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Updating the Pirate Anime FAQ
Joe Curzon writes "Over two years ago, I created what is now probably the most comprehensive and detailed guide to spotting bootleg and counterfeit anime/manga related goods - The Pirate Anime FAQ. A special version of the FAQ has also been published at numerous Anime Conventions around the USA. However due to commitments in the "real world" I have not been able to update FAQ almost a year. :( I would like to iron out any creases and update the whole thing in one go, so I was wondering what improvements would the Otaku readers of /. recommend? The DVD section and Fansub section are in need of the most attention and I plan to deal with that soon, but I was also wondering if there were any subtle changes I could make to improve the FAQ as well?"
Over two years ago, I created what is now probably the most comprehensive and detailed guide
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The improvement most Slashdot readers would undoubtedly like is lots of links to downloads of pirated anime.
The goatse guy for president. Win one for the gaper!
What about thirty year old guys discussing a hobbyist operating system?
Why should I pay $15 or $20 for a whole DVD when most of the frames are just repeats of the same old thing we've seen before? Sure, they might change the details a little bit from frame to frame, but it's still just derivative crap copying the success of the few new and interesting frames. Besides, the price of a series is WAY more than it costs to produce a DVD. My DVD-Rs are less than a buck. And how much of that money ever makes it back to characters, anyway? The big distribution studios just suck it all up, all part of the MPAA machine.
Maybe if I could buy just the frames I liked at a reasonable price instead of having to pay for all the filler, I would. But the way it is, I'm not buying the DVDs anyway, so I feel no compunction about copying them off the net for free.
I'm guessing that not even 0.01% of the people on Slashdot know me, but probably 99% have seen my picture... a most unsightly picture of my backside, that is. You see, almost since the beginning of Slashdot, trolls and other malcontents have been posting links to a website containing a picture of me spreading my ass wide for the camera. In addition to the links, elaborate ASCII art representations of my picture have also been posted (some of them with tattoos!). Songs and poems have been written, and Slashdot users have even named themselves after me.
Who am I? In case you haven't guessed, I'm the Goatse.cx guy. I'd thought I'd write a little about myself in case anyone is interested.
Believe it or not, I discovered my picture on the Internet only about 4 months ago, despite it apparently making the rounds for years. Being somewhat old-fashioned and technologically handicapped, I logged on to the Internet for the first time only about a year or so ago. At first I used the Internet primarily for Instant Messaging and occasional emailing. Back in January, I was over at my somewhat more computer-literate friend's house watching HGTV. He happened to be reading Slashdot on his computer. When a commercial came on, I ventured over to his desk to see what he was looking at. Just then, he clicked on a link in a posted message. It opened up a picture that shocked the hell out of me. My friend wasn't shocked, but he was mildly pissed off. "Goddamn trolls," he said. Apparently, they had "redirected" the link. He was going to close the picture but I stopped him. I came in for a closer look. I could not believe it... after all those years, I was once again face-to-face with a picture of my wide open ass.
You see, about 11 years ago, I had a live-in lover named Brett (I'm gay, by the way) who was really into S&M. I wasn't really interested at the time. Curious, yes, but it sounded a bit too painful to me. But Brett completely changed my way of thinking. He was into domination, piercings, etc., but his main forte was anal insertion of large and strange objects. He taught me various methods to stretch my anus to sizes I once couldn't obtain with the largest of my most painful of dumps. It's amazing how stretchable the anus is if you work at it. I guess it's sort of like a woman's vagina in childbirth. In three months, I was able to insert 20 oz. soda bottles in my ass without even using any lubricant. In five months, I was up to 2 liter bottles, although those hurt like hell. But you know, Brett showed me just how erotic pain could be, how it could open up new levels of sexual bliss. One night, when we were both high on cocaine, Brett was playing with his new camera. He asked me to open wide... and I did. That was the birth of the picture you see daily on Slashdot.
I have no idea how that picture ended up on the Goatse.cx website. Brett and I broke up about 2 years later, amicably. He had his career, and I had a sick mother to tend to. I don't know what happened to that picture. I suspect Brett kept it, and maybe one of his future estranged lovers stole it and posted it. I haven't talked to Brett in years. I don't even know where he is these days. But anyway, thank you Slashdot, for keeping his--and my--memory alive.
Sincerely,
The "Goatse.cx" guy
For one thing, you could change the colors on the web site. The bright green and blue text is very hard on the eyes, try dark blue and dark green instead. You should also consider removing the menu GIF animation.
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