You are speaking as if everyone is the same and obviously from a VERY comfortable and VERY privileged point of view. There’s a lot of factors that can affect someone’s ability to interact “in real life” and EVERY relationship whether if it’s online or someone you met at work there’s always a level of investment you’re making, you missed my whole point there ARE online communities full of REAL normal people you can interact with over common interests, not someone you just watch. And within those communities you can meet real life friends that you meet in real life and their relationships are just as valid as organically meeting someone in a “pottery class” also as I mentioned before I don’t know how old the OP is and if they live with their parents that might put even more strain on what they are able to do, for example I was NEVER allowed to do anything my childhood and teen years were extremely lonely because my paranoid & cruel mother never let me leave the house I can count on one hand the amount of times I was allowed to go to a friends house when I lived at home and no one was ever allowed at my house, some days she’d let me sit on the porch and talk to 2 girls that lived in the same complex as I did but that was as far as I was allowed to go, but I had access to the internet and I communicated with alot of my school friends mainly online and I always felt like I was treated like less of a friend because I wasn’t allowed to do “real” things and it was damaging because I had no control so what you’re saying can be harmful because making it seem so “easy” when it’s not because there are alot of things that can come into play and I’m not here to invalidate how anyone makes friends or feels a sense of community. I moved out as soon as I was 18 and had to relearn how to be social while also holding down 2 full time jobs to support myself, definitely didn’t have time or energy to go for a jog or to pay for a pottery class. Anyways not everyone makes friends the same way not everyone has the same set of social skills and not everyone needs what you need in the same way you need it. That’s all I really have to say & im not here to gatekeep friendships lol

Sorry for the run on sentences but I think I expressed myself effectively.