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Re: Omegle 2009-2023

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Post by supertofu »

ploum wrote: post #658
0xDEAFBEAD wrote: post #646

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For people who are looking for this -- It's a common refrain on Twitter that Twitter can be a better dating app than actual dating apps. I think the mechanism here is similar -- both Twitter and Omegle encourage a sort of stream-of-consciousness, semi-anonymous communication style that facilitates soul entwinement.

I met my wife because she saw on facebook a screenshot someone has taken from a tweet I did about a terrorist attack. (Charlie Hebdo 2015- Paris). This encouraged her to read my blog then to get in touch, etc… So meeting my wife happened because: 1. There was a terrorist attack 2. I tweeted about it 3. The tweet became popular 4. A random someone took the time to screenshot it to share it on Facebook 5. That random s…

The odds your son exists are about the same as the chance that the last extant turtle on Earth, swimming alone through the Earth's barren oceans, should happen to swim right through a particular wooden ring, tossed at random into the sea from some vessel a million years earlier.

Re: Omegle 2009-2023

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Post by ly376 »

It's truly the end of an era. It feels like that generation of sites is ending, and a lot of how the internet "felt" at that time is ending too. Nowadays, it's all about clout and getting famous - back then, the internet just felt like a fun (and sometimes dangerous) place to be.

Re: Omegle 2009-2023

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Post by balls187 »

benbristow wrote: post #891
balls187 wrote: post #875

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I tell my wife that she and I always end up together in every multiverse, including the one where our relationship somehow causes that universe to collapse on itself (also that’s the same one where Hacker News is implemented as ASP.Net app)

What's wrong with ASP.NET? (MVC, not the travesty that is WebForms)

Nothing.

Just a markedly different technology than how it’s implemented in our universe.

Re: Omegle 2009-2023

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Post by pbhjpbhj »

safeandsound wrote: post #805
justsid wrote: post #286

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I didn’t use Omegle much, but I actually met my now wife on there. We used the text only thing where a third person suggests a topic. Must’ve talked for a good 2 hours on there before exchanging informations, I shudder thinking that even the smallest glitch could have changed my life so drastically. We met 11 years ago on the platform, a completely random fluke. And while I haven’t really used Omegle in a long time,…

Sliding Doors the movie comes to mind

To my recollection "sliding doors" was already a meme (in the Dawkins sense). The movie was based on that. I swear I remember explaining to my then girlfriend the term, as I'd read it on the internet?

Wikipedia says the term came from the movie. Obviously the idea didn't; but it's my recollection wrong or can anyone show that Wikipedia is wrong here?

I guess a search on Usenet archives might find something?

Re: Omegle 2009-2023

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Post by comprev »

Blahah wrote: post #103

Gives me chills, that was so heartfelt and raw. Hurt on all sides, but this is a bit like losing access to a public space because someone committed crimes there. One of the greatest things Omegle enabled is this... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhzHV9QD0Is (Harry Mack freestyling for random Omegle matches, it was a series of 90+ episodes and brought me and others so much joy during COVID)

I've been following Harry Mack for years now and he still never ceases to amaze me.

Someone who has worked incredibly hard at their craft in a very public manner.

The positive vibe he brings makes the internet a little bit better on every encounter.

I almost shed a tear when H.Mack got the opportunity to perform in front of his idols, Ice Cube, who said he was one of the best freestyle rappers he's seen, and had followed his career closely for years. A magical moment :-)

Re: Omegle 2009-2023

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Post by tremere »

jhatemyjob wrote: post #958
tremere wrote: post #662

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Humor me. Recommend a filter for me to get me started. It doesn't even have to be that good and if I'm disappointed I won't be able to reply anyway.

nice try

Wasn't trying anything, I was legit curious about places where intellectual conversation happens. I suppose you are right that exposing such places to air will risk their integrity, then you'll be left in the same situation as me. Forget I ever asked.
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