Had a similar issue in college where I wasn’t social enough to form connections in class. I found clubs and work were where I formed my friendships. Places where I was put in a group for extended periods of time. Also, learning that if you’re the one who wants to form the friendship you will most likely need to be the one who initiates conversation and activities for some time

If you’re interested in programming see if there are local beginner hack-a-thons where you can be in a group to complete a project with people that have a similar level of experience.

I’ve been trying Stoat for the past few days with friends. It’s really promising and feels a lot like discord. Haven’t had any complaints or issues with the windows app. And once it’s set up calls and servers are pretty easy to get set up. Their android app is pretty buggy though currently, it is advertised as in beta so hopefully that’ll be fixed in the future. We don’t screenshare so I haven’t looked into it but I’ve heard it doesn’t support it

Mine took 8hrs before I finally got it

If I remember correctly, the spherical design was mainly created to resemble a baseball. Since most US citizens knew how to throw a baseball at the time it would mean they didn’t have to train soldiers as much

My grandfather quit smoking by switching the habit to lollipops. He always used to say it was a good replacement for the oral fixation and fidgeting