>>7180550I didn't double post.
>does seeing yourself reduced to anonymous words on an Imageboard not make you feel like you're not a real person?My words stand for themselves. I require no identity. I don't see any bots saying things I would say.
>how could you even tell that I'm a real person with a history emotions goal and just from a couple of letters shared via ones and zeros?Your lack of personality isn't something I'm concerned about.
>our online personas are artificial as fuck, only presenting ourselves in a way we want to viewedAu contraire, I think anonymity provides a more raw presentation. People are artificial as fuck in real life, and with better reason: there are higher stakes to how they're viewed.
Although this isn't relevant to me personally, beyond my enjoyment of image boards. I have difficulty with dishonesty, because, to oversimplify, being untrue to own convictions and principles, which are at odds with artificiality, cause me feelings of extreme guilt that disrupt my life, and the loss to my quality of life is far greater than anything I could hope to gain through deceptive personas.
>I'm merely and idealized representation of who I wish I wasThere's nothing wrong with aspiring to an ideal. Having a clear idea of who you want to be is a helpful step in becoming that ideal. Even if it's never reached, the aspiration, the journey, the struggle at not reaching it, the suffering of coming short of it is to live.
And maybe you're not too serious about becoming that ideal. But I'll forgive your indulgence in roleplaying. Such artificiality is raw in its own way.
