: Vidéo Un Américain réussit le défi fou de rencontrer une personne chaque jour pendant un an

"Daily Hello", ou "bonjour quotidien". C'est ainsi que Steinar Skipsnes a nommé son projet. Cet Américain a réussi le défi fou de rencontrer une nouvelle personne chaque jour, et ce pendant toute une année. "J'ai commencé le 1er janvier 2016 et j'ai tenu le rythme jusqu'au 31 décembre", explique-t-il à franceinfo. Il a ainsi rencontré 366 personnes et publié 366 photos de ces entrevues sur le réseau social Instagram.

Interesting one today. Met Mary as I walked to my car after picking up some groceries. She came up to me and, in short, asked if I could help her. I had $5 on me and decided to give it to her. She was very appreciative and asked if she could give me a hug. I said ok... expecting a quick hug, it was anything but. She bear hugged me and held on as tight as anyone could. I thought, ok this is interesting, she's really holding on tight. A normal hug time passes, I let go, but she doesn't let go. So I think, ok I guess this is going to go a little longer. I rest my arms on her again, then let go after another moment, but she doesn't. She's still holding on just as tight. I'm so surprised by the situation, I'm not sure what to do. I'm standing in the middle of a grocery store parking lot. People are walking by to their cars and this lady is holding onto me like her life depended on it. Time continues to go by and I start thinking, how am I going to get this lady to stop hugging me. I didn't think to say something like "ok that's good". So finally she lets go after probably 10-15 seconds, which is years in hug time. So after all that, I think, I still need to meet someone today. I ask her her name and if I could take a pic. I hold out my phone to take a selfie and awkwardness comes back in full force as she rests her head on me for the photo. Another day. Another Daily Hello. #thatwasawkward #longesthug #dailyhello

Une photo publiée par Daily Hello (@dailyhello) le 7 Oct. 2016 à 17h21 PDT

Le raison de cette action ? "Nous sommes obsédés par nos téléphones. Nous mangeons, parlons, marchons la tête baissée vers nos appareils, créant une barrière artificielle. J'ai donc pensé qu'il fallait changer ça et parler à plus de gens", raconte-t-il.

Parmi ces centaines de rencontres, certaines plus marquantes que d'autres. Steinar Skipsnes se souvient ainsi d'avoir croisé Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, une légende de la NBA ou encore Dan, "un astrophysicien qui a découvert 50 planètes", souligne Steinar Skipsnes dans son post sur Instagram (en anglais).