Op-Ed: Why I Haven't Fallen For Chat Roulette... Yet.

Last night, I finally tried out Chat Roulette. And I'll admit, I was a little disappointed. Not by the number of male genetalia (no, there were plenty of them!), but by how BORING everyone was. Is that how the world perceives me? As a boring Chat Roulette user? Anyway, I'm not about to be plunged into a self-esteem crisis.

The internet is afire with stories and screenshots of hilarious and awkward encounters via Chat Roulette (see left). Unfortunately, I encountered none of those. Many of the people I met said nothing but "Hi," a simple, albeit plebeian, phrase. The most interesting people my friends and I met were these two guys who commented that my friends picture was far too high up on the wall to be a satisfying interior design.    Other than that, it was mostly penises, lonely girls, and creepy old men. There was one guy that saw my Hawaiian flower earrings as I bent over to text and complimented them. I hurriedly replied, "Thanks ;)" and hit enter before I could see the horror of the winking/flirting emoticon I sent some random middle aged man with a terrible haircut. I didn't get a "BOOBS OR GTFO" partner, which I hear is all too common, although a guy from Spain told me to kiss my (female) friend, in both English and Spanish (how kind of him).

And it was all so ordinary. There was an excess of awkward staring and lame replies. I don't think I'll be venturing on CR anytime soon. I prefer Omegle, on which you can optionally use a webcam (I don't) and is basically an anonymous chat room. Last night I pretended to be a pretentious Yale student and, on a seperate occasion, fooled some 17 year old girl into thinking I was Mexican, Spanish and all.

MORE CHATROULETTE FUN: This professional troller trolls Chat Roulette, saying things both meanly and cleverly.