I chatted with a man who seemed to be between 50-60 years of age, sitting in an office of some sort. He was by far the oldest man I have seen or chatted with. He deducted that I was in college, and it seemed as if he wanted to figure out how old I really was. I did not feel comfortable talking to him, due to the age difference. Awkward feelings like this and others I had during my encounters make me thankful that I will not be using Chatroulette anymore. However, this uncomfortability seems to be what Marc Lafia tried to reach during his piece: where one is being moved beyond their comfort zone, taking risk, reaching out, about the desire to 'see' beyond one's confines, the desire to communicate. I feel like I have a little more insight now, living in this space of chatroulette, of others.
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