# God's Goatse
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gods-goatse/408448
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [June 18, 2007, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gods-goatse/408448 "2007-06-18T12:02:27Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2007, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gods-goatse/408448/21 "2007-06-19T17:58:52Z")
The original website used the top-level domain for Christmas Island, hence “goatse.cx”. I believe the actual filename of the infamous picture was an innocuous “hello.jpg”.
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### Author:  [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2007, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gods-goatse/408448/22 "2007-06-19T18:02:41Z")
[QUOTE=EddyTeddyFreddy]
Whoa! Break that link, it’s NOT SAFE FOR WORK and somebody could get in trouble clicking on it!
Ah, I just checked it (having no NSFW inhibitions) and it’s no longer viable. Still…
[/QUOTE]
Yeah the actual domain hasn’t worked in quite a long time and so it’s safe now.
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### Author:  [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2007, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gods-goatse/408448/23 "2007-06-19T18:21:26Z")
[QUOTE=hotflungwok]
www.goatse.cx was the original. I always assumed it was an attempt at ‘goatsex’.
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I believe “goatse” was also said (perhaps after the fact) to be an acronym for “guy opening ass to show everyone.”
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