In my case, most of my outside socializing was through gaming meetings, and: - the local Gaming Society closed for 2 years (meeting for the first time after 2

In my case, most of my outside socializing was through gaming meetings, and: - the local Gaming Society closed for 2 years (meeting for the first time after 2 years in November), - the local game stores stopped doing in-person events for 2 years (still no news on Magic: the Gathering in-person pre-releases, not authorized for Latin America despite my country being basically covid-free), - I started playing D&D (with coworkers, so the OP has a point), had one in-person session and then we moved to Roll20 (slowly coming back to in-person). I do think people were socializing outside more before the pandemic.