# Uh... did they just show a goatse image on CNN? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 26, 2004, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-did-they-just-show-a-goatse-image-on-cnn/261655 "2004-08-26T18:53:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2004, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-did-they-just-show-a-goatse-image-on-cnn/261655/1 "2004-08-26T18:53:05Z")
I wasn’t paying attention. Was that really [this image](http://beefcake.nl/?imagepopup=1/20031019-Gclouds.jpg&width=512&height=359&imagetext=The+big+goatse+in+the+sky) they referred to during the weather? For the love of god, _why?_ Did they get the reference? What the… Were they totally oblivious? Do they repeat the weather or was that a one-off? What the blue hell? ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2004, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-did-they-just-show-a-goatse-image-on-cnn/261655/2 "2004-08-26T19:03:57Z")
Uh, that’s not an actual link to Goatse Man, is it? I’m afraid to click it and find out. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2004, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-did-they-just-show-a-goatse-image-on-cnn/261655/3 "2004-08-26T19:12:19Z")
:smack: Sorry, no! It’s a cloudy sky photoshopped (crudely) to obliquely resemble that iconic image, with the sun shining out of where the sun ordinarily does not shine. Vague enough that could see how some innocent might not register it as a rude image at all. But still, out of context, what makes the image humorous? I don’t get it. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2004, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-did-they-just-show-a-goatse-image-on-cnn/261655/4 "2004-08-26T19:20:16Z")
“That’s no hill!” It looks like one of those “Weathershot Of The Day” provided by a viewer. I’m with you though… how do you miss that? I’ve never seen goatse but now I’m afraid I’ve got a pretty good idea of what’s been freaking people out. ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2004, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-did-they-just-show-a-goatse-image-on-cnn/261655/5 "2004-08-26T19:45:58Z")
> [@Larry Mudd](#): > > For the love of god, _why?_ Did they get the reference? What the… Were they totally oblivious? Do they repeat the weather or was that a one-off? In what context did they refer to that particularly image? (Good for a chuckle if you’ve ever had the traumatic misfortune of seeing the real goatse). Even if they thought it was an amusing photoshop job of something more innocent, I can’t think of any reason why anyone would use it on the news. ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2004, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-did-they-just-show-a-goatse-image-on-cnn/261655/6 "2004-08-26T19:47:04Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > It looks like one of those “Weathershot Of The Day” provided by a viewer. I’m with you though… how do you miss that? I’ve never seen goatse but now I’m afraid I’ve got a pretty good idea of what’s been freaking people out. It’s worse than you think… really… _shudder_ ---
**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2004, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-did-they-just-show-a-goatse-image-on-cnn/261655/7 "2004-08-26T20:10:03Z")
As long as we don’t get a tubgirl in the sky, I mean goatse is bad enough but tubgirl…::vomiting smiley:: ---
**Author:** ![Earthworm\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f07891/32.png) [@Earthworm\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthworm_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2004, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-did-they-just-show-a-goatse-image-on-cnn/261655/8 "2004-08-26T20:29:05Z")
> [@Chimpy](#): > > ::vomiting smiley:: No, silly - that’s at the _other_ end. ---
**Author:** ![Feit\_C\_Taj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ee59a6/32.png) [@Feit\_C\_Taj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feit_C_Taj)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2004, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-did-they-just-show-a-goatse-image-on-cnn/261655/9 "2004-08-26T20:51:50Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > “That’s no hill!” > > It looks like one of those “Weathershot Of The Day” provided by a viewer. I’m with you though… how do you miss that? I’ve never seen goatse but now I’m afraid I’ve got a pretty good idea of what’s been freaking people out. If you really, must know, feel free to [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shock_site) thyself. (I’ll be goddamned if I’m gonna link to any of those mirrors myslef.) ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2004, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-did-they-just-show-a-goatse-image-on-cnn/261655/10 "2004-08-26T21:05:52Z")
No way, man. What people do with poop and chutes freaks me out. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2004, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-did-they-just-show-a-goatse-image-on-cnn/261655/11 "2004-08-26T21:19:18Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > No way, man. What people do with poop and chutes freaks me out. If it was anyone but you **lieu** I might take that sentence seriously. Just google it and get it over with. It’s yucky but it’s not THAAAAT horrible. What you’re imagining is probably worse than the reality. There isn’t even any poop in the picture. Just the chute. ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2004, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-did-they-just-show-a-goatse-image-on-cnn/261655/12 "2004-08-26T21:26:29Z")
Don’t do it! ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2004, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-did-they-just-show-a-goatse-image-on-cnn/261655/13 "2004-08-26T22:24:14Z")
I hope that isn’t an omen. Whatever event it might be foreshadowing, it can’t possibly be good :eek: (And yes, I was unfortunate enough to have seen Goatse.) ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2004, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-did-they-just-show-a-goatse-image-on-cnn/261655/14 "2004-08-26T22:28:10Z")
Until today, I thought Femi Oke was attractive. Now, I can’t look her straight in the eye… ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2004, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-did-they-just-show-a-goatse-image-on-cnn/261655/15 "2004-08-26T22:54:21Z")
Hooray, [I didn’t imagine it.](http://groups.google.ca/groups?selm=clund-38F869.19570026082004%40amstwist00.chello.com&output=gplain) ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2004, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-did-they-just-show-a-goatse-image-on-cnn/261655/16 "2004-08-26T23:02:25Z")
What the…? The usenet article mentioning it just vanished. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-did-they-just-show-a-goatse-image-on-cnn/261655/17 "2004-08-27T00:36:34Z")
Vanished? Must be a Google glitch. I saw the post in your link, but then when I went to go back to it a second time it vanished for me too. WTF? 😕 I’m gonna go see if there’s anything at Snopes (wonder if it was a prank or a hoax or something…) ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-did-they-just-show-a-goatse-image-on-cnn/261655/18 "2004-08-27T00:40:38Z")
Weird. I quit my browser. Started up a brand new session and got to the usenet post again (this time I took a screenshot in case it vanishes again. Off to Snopes… ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-did-they-just-show-a-goatse-image-on-cnn/261655/19 "2004-08-27T14:54:43Z")
“We’re expecting strong downburst winds today…” ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-did-they-just-show-a-goatse-image-on-cnn/261655/20 "2004-08-27T15:40:06Z")
Eurrgghh. Even reading the Wikipedia article started to make me feel ill. And the description of “tubgirl” was worse than the one I thought they were referring to, on [Rotten.com](http://Rotten.com). I didn’t finish the Wikipedia article. :: quease :: [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-did-they-just-show-a-goatse-image-on-cnn/261655.md?page=2)