/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>in middle school, started to get into anime, manga, WH40k, etc.
>had that one friend who treated real life like his favorite animu
>didn't want to be that, NOPE.jpg
>he moves away and I give him my beatup copy of the first issue of shonen jump which seals the rabbit hole
>fast forward, college
>am a boring person because lack of interests in popular forms of entertainment, see starting new interests as a waste of time
>meet that old friend
>mfw he's more socially well-adjusted than me because he has friends with common interests
>mfw i don't connect much with people
I'm testing the waters with anime again but it feels a bit forced trying to get into it now. I know there's great stuff out there and I love seeing people truly enjoy something enough to cosplay it but I don't recognize any of the characters and thus can't talk to people at conventions.