# Rotten.com is an absolutely bad-ass site. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 20, 2004, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rotten-com-is-an-absolutely-bad-ass-site/275816 "2004-11-20T10:20:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PaulFitzroy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/2acd7d/32.png) [@PaulFitzroy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaulFitzroy)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rotten-com-is-an-absolutely-bad-ass-site/275816/1 "2004-11-20T10:20:00Z")
This site kicks ass, plain and simple. Most people think of it as just a bunch of sick pictures of corpses, but this is a very small-minded view. It does have those, and plenty of them, but it has tons of other stuff too and the gorey pictures is really just a small part of the site. I think the best thing about it is its Library feature. It’s like an encyclopedia of common shit (sex, politics, entertainment and the like) but with a humorous and sarcastic spin on everything. It also has an archive of celebrity mugshots, and an awesome “Biographies” section which covers tons of celebrities and historical figures. Everyone should check out [Rotten.com](http://Rotten.com). Be warned, it’s not for everyone. It does have gory pictures, but they don’t come up on the main site unless you click on their links. Mainly there’s lots of swearing and sexual content, so it’s not really work-safe unless you’re looking at the Library section. It is a great site. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rotten-com-is-an-absolutely-bad-ass-site/275816/2 "2004-11-20T10:32:41Z")
I agree. I’ve found lots of stuff on the site that’s informative and amusing, despite the gore. The analysis of Kim Jong Il’s leadership, for example, is really well done. ---
**Author:** ![Jillyvn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@Jillyvn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jillyvn)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rotten-com-is-an-absolutely-bad-ass-site/275816/3 "2004-11-20T10:33:07Z")
> [@PaulFitzroy](#): > > This site kicks ass, plain and simple. Most people think of it as just a bunch of sick pictures of corpses, but this is a very small-minded view. It does have those, and plenty of them, but it has tons of other stuff too and the gorey pictures is really just a small part of the site. > > I think the best thing about it is its Library feature. It’s like an encyclopedia of common shit (sex, politics, entertainment and the like) but with a humorous and sarcastic spin on everything. It also has an archive of celebrity mugshots, and an awesome “Biographies” section which covers tons of celebrities and historical figures. > > Everyone should check out [Rotten.com](http://Rotten.com). Be warned, it’s not for everyone. It does have gory pictures, but they don’t come up on the main site unless you click on their links. Mainly there’s lots of swearing and sexual content, so it’s not really work-safe unless you’re looking at the Library section. It is a great site. Just an aside on your gush, I actually visit [www.dailyrotten.com](http://www.dailyrotten.com) on a daily basis, and I can affirm it is worth the work-wasting time. - Rebekkah ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rotten-com-is-an-absolutely-bad-ass-site/275816/4 "2004-11-20T19:31:08Z")
Yes but they rejected my headline: _Retired Bird’s Eye executive found in refrigerator_ ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rotten-com-is-an-absolutely-bad-ass-site/275816/5 "2004-11-20T19:33:21Z")
> [@ouryL](#): > > Yes > > but they rejected my headline: > > _Retired Bird’s Eye executive found in refrigerator_ Correction: _Retired Bird’s Eye executive found frozen in refrigerator_ ---
**Author:** ![MrFantsyPants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@MrFantsyPants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrFantsyPants)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rotten-com-is-an-absolutely-bad-ass-site/275816/6 "2004-11-20T19:42:52Z")
> [@Rebekkah](#): > > Just an aside on your gush, I actually visit [www.dailyrotten.com](http://www.dailyrotten.com) on a daily basis, and I can affirm it is worth the work-wasting time. > > - Rebekkah Only if they update it on a regular basis… Sometimes it goes dead for months. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rotten-com-is-an-absolutely-bad-ass-site/275816/7 "2004-11-20T20:31:28Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > I agree. I’ve found lots of stuff on the site that’s informative and amusing, despite the gore. The analysis of Kim Jong Il’s leadership, for example, is really well done. Where is this article at? ---
**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rotten-com-is-an-absolutely-bad-ass-site/275816/8 "2004-11-20T20:40:55Z")
[Kim Jong II](http://www.rotten.com/library/bio/dictators/kim-jong-il/) ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rotten-com-is-an-absolutely-bad-ass-site/275816/9 "2004-11-20T21:31:38Z")
Not quite such a good article on [Ho Chi Minh](http://www.rotten.com/library/bio/dictators/ho-chi-minh/), though. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rotten-com-is-an-absolutely-bad-ass-site/275816/10 "2004-11-20T23:05:40Z")
I was interested in their story about Al Qaeda hijacking a passenger airliner with the intent of crashing it into building. In Paris, in 1994. “Nobody could have predicted,” right. ---
**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2004, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rotten-com-is-an-absolutely-bad-ass-site/275816/11 "2004-11-21T00:03:59Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > Not quite such a good article on [Ho Chi Minh](http://www.rotten.com/library/bio/dictators/ho-chi-minh/), though. There are quite a few articles that don’t seem to be done or need construction. It’s kind of disapointing when you’re expecting a highly entertaining article and barely see a Timeline.