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Goatse.cx in the New York Times

So this is just awesome. But nerd awesome. Or rather, nerd/web geek awesome.

Anil Dash is pictured in a New York Times article entitled, Loosing Google's Lock on the Past wearing a Goatse (sfw) t-shirt from Threadless. For those who don't know about the Goatse.cx phenomenon, there is a work-safe explanation via Wikipedia. Suffice to say, googling Goatse is inadvisable at work, or really at all. Goatse is one of those memes which never goes away - I think there might even be a gallery of Goatse, but I've never really wanted to google around for it.

Just goes to show that web culture continues to seep into the broader culture. I'm just amazed that Anil got this photo through the NYTimes, and had the humor to think to wear this shirt to the photo shoot.

Comments

sweetchuck says:

Articles on goatse and deep throat on the same day. That's funny.

Posted by: sweetchuck at June 2, 2005 11:52 AM #

plemeljr says:

You know, I didn't realize that until you said something. Did you see today's photo? I see a theme developing.

Posted by: plemeljr at June 2, 2005 12:08 PM #

sweetchuck says:

Hopefully there's a story about Bush soon. Or the new .xxx domains being created.

Posted by: sweetchuck at June 2, 2005 12:56 PM #

plemeljr says:

Yeah, at $60/pop .xxx harkens back to the days when domain names cost $100. Good discussion here. .xxx will do a lot of nothing, but only make whomever is the registrar (think Register.com) tons of money. Although, goatse.xxx or amazon.xxx or other domain names would be fun to have.