Hello.jpg and gap.zip: the internet shock-image archive associated with a notorious site
Overview of hello.jpg and gap.zip, the shock-image files linked to notorious site Goatse.cx: origins, distribution, archival tracing and the cultural impact of this explicit online archive.
Goatse.cx (commonly pronounced "goat-see" or "goat-sex", and often shortened to "Goatse") was an Internet shock site known for displaying a single, highly explicit image to visitors.
Image and depiction
The most notorious file on the site was published as hello.jpg. It showed an unclothed man using both hands to pull his buttocks apart so far that the inner cavity of his rectum was clearly visible. The photograph also exposed the subject's penis and scrotum, and a ring could be seen on the ring finger of his left hand. The action involved the subject forcibly expanding his anus; descriptions in other sources sometimes use the term buttocks when referring to the area.
Origin and related images
The picture identified as hello.jpg was part of a larger archive distributed as gap.zip, which contained around forty photographs. In several of those files the man is shown using various sex toys and butt plugs to enlarge the anal opening. Researchers and archivists, including the Stile Project, traced the image set and copies were made available in the "Contrib" section of the original goatse.cx site; within the archive the well known picture corresponds to the file named gap3.jpg.
Questions and answers
Q: What is Goatse.cx?
A: It was an Internet shock site that gained notoriety for its graphic content.
Q: What was featured on the Goatse.cx page?
A: The page featured a picture called hello.jpg which showed an undressed man stretching his butt to a large size with both hands, making the inside of his rectum visible.
Q: What else was visible in the hello.jpg image?
A: Below the man's anus, his penis and scrotum were visible, as well as a ring on the ring finger of his left hand.
Q: Where did the image hello.jpg come from?
A: The image was part of a set of forty pictures from a file named gap.zip, which featured the man using sex toys and butt plugs to stretch his anus.
Q: Who located the images and where else are they available?
A: The images were located by Stile Project and are also available from the "Contrib" section of the goatse.cx website under the filename gap.zip.
Q: What is the filename of the hello.jpg image in the gap.zip file?
A: It is gap3.jpg, and it is the third file in the archive.
Q: How is Goatse pronounced?
A: It can be pronounced either "/goʊtsi: dɒt si: ɛks/" or "/goʊt sɛks/".
Author
AlegsaOnline.com Hello.jpg and gap.zip: the internet shock-image archive associated with a notorious site Leandro Alegsa
URL: https://en.alegsaonline.com/art/138965