Goatse, like Michelangelo's David, should be an exception to normal rules of censorship, due to its status as part of our shared cultural heritage.

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The legal framework known as "we all had to see it so you have to too"

I'm terrified to see an AI rendering of what The David, 2 Girls, 1 Cup would look like.

!unpopularopinion is that way (edit: I still don't know how to link communities, whee)

In the alternative, you really need to come up with some better things to think about in the shower

You just need to specify which instance it's on: !unpopularopinion@lemmy.world

Most apps or web ui should also have an autofill option.

Ah, thank you! Mbin has a variety of formatting options but nothing to help with community links, it seems.

Lemmy try... pun intended... !unpopularopinion@lemmy.world

Hurrah, I'll remember that. It'd be a lot more intuitive to pick up on if the commat and instance name weren't hidden from the formatted result.

Oh, I didn't even notice you're on fedia. Different software explains explains a lot.

Had no idea it hides the instance. This is how I see it:

oh, yeah, if it displayed like that for me it would have saved a lot of confusion on my part. XD

I should probably dig around in the settings and see if maybe that's a default setting I can change.

thanks again!

Counterpoint: what if older societies already put in place censorship laws that were so successful, they effectively scrubbed any cultural memory of similar "works"?

Perhaps we should write our rules based on what we want in the future rather than what our ancestors did?

Like many parts of history we wish it hadn't happened, but here we are. Those who forget their history are doomed to repeat it.

What you call "normal rules of censorship" only applies to countries under Islamic laws and the USA...

So like, your school teachers showed you gaping rectum porn?

In my country, Greek civilization is studied in 6th grade and yes among other things you study classical Greek sculptures of naked dudes.

Naked dudes is one thing. The guy you replied to is talking about a gaping prolapsed anus.

I guess we didn't read the same OP then

Edit: sorry guys, I guess I'm not up to date with latest Internet trends

It was like 2003...so probably not "latest", but definitely a niche thing that you had to be part of a specific subculture to be exposed to.

When I’m playing civilization vi and I found a religion, I always call it “goatseism” in his honor.

Hell, we could straight-up consider it a medical anatomy exhibit.

If you need something nice to look at after your web search, go to lemonparty.org /s

Oh god why did you dig up these repressed memories.

Your going to making me politically motivated enough to join the lemon party

who?

Is goatse.cx still up? I would check but growing up with the internet as it was, I've seen enough Goatse in my lifetime that I really don't need to see it again.

I checked. You people are week. But anyway apparently it's a crypto thing now. What a time to be alive