I just read about Omegle on Metafilter and popped over to check it out. My first contact had already chatted with hundreds of people. I bid him/her well and moved on. My second contact dropped me after a quick a/s/l query. My third was a gem. Apologies for the offensive language—it’s not mine. (Gah-I can’t even repost it. Just bothers me to have it on my blog. Shit-talk redacted.)

Stranger: talk to me

Stranger: im lonely

Stranger: chris hanson?

You: no

You: sorry

You: you?

Stranger: k good

Stranger: no

Stranger: lets se

Stranger: x

Stranger: i wanna role play

Stranger: i’ll be a rhino

You: it turns out that without identity attached to this, people feel no obligation to be polite

Stranger: shut the fuck up nXXXer

You: ok im a cane spider

Stranger: no, you’re fucking stupid

You: lol

You: see?

Stranger: this conversation is now about me hating you

Stranger: nXXXer lover

You: well i’m a cane spider and you

Stranger: i bet you voted for obama

You: ‘re probably bitten

Stranger: get the fuck off the topic of cane-spiders

You: sigh.

Stranger: i’ve been wanting tohate somebody all day

Stranger: thank you

You: anytime