I found a link to this new web service today called Omegle that hooks you up randomly with a stranger so you can have a conversation. That’s all there is to it!
I tried it out immediately and had a short polite talk about ‘being on the planet earth’ (which is one of my favorite conversation starters). But @jaredrules had an encounter with a ’stranger’ that blows mine outta the water.
ENJOY
You: Hello
Stranger: hi
You: How are you doing?
Stranger: what’s going on?
Stranger: i’m pretty good
Stranger: how about you?
You: Eh, I’m just killing time til I can figure out what to do with myself
Stranger: well this seems like an ok way to do that
You: yeah, could do a lot worse
Stranger: figure out what to do with yourself in what sense?
You: just for today
Stranger: you could go for a walk
You: Yeah, thats not a bad idea
Stranger: is it nice weather?
You: I did a lot of walking today though
You: no it’s raining
Stranger: ah
You: I don’t have a car
You: so I walk a lot
Stranger: anything good on tv?
Stranger: i don’t have a car either
Stranger: and i walk a lot as well
You: Don’t have TV currently :-)
Stranger: nice
Stranger: me neither
Stranger: are you me?
You: Whoa
You: That would blow my mind
Stranger: wouldn’t that be weird?
Stranger: totally
Stranger: our mind, i suppose
You: That’s a question I would ask!
Stranger: now you’re freaking me out
Stranger: what’s your favorite color?
You: Green, you?
Stranger: no way
You: you’re lying
Stranger: not at all
Stranger: i wish you could see how not lying i really am
You: Maybe you’re me from the future?
You: or the past?
Stranger: that would be cool
Stranger: but in that scenario, i would know what you should be doing with yourself right now
Stranger: unless i’m you from the past
You: oh right?
You: But I would remember this conversation…
Stranger: that’s true too
Stranger: unless, while you were walking,
Stranger: you hit your head and had amnesia
You: oooh
You: and I probably wouldn’t remember doing that
Stranger: exactly
You: man…
Stranger: i think that’s probably what happened
Stranger: to one of us
You: do you have hoverboards in your time?
Stranger: nope
You: damn, me neither
Stranger: unfortunately
Stranger: yeah things here are pretty boring
Stranger: no flying cars either
You: no jetpacks or anything!
Stranger: nope
You: whatta ripoff
Stranger: maybe you should be inventing those things
Stranger: instead of killing time here
Stranger: ever thought of that?
You: If I could invent a hoverboard, I already would have
Stranger: unless you were on the cusp of the invention, then hit your head and had amnesia
You: noooooo!
Stranger: i’m not saying it actually happened
Stranger: but it could have
You: and we’d never know
Stranger: so perhaps what you should do, is go for a walk
Stranger: like, where you would normally walk
Stranger: see if you have deja-vu
Stranger: and maybe jet packs and hoverboards will be forthcoming!
You: If I invented a hoverboard or a jetpack I would be my own hero
Stranger: and mine too
You: well you are me
Stranger: exactly
You: totally
Stranger: so that was a bit redundant
You: redundancy is good sometimes I feel
Stranger: in what context?
You: it reinforces knowledge
Stranger: sure
Stranger: learning by rote
You: I’m beginning to wonder if Omegle is actually a huge test in Artificial Inteligence
Stranger: and building muscle memory
Stranger: that could be
You: it just hooks people up to what they are told are “strangers”
Stranger: that’s true
Stranger: but i know i’m a real person
You: but it’s actually a super computer attempting human conversation
You: that’s what a computer would want me to think!
Stranger: it’s not doing too badly, i have to say
Stranger: it’s got me fooled
You: that’s how good you are!
Stranger: so what could you ask that would prove it wasn’t a computer on the other end?
Stranger: is there anything?
You: maybe ask a paradoxical question and see if you get “error: does not compute” as a response
You: like
Stranger: right
Stranger: well, i’m sorry if i haven’t helped you figure out what to do with yourself
Stranger: but i have helped you kill time
You: that is true
You: and I thank you for that
Stranger: so this you-robot is good for something
Stranger: and thank you!
Stranger: i’m going to go make supper and perhaps a walk afterwards, now that you’ve inspired me
You: I am totally gonna send this conversation to a friend of mine
Stranger: do it
You: Supper is such a good word
Stranger: even better is supper club
Stranger: i would say: don’t you agree? but I know you do
Stranger: because we are one
You: it’s true
You: alright, later Me
Stranger: later
Stranger: see you in another dimension
