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Find a Buddy

Go outside. Talk to whoever's there. Come back in.

One button, one stranger, one smoke break. No profiles to read and nothing to match on — just whoever else happens to be outside at the same time as you.

Find a Buddy

Start your break or join someone already on a break

A cartoon man in a balaclava with a large fistful of lit cigarettes in his mouth. gentlemen.
artist's impression. one is plenty.

What this is

ever had a smoke and caught yourself thinking “man, i wish i had someone to yap to while enjoying this delicious little treat”?

well, congrats. you’ve come to the right place. i think. get matched with random people around the globe.

  • no sign ups
  • no accounts
  • no emails
  • no notifications
  • no data stealing

(couldn’t care less about your data, tbh)

just you and some other guy on a smoke break.

A chimpanzee holding a cigarette, nodding slowly in approval.
your potential smoke buddy, not guaranteed tho

How it works

It takes about fifteen seconds to get into a room, and most of that is your browser asking permission.

A product render of a mouthpiece adapter that holds twenty cigarettes at once.
not required. impressive, though.
  1. 1

    You press the button

    Your browser asks for the camera and the microphone. You can say no and still watch and type, which is a strange way to meet someone, but it works.

  2. 2

    Somebody's out there

    If anyone is waiting on their own, you land in with them. If nobody is, you get the room to yourself for a minute, which is also how it goes in real life.

  3. 3

    You talk

    Weather, work, whatever is going on. It is four in the morning somewhere, so there is always somebody having a worse night than you.

  4. 4

    One of you goes back in

    A cigarette is ten minutes. If you both light another one you get ten more; if not, that is the break. Hit next and you are with somebody else. If they leave first you stay put, and the next person out gets matched to you.

House rules

three of them. everything else you might be wondering about comes out of these.

  1. 1

    don't be a cunt

    you are on video with a stranger who has done nothing to you. no slurs, no shouting, no getting weird. and if someone is being one at you, hit next, or leave and report them. you owe them nothing and there is another one along in about four seconds.

  2. 2

    be old enough

    old enough to buy a pack where you live. we cannot check and we are not going to pretend we can, but if that is not you then this is not for you. it will still be here later.

  3. 3

    have a good time

    that is the whole point. you do not have to smoke, you do not have to be interesting, and you do not have to stay. four minutes of weather and back inside counts.

Example, these people are 1 not being cunts(probably), 2 are old enough(for sure), 3 having a good time(debatable). follow this example

CIGBUDDY 04:20
A man on a webcam taking a long drag on a cigarette without changing expression. one of them
An older man on a webcam smoking and looking pleased about it. the other one

it's on, big guy

what we smokin

whatever was in the drawer

type shi

Questions

the ones people actually might ask

  • do i have to smoke?

    no. nobody checks and nobody can tell. the cigarette is the excuse, not the entry fee. stand outside with a coffee and you are doing the same thing.

  • what if nobody's there?

    then you wait a bit. you get the room to yourself until somebody else comes out, and the moment they do you are in with them. it is four in the morning somewhere, so it is rarely long.

  • what if i get a weirdo?

    hit next, or leave and report them. that is the whole procedure. you owe a stranger nothing and there is another one along in about four seconds.

  • can i pick who i get?

    no. no list to browse, no filters, no finding your mate. you get whoever else is outside at the same time as you, which is the entire point. if you wanted to talk to someone specific you would have texted them.

  • how many people are in a room?

    two. a hard limit rather than a guideline: a third cannot get in even if they try.

  • do i need an account?

    no. nothing to sign up for, nothing to log into, no email to hand over. you press the button and you are in.

  • is any of this saved?

    no. the room exists while two people are in it and is gone the moment the second one leaves. the chat lives in your browser tab and dies with it. no recording, no transcript, nothing to go back to.

  • who else can see this?

    nobody. video and chat go straight from your browser to theirs. our server's whole job is introducing the two of you, and after that it has nothing to do with what you say. if your two networks refuse to talk directly it bounces off a relay to get there, still encrypted, still not something anyone is reading or keeping.

your visits

visits from this browser

one cigarette

Ten minutes, which is a decent length for a conversation with a stranger. Light another one together if it is going well.

what this is not

  • not a dating app
  • not a group call
  • not recorded
  • not a place to sell anything
A ginger and white cat with absurdly long ears and a lit cigarette in its mouth. cigdev
literally me

About me

Hi, i’m CigDev, creator of this website.

the other night i had a brilliant idea to create this thing right here, idk how it will do and if anyone would use it but decided fuck it, let’s have a little fun and see how it works out. i don’t want to make a commercial product out of this, this is really just a social experiment hastily put together, idk how long it will run for, but hope you enjoy it while it lasts.

any questions? contact me at [email protected]

help run them servers! or just tell me your appreciation here: ko-fi.com/cigdev