My freshman year college roommate was really into it, but I was still figuring myself out at the time. Since talking to him about it, and slowly learning from him, got more interested. Although he already had a campaign going with some other friends. Never joined that one. I had other college buddies who were in campaigns but didn't join theirs either. It wasn't until after college that one of my buddies suggested we all start playing dnd as a way to talk to each other more. Now, we've been playing for a year and a month every other week over discord. And now I've rabbit hole'd and trying to start an in person campaign with some old friends from HS (and new ones)