It feels "too late" to make friends

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I never went clubbing or frequented bars and stuff to go and meet people and I've got hardly any close friends to hang out with and do that with. I see photos of people when they were younger taking selfies and sometimes "wishing I was there despite not being a "going out and drinking" person", there was a time a while ago when I went out with colleagues to a pub after a funeral for a former colleague and although I sat and chatted, I seem to think that's all I did and thinking is it that all you do ? And am I missing out on this stuff?

If you think it's impossible to make friends without going to get drunk in situations you wouldn't enjoy in the first place you might want to expand your understanding of how one can make friends.

Of all the friends I have ever made, I can't say I've made many, if any, at a bar or a club.

I've made friends at my job, at local events, at book or game or hobby stores, at community groups, in college, through my kung-fu classes, and though online forums.

But not really any from going to bars or clubs. If / when I ever did go to a bar or club, it was for karaoke or dancing, both of which I enjoy for their own sake, and didn't go just cos "it's where people went".

Movies and TV make it seem like bars and clubs are the only thing people do in their spare time, but that's not the reality most people live in.

If you're missing out on something, it's the totality of life and living that's available to explore, not "bars and clubs".

You gotta go out and find out what YOU like. If you don't like anything, forcing yourself to do what brings happiness to others isn't going to magically transfer some happiness to you as well. Doing things only makes people happy, if that thing actually makes them happy. There is no magic life hack to make your brain produce "happy" just cos you pressed the right nerve or drank the right liquor or forced yourself into the "right" situation.