MetaFilter posts tagged with strangers

Omegle - like a slot machine, only with people

Lush — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:10:26 -0800

Talk to strangers! "When you use Omegle, we pick another user at random and let you have a one-on-one chat with each other." [via waxy]

Help a Fellow Out

wittgenstein — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 12:55:28 -0800

Making decisions, as we all know, is hard. One way to get out of them is to let other people make them for you. This is a bit old, but I only came across it myself today.

You have questions, strangers have answers.

cjorgensen — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 12:21:12 -0800

Dial-a-Stranger: When you don't know who to turn to... Turn to who you don't know. The creation of Zachary Kent and Mercedes Martinez. It's not at all like AskMeFi.

Touching Strangers

chunking express — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 06:11:12 -0800

"When my friend Richard Renaldi showed me the first images from the new series Touching Strangers I was just amazed. Asking two complete strangers to not only pose with each other, but to also touch each other while doing that... And this in a culture whose discomfort with touching someone you don't know, or touching something that someone else might have touched still baffles me, even after having spent almost ten years in it!" - A Conversation with Richard Renaldi about 'Touching Strangers' via my 2 second shelf life

New Yorkers and their quirks

SeizeTheDay — Tue, 20 May 2008 10:04:50 -0800

Why do New Yorkers seem rude? A quirky and interesting article about the culture of New Yorkers.

Passive-aggressive notes from roommates, neighbors, coworkers and strangers.

chunking express — Wed, 23 May 2007 08:32:48 -0800

Passive-aggressive notes from roommates, neighbors, coworkers and strangers.

Upon First Meeting

grapefruitmoon — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 09:13:38 -0800

Upon First Meeting : RISD MFA student Jeff Barnett-Winsby takes photos of strangers who answered an ad on Craigslist.

The Kindness of Strangers

MzB — Wed, 23 Apr 2003 21:00:45 -0800

"Let me help you. Step down. Here we go!
The drum major's widow! She's worn his coat since the day he died. The horse's head has lost an ear! That's the florist laughing. He has crinkly eyes. In the bakery window, lollipops! Smell that! They're giving out melon slices. Sugarplum ice cream! We're passing the butcher. Ham, 79 francs. Spareribs, 45! Now the cheese shop. Picadors are 12.90. Cabecaus, 23.50. A baby is watching a dog that's watching the chickens! Now we're at the kiosk by the metro. I'll leave you here. Bye!"