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>much harder chance of randomly finding someone you can connect with.
But not impossible!
Temper your expectations and you'll find a friend or two. Or join existing friends+ communities like /vrg/ that works too. You will be able to take advantage of the friends of friends of friends network as people of /vrg/ also has friends outside of it and actually expands into the bigger friends+ communities.

You'll be able to find some like minded people that you'll be happy to call friends then.