>Wanted to participate in these types of things when I was younger.
>Eventually did for a while, and it was probably the most positive social contact I had in my life.
>Faggots at school gave me shit for liking Pokemon after they all decided it was suddenly no longer cool.
>Parents couldn't take me to these events as consistently and eventually stopped.
>Barely any social contact or friends since then.
>I could go to these sorts of things now, but the time for it has passed. I'm too old and desocialized.
Feels bad man.