looking for legit friendships! have met a few people from reddit in the past and it's been successful :)

about me:

• 27M y/o chinese-canadian based around toronto, grew up in the united states
• physical specs: 173 cm/5'8, permed black hair, dark brown eyes, weight has fluctuated from being way too thin at 135 pounds all the way to COVID-weight at 185 pounds (at 175 pounds right now after weight-lifting and continuing to cut down), gyming as a beginner and committed to getting a fit, lean build (open to sharing pics) ESFJ, described by my best friends as an extrovert working full-time in tech doing non-tech work, additional coursework on the side
• left-leaning (please support LGBTQ causes and generally being a kind person, v flexible to beliefs in general)

always completely open to talk about literally anything you want (for example, i have deep knowledge into the world of figure skating after reading essays from my friend on the sport), but feel free to ask about:

• video games - i currently play tft and valorant (quit regular league, had coached challenger in the past) along with various other indie games (mainly roguelikes and rpgs) - my backlog is huge
• physical activity - enjoy volleyball a bunch as a recreational setter, like to hike and working on conditioning (most difficult hike was probably 18 km in british columbia, attempted grouse grind but didn't have enough prep to finish)
• music - currently listen to various genres jumbled together, top played would include keshi, the weeknd, joji, yoasobi, olivia rodrigo
• anime and manga - typically keep up with popular anime like jujutsu kaisen, chainsaw man, frieren, and lots of smaller mangakas
• mental health - huge advocate of mental health (volunteered as a crisis helpline responder and initially wanted to pursue psychotherapy as a career), have went through therapy and am for the most part well-adjusted now (s/o to my support network)
• tv shows and movies - always keep up with the most popular stuff that's on, and enjoy watching movie recommendations! recently watched dune 2, invincible, the boys, succession board games - my old collection is gone unfortunately but i'd love to collect more if the prices don't keep rising!
• travel - looking to travel a lot more in the future (have been mostly in north america and in hong kong), talk to me about your future plans! can recommend lots of stuff across canada that i've been to (banff filled my heart with so much joy)
• youtube - chronic binge watcher of content until 5 am, anything from just random videos on my interests to some guy preparing food for several hours

thank you for reading through all of this and if this sounds interesting, feel free to message me w/some details about yourself (even if things don't work out, at least we tried and had a nice conversation either way!)

i'm comfortable communicating on reddit for the entirety if that's what you'd prefer, but will be able to add on discord or another platform that we're more active on if we both agree to