# What is the worst thing you've accidentally seen on a computer? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 16, 2017, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-thing-youve-accidentally-seen-on-a-computer/786736 "2017-05-16T12:27:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Crazy\_Canuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crazy_canuck/32/5282_2.png) [@Crazy\_Canuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crazy_Canuck)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-thing-youve-accidentally-seen-on-a-computer/786736/61 "2017-05-18T20:29:41Z")
I have walked in very dark places online, but I will bring no report to darken the light of day. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2017, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-thing-youve-accidentally-seen-on-a-computer/786736/62 "2017-05-19T04:14:20Z")
> [@TokyoBayer](#): > > Maybe the worst case of my accidentally seeing information came before email was common. > > I was working for a Japanese distributor and a European company started to quietly set up their own branch office, hiring the general sales manager for that division of our company. > > I came into work early one morning to find their latest plans in the fax machine. > > That made for an interesting day at work. Were these personal or work plans? ---
**Author:** ![guitario](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3d9bf3/32.png) [@guitario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guitario)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2017, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-thing-youve-accidentally-seen-on-a-computer/786736/63 "2017-05-19T09:49:47Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > -I saw an article on Snopes about “crush videos”. It showed pictures of some Chinese chick in stilettos stomping a kitten to death. > > -One Guy, One Jar. Most shock sites don’t bother me, but this one was a little too much. I saw a similar video involving said animal, a man, and a knife. It was posted onto one of those gore/shock sites with a disclaimer warning people that it’s not for entertainment, but was there simply to help identify the person in the video so they could alert the authorities. Luckily it wasn’t too graphic, due to the angle, but still… the only emotion I felt afterwards was contempt for the sick fuck. I’m not easily shocked - and I’ve seen a lot of gory stuff, but I found myself shaking my head and sighing. Even with the most evil of things, there is a purpose to an action - this wasn’t even for ‘fun’… just, because. That’s what made it worse. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2017, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-thing-youve-accidentally-seen-on-a-computer/786736/64 "2017-05-19T10:44:57Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > Were these personal or work plans? They were doing this in secret. The manufacturer had poached our sales manager, but he was still working for us. They were stealing company secrets while preparing to set up the branch office. As far as we could tell, they had intended to sent this fax to his home number but screwed up and sent it to the office. Since we had proof of this deceit, it cost the manufacturer several million in a settlement. It’s hard to claim innocence when the spelled out exactly what and when they were going to do. They didn’t even bother to contest their guilt, they only attempted to negotiate on the amount of damages. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2017, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-thing-youve-accidentally-seen-on-a-computer/786736/65 "2017-05-19T11:19:02Z")
While working in the IT department of a small company, I had to reinstall the CEO’s secretary’s computer which involved first backuping everything personal on it for her. Among the stuff she pointed to me was a folder named “Funny” that was full of mostly jpegs that I copied over to my machine for a slow day. It was mostly early memes, comic strips & the sort of stuff that today would be Facebook wall material… and a 20 minute video of a woman being \*very \*affectionate with a horse. Did not see that coming. And then I did. ---
**Author:** ![femmejean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/0ea827/32.png) [@femmejean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/femmejean)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2017, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-thing-youve-accidentally-seen-on-a-computer/786736/66 "2017-05-19T15:22:10Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > While working in the IT department of a small company, I had to reinstall the CEO’s secretary’s computer which involved first backuping everything personal on it for her. Among the stuff she pointed to me was a folder named “Funny” that was full of mostly jpegs that I copied over to my machine for a slow day. It was mostly early memes, comic strips & the sort of stuff that today would be Facebook wall material… and a 20 minute video of a woman being \*very \*affectionate with a horse. > Did not see that coming. And then I did. Hmm…I assume there was no penetration. No jokes intended, don’t want to really ask in General Questions but bestiality with horses generally leads to death doesn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2017, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-thing-youve-accidentally-seen-on-a-computer/786736/67 "2017-05-19T15:49:08Z")
Well, according to the Book of Leviticus, it does. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2017, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-thing-youve-accidentally-seen-on-a-computer/786736/68 "2017-05-19T16:32:46Z")
> [@Jennshark](#): > > A related anecdote: my wife retired from a paramedic at FDNY a few years ago. A year or so prior to retiring, one of FDNY’s shitty gurneys malfunctioned and basically degloved her thumb. She sent me a text message with a pic attachment: “Hi honey, at the ER, hurt my thumb.” I opened the pic and almost fainted :eek::eek::eek: First responders can forget that us normal civilians are a good bit more squeamish about things like the inside of a thumb being on the outside. Some people were sharing similarly graphic photos of victims of the Boston Marathon bombing. The most common one was a very gray-faced man in a wheelchair, with his shinbones being all that was left of his legs below the knees. :eek: I really did not need to be surprised by that, and I also thought it was an assault on his dignity to have that uncropped photo shared so much. ---
**Author:** ![yellow\_sausage\_bandit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yellow_sausage_bandit/32/394_2.png) [@yellow\_sausage\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellow_sausage_bandit)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2017, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-thing-youve-accidentally-seen-on-a-computer/786736/69 "2017-05-19T16:56:17Z")
A gif of a guy shitting on a tied-up baby, on 4chan. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2017, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-thing-youve-accidentally-seen-on-a-computer/786736/70 "2017-05-19T20:54:19Z")
> [@divemaster](#): > > Well, according to the Book of Leviticus, it does. According to [Catherine the Great](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/100/is-it-true-about-catherine-the-great-and-the-horse), it does. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2017, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-thing-youve-accidentally-seen-on-a-computer/786736/71 "2017-05-19T20:56:57Z")
> [@femmejean](#): > > Hmm…I assume there was no penetration. You assume wrong. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-thing-youve-accidentally-seen-on-a-computer/786736.md?page=3)