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Comment author: FloraFuture 30 March 2013 01:45:39AM 7 points [-]

Hi everyone,

A few of you have met me on Omegle. I finally signed up and made an account here like you guys suggested.

About me: I'm 26 years old, and my hobbies include creative writing and PC games. My favorite TV show is Rupaul's Drag Race.

I think I share almost all of the main positions that people tend to have in this community. But I actually find disagreements more interesting, so that's mainly what I'm here for. One of my passions in life is debating. I did debate team and that sort of thing when I was younger, but now I'm more interested in how to seriously persuade people, not just debating for show. I still have a lot of improving to do, though. If anyone wants to exchange notes or get some tips, then let me know.

Love,

Flora

Comment author: Kawoomba 31 March 2013 05:17:02PM 0 points [-]

A few of you have met me on Omegle.

Ok, I'm interested. Describe what happened.

Comment author: FloraFuture 01 April 2013 01:27:51AM 0 points [-]

What do you mean? They were just friendly discussions, nothing super notable. I felt like all of them shared the same basic philosophy as me, so I felt like this was a community that I had a lot in common with.

Comment author: arundelo 01 April 2013 06:21:27PM 1 point [-]

Just in case you're not sure what Kawoomba's alluding to, Omegle has such a reputation for being used for sexual stuff that Kawoomba was surprised to learn people use it for nonsexual stuff.

Comment author: FloraFuture 03 April 2013 01:27:19AM 0 points [-]

lol that makes sense, I forget sometimes about Omegle's reputation

Comment author: Kawoomba 01 April 2013 10:34:11AM 0 points [-]

Didn't know you could have actual discourse on Omegle. I've only ever seen "happy" exchanges there, not friendly ones. I wonder if any of the LW pillars frequent Omegle ...