The Beauty/Horrors Of Omegle

This post is pretty long. If you want, the main part to read is on the second paragraph. If not, then enjoy this first part. ENJOY IT!

For those of you who don’t know, Omegle is an online chat website that puts you in a conversation with a random stranger with the option of having video or not. I stumbled upon this website through a friend, and ever since I got on it, my view on the world has completely changed. DISCLAIMER: If you have not experienced getting on Omegle, I encourage you to do so before going further into this blog. It’s like reading the plot summary of a movie before watching it. It just either wouldn’t make sense, or it would make you judge something before you got to know it (Ha! Idea for a new post). Anyways, if you’re still here, then you probably already went to Omegle (Or cheated), and you probably already know about the extensive amount of dicks jacking off behind a computer. I still don’t know if they’re trying to impress or if they need to see shocked faces to get it on, but I digress. Back to the main point. Despite the fact that Omegle has an abundance of these disturbingly confident people, I have managed to talk to some of the most interesting people in this website both on video and just chat. One was a young mechanic from Michigan who dropped out of high school to pursue his career in automotive repair. He knew so much about cars, and I thought to myself if someone really needs to follow the education system to be successful in America (Another post idea!). I talked to two high school freshmen from California who were just bored and that was completely okay. Another time, I talked to an entire frat, and they completely justified the frat stereotype.

Besides the chat, there’s a section specifically for college students, so I decided to give it a go. Most of them consisted of pointless small talk. “Hey, I’m blah blah”, “What’s your major?”, “Cool. Ok. Bye”. But then, I met this girl who seemed like the type of person who I could talk to about anything. Then we talked about conversations that happen in Omegle, and she has talked to a lot of people on there. One of the things that she concluded was that talking to strangers through a screen makes it easier to communicate your inner thoughts. There’s no body language to recognize, no judgement, and no repercussions. Just plain thoughts and words. And that made me realize the importance of all these things in real life. If it weren’t for these physical cues, life would just be bland words, and it obviously isn’t the case. Omegle just puts you in an ideal position where it’s not necessary to display these things to communicate what you’re trying to say in a relaxed environment. Then I thought about the limits and flaws of language and the necessity for human interaction, but those are for another story. Omegle is a wonderful and a pretty entertaining place, but if you want to see more of Omegle than you wanted to, go to the unrestricted section, and see if you’re brave enough.