(lack of) authenticity

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(lack of) authenticity Anonymous 01/09/15 (Fri) 03:44:19 fa729d No.85

I personally feel not as an authentic part of the world. Not part of the organic stream of things. I do not feel as if I'm a part. I tried to compensate for my lack of authenticity by diving into interests or things I considered authentic. And I also mimic authencity (My internet username is fortunecookie. Fortunecookie sounds like a real authentic internet username. It sounds very 'internetty' if you will.) I also admire and see the beauty of authenticity.

I submerged myself into imageboard culture hoping to have a taste of the old glory days of internet. The pre 2006 era (I was involved in imageboards in 2007). I wanted to have a taste of this. I can also think of other things I submerged myself in. Hell when I was nine years old I started a prank club at school having in mind I should have some authentic youth experiences. I even grew marijuana with a friend to have an authentic late teenager experience (legal btw where I live). But to get back to the imageboard thing. I'm on IRC and try to visit all kinds of far away niche corners of the internet (Zerochan, 711chan etc…) to get a taste of this authentic pure piece of internet.

Do you also seek authenticity? How do you try to obtain it?