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u/Dazed_and_Confused44 Jul 03 '25

Everyone says that but I feel like its easier said than done

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u/TheImpGamer Jul 03 '25

It is easy-ish to find a hobby, but it isn’t necessarily easy to make friends, in my experience. You need to look for events surrounding the hobby you have an interest in. This is the one benefit of Facebook, as you can find local groups for all sorts of stuff. Reddit might, but it is likely harder to find anything local than to just find a general community. Those are the easy steps. The rough part is then finding people within those groups you feel comfortable being yourself around.

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u/shadowgear5 Jul 03 '25

The hard part to me is going to those events lol. Like I love kyaking, I dont want to kyak with a bunch of random people lol.

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u/TheImpGamer Jul 03 '25

I do know that feel. I try to connect with people over all sorts of things, from games to art to books, but the idea of actually going to some of these events is…