But like my friends and I, not everyone browsing Chatroulette is doing so alone-we flipped by the occasional scantily clad couple, the young person ignoring an offscreen parent’s command, or the roommates crowding around a screen, eager for a break from movie marathons and videogames. ‘We have nothing to do, we’re just here like, stuck in here,’ said Hugo, isolating with his roommates Joel and Ignacio in North Carolina. ‘It’s fun conversations. There’s some shit out there, but the people we’ve met… they’re pretty cool.’

— How to Talk to Strangers During Quarantine - VICE