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		fsckboy on Oct 7, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The naughty username checking system used by Twitc... I was pedantic about it in the good old days too, it's goatse.cx and not goatse you need the domain to make the goat-sex joke work

nazgulsenpai on Oct 7, 2021 | [–]

Woah, 20+ years later and I literally had no idea until now. Learn something new every day, but somehow this one is shocking because of how obvious it is and how long it took :)

User23 on Oct 7, 2021 | [–]

There was a lot more horrifying stuff on that site besides hello.jpg, but most everyone recoiled in horror before they saw anything else.

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