it and really want to, go to snopes and search for “Breast Rash”.) ---
**Author:** ![Brilharma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Brilharma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brilharma)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goatse-on-the-cover-of-time-magazine/265283/45 "2004-09-22T22:54:40Z")
> [@scr4](#): > > (If you haven’t seen it and really want to, go to snopes and search for “Breast Rash”.) Oh, dear. I hate you. Why do I always think, “It can’t be that bad, they’re a bunch of pansies.” and then it is that bad. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goatse-on-the-cover-of-time-magazine/265283/46 "2004-09-22T23:09:56Z")
The Breast Rash was amusing. Didn’t fall for it for a second. The Maggots picture referenced on the same page however, was awful. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goatse-on-the-cover-of-time-magazine/265283/47 "2004-09-22T23:32:41Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > The Breast Rash was amusing. Didn’t fall for it for a second. The Maggots picture referenced on the same page however, was awful. There’s an awesomely disturbing documentary series called “Human Wildlife” with Dr. Robert Buckman which played on the Discovery channel. The worms episode and the episode after that were particularly good for this kind of stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goatse-on-the-cover-of-time-magazine/265283/48 "2004-09-23T00:18:35Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Is anyone else pretty much immune to goatse? I’m with **Jenaroph** et al. Didn’t bother me much the first time, doesn’t bother me now. The fake boob image mentioned by **scr4** , though, freaked me right now. I am not a huge fan of parasites. (Compared to my wife’s intense phobia about them, though, I might as well be a cheerful volunteer for mass infection of various chompy red-eyed wrigglies.) ---
**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:** [September 23, 2004, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goatse-on-the-cover-of-time-magazine/265283/49 "2004-09-23T00:48:19Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > The Maggots picture referenced on the same page however, was awful. Wow, that was indeed incredibly vile. And unlike the tittie pic, 100 percent real. Thanks for heads up! ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goatse-on-the-cover-of-time-magazine/265283/50 "2004-09-23T01:19:41Z")
That breast thing, while I know it’s a fake, is still freaking me out. The maggot thing was vile also. There are some sick, sick people out there if they get off on this stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goatse-on-the-cover-of-time-magazine/265283/51 "2004-09-23T01:56:47Z")
I saw an image of the Time cover and thought it was a Goatse parody. This isn’t the kind of thing people get fired over. This is the thing they get shot over. ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goatse-on-the-cover-of-time-magazine/265283/52 "2004-09-23T04:02:00Z")
I can’t look at that kind of stuff. If it means that I am a pansy, I wear the title proudly. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goatse-on-the-cover-of-time-magazine/265283/53 "2004-09-23T04:18:27Z")
> [@scr4](#): > > I don’t know what this says about me, but I thought the photoshopped composite of a lotus pod and human breast was more disturbing than goatse or tubgirl. (If you haven’t seen it and really want to, go to snopes and search for “Breast Rash”.) :: shudder :: That pic had me very, very nauseous for over a week straight. Something about there being a hole where no hole should be willies me out badly. Ahhh, crap. I had gotten that damn pic outta my head, and now I’m feeling all queezy again just thinking about it (and this is from a guy who held a woman’s shattered skull together with his bare hands until paramedics arrived…that, I had no problem with…go figger). ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goatse-on-the-cover-of-time-magazine/265283/54 "2004-09-23T04:27:13Z")
I had seen the “breast rash” earlier, and while it’s gross, I think when I saw it, it was made clear to be a photoshop. The brain and maggots are the worst, though. The worst images I ever saw so far were harlequin fetus and pictures of smallpox victims. The worst thing about them-they’re real, and the suffering must have been tremendous! ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goatse-on-the-cover-of-time-magazine/265283/55 "2004-09-23T05:14:21Z")
What I’d like to know is why we’ve been singing a rude song for years and years: _Marese doats, and goatse doats, and little lambse divey_ :eek: Now that I’m aware of one term’s definition, do I want to learn the remainder? Who was the perv who thought this up for little kids? :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goatse-on-the-cover-of-time-magazine/265283/56 "2004-09-23T15:04:37Z")
> [@danceswithcats](#): > > _Marese doats, and goatse doats, and little lambse divey_ Those words sound queer and funny to my ear. You know, a little bit jumbled and jivey. ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goatse-on-the-cover-of-time-magazine/265283/57 "2004-09-23T21:16:35Z")
> [@danceswithcats](#): > > What I’d like to know is why we’ve been singing a rude song for years and years: > > _Marese doats, and goatse doats, and little lambse divey_ :eek: > > Now that I’m aware of one term’s definition, do I want to learn the remainder? Who was the perv who thought this up for little kids? :smack: gggggggggggggggaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwdarnit, danceswithcats! I \*just \* got that song out of my head a minute ago!!! :smack: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goatse-on-the-cover-of-time-magazine/265283.md?page=2)