Adventures in Periscope-ing

Last night, I was unusually awake late on a work night for a couple of reasons: 1) I have a nagging tooth-ache that has made it difficult to sleep.  I’m going to the dentist this week and I am dreading it. 2) I was watching the NASCAR Daytona summer race and I really wanted to see if Kyle Busch could regain the two laps he lost at the beginning of the race (he did!)  and if he would end up with a good finish to get close to making the Chase (17th, better than expected under the circumstances).   Now that I’ve completely lost your respect, I’m about to add one more thing to make you feel embarrassed for me:  I discovered Periscope.

As an American born in Mexico, I am, by nature, paranoid about cops.  The default setting is that they are bad until proven otherwise.  Given recent events and the proliferation of videos, I thought it would be a good idea, if I ever got stopped, to broadcast it, just in case anything bad happened.  As I said, I’m paranoid about cops.  I heard about meerkat and periscope, but I hadn’t done anything until a NASCAR guy that I follow on Twitter started periscoping, so I created an account (periscope is somehow linked with Twitter) and it was super easy.

This is all prelude to last night when, as I was understandably bored by cars going around in circles, I started looking at periscope to see what was out there.  First, I stumbled on a Bree Olson broadcast.  I knew I had heard that name before, and a quick google reminded me that she used to be Charlie Sheen’s “something”.  I checked it out and she was boring.

Next, I found a broadcast that said it was an actual date.  This was intriguing.  I got in and it was a cute girl with librarian glasses and a hefty-looking dude with tattoos.  The girl was saying she was a comedian which automatically had me thinking, “Oh, ok, this is some gimmick, not a real date date.”  I still stayed tuned.

So, do you know who the girl turned out to be?

Yup, ole 4″ dick pic girl herself, Jenn Sterger!

Turns out the dude was some AAA baseball player and they were in El Paso having drinks at some restaurant.  The whole thing was super weird to watch.  It did not seem staged, but at the same time it wasn’t a normal date.  I mean, who the hell broadcasts their date and keeps their eyes on the phone to react to people’s comments?

Oh, and there were plenty of Favre comments, which was hilarious.   The guy was funny and seemed like a decent dude, so everyone was also pushing for him to get a kiss, which he did, and then for a bj, handy, etc.  He was very low-key and chill about the whole thing and was actually texting his mom during the “date”.

Eventually the thing ended and I was left wondering what the hell I had just watched.  Don’t get me wrong, it was kinda fun and funny, but it seemed really weird to watch two people on a date, no matter how real it was or not.

And then Andy Isaac renewed my faith in Uproxx by posting this gem of a video.  I highly recommend you all watch it: