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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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…
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Yeah the actual domain hasn’t worked in quite a long time and so it’s safe now.
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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.”