I stumbled across a new site the other night, omegle.com. Heard of it? It’s a simple site where you chat with a stranger. That’s it. That’s all you do. I’ve never had any interest in online chatting, cause I’m not terribly fond of what others have to say, but there’s something strangely addictive about this site. No registration, no usernames, no specified topics - just a big button that says “Start a Chat.” Click it, omegle randomly grabs a stranger from the pool, and the two of you start chatting – until one of you decides to abruptly disconnect from the discussion, no apologies or goodbyes required. I gave it a few trial runs, and I have to assume that the strangers on the other side are all pretty girls at the bar… considering my abysmal failures in holding a conversation with a single one of them.
Below you’ll find the transcripts of my attempts to converse with strangers on omegle.com:
You’re now chatting with a random stranger. Say hi!
A word of advice: “asl” is boring. Please find something more interesting to talk about!
Stranger: fucking
You: eh?
Stranger: huh
Your conversational partner has disconnected.
You’re now chatting with a random stranger. Say hi!
A word of advice: “asl” is boring. Please find something more interesting to talk about!
Stranger: Hello
You: hello, how goes it
Stranger: Chillin
Stranger: U?
You: Good good. Just came across this site from the xcfd blog
Stranger: Haha nice
Your conversational partner has disconnected.
You’re now chatting with a random stranger. Say hi!
A word of advice: “asl” is boring. Please find something more interesting to talk about!
You: Robots?
Stranger: whaaat ? :D
Stranger: not :D
You: Oh, just real humans here, eh? I’m looking for robots
Stranger: why u need robots
You: Looking to get some various tasks accomplished. Fly me to work. Etc
Stranger: well good luck
You: Thanks.
You: Panthers?
Your conversational partner has disconnected.
You’re now chatting with a random stranger. Say hi!
A word of advice: “asl” is boring. Please find something more interesting to talk about!
Stranger: hey
Stranger: what are you from?
You: the past. You?
Stranger: ？
Stranger: what？
Stranger: what are you from?
Your conversational partner has disconnected.
You’re now chatting with a random stranger. Say hi!
A word of advice: “asl” is boring. Please find something more interesting to talk about!
Stranger: Hi
You: brb. gonna go grab a smoke.
Your conversational partner has disconnected.
You’re now chatting with a random stranger. Say hi!
A word of advice: “asl” is boring. Please find something more interesting to talk about!
Stranger: MARI?
You: Nope. TARI.
Your conversational partner has disconnected.
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So, yeah. Seems that I’m not very good at omegle. Perhaps you’ll have more luck. Give it a try and let me know what you think. You may just find that special someone you’ve been looking for, be it a lover or a Dungeon Master. Or if you happen to stumble upon a chat with me, well, you could find both. I love you.
14 responses so far ↓
shawn // July 14, 2009 at 12:44 pm |
Thon?
shawn // July 14, 2009 at 12:44 pm |
My one conversation:
Stranger: hi
You: puppies!
Your conversational partner has disconnected.
Thane // July 14, 2009 at 5:14 pm |
I cannot wait to get on that after I’ve had a few.
Joe // July 15, 2009 at 8:52 am |
Stranger: Hi
You: CAN’T TALK NOW. VERY BUSY!
Your conversational partner has disconnected.
chris // July 15, 2009 at 10:58 am |
My conversation:
Stranger: hey
You: I have been swimming in raw sewage. I love it.
Stranger: surely you are chinese
Your conversational partner has disconnected.
Thane // July 15, 2009 at 12:50 pm |
I was having a wonderful time messing around on that last night. I loved doing crap like this:
Stranger: Hi!
You: Take a hike.
Stranger: You first!
Stranger: :P
You have ended the conversation.
Bones // July 17, 2009 at 12:33 am |
Stranger: hi
You: Hi, my name is Gail, Fierce Warrior
Stranger: :)
Stranger: :D
You: HIIIIIYA!
Your conversational partner has disconnected.
Saleeby // July 17, 2009 at 7:39 pm |
This seems to get a good reaction.
You: Your conversational partner has disconnected.
Stranger: what?
You: Your conversational partner has disconnected.
Stranger: wtf
You: Your conversational partner has disconnected.
Your conversational partner has disconnected.
shawn // July 17, 2009 at 9:16 pm |
Interesting. I think I connected with someone posting on this thread:
You: rats are eating my eyeballs!!!
Stranger: i qot a pink butthole
Your conversational partner has disconnected.
shawn // July 17, 2009 at 9:16 pm |
Stranger: hello ; D
You: is this twitter?
Your conversational partner has disconnected.
MAC // October 2, 2009 at 7:31 pm |
You’re now chatting with a random stranger. Say hi!
Stranger: hi
You: hello kitten
Stranger: i had a kitten
Stranger: and then it grew into a cat
You: i love kittens
You: i hate cats
Stranger: yeah i can see that
You: i don’t kill kittens or anything…
Stranger: masterbation kills kittens
You: i just play with other people’s
You: bad spelling makes jesus cry
Stranger: i know. jesus has a pity party for me
MAC // October 2, 2009 at 9:28 pm |
Ok – I am not gonna abuse this, but…
Stranger: hi
You: howdy!
Stranger: how are you
You: peachy -you?
You: i am gay!
Your conversational partner has disconnected.
Golden John // November 3, 2009 at 7:49 pm |
Man this site rules!
Connecting to server…
You’re now chatting with a random stranger. Say hi!
You: Hi!
Stranger: hi
You: care for a game of chess?
You: I’ll go first, b3
Stranger: m or F
You: what?
Stranger: male or female
You: checkmate!
Stranger: wow your a plug
You: care to play again?
Stranger: nope
You: …what should we do now?!
Your conversational partner has disconnected.
shawn // November 3, 2009 at 7:50 pm |
OMG! I have swine flu!!!!