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People used to “socialize” in person. We had nightclubs, bars, parties, dances. Young people gathered and met—in person. That doesn’t seem to happen anymore. Why?? The allure of nightclubs was live bands… too expensive now. Bars?… too expensive now outside of special occasions. Dances? Not sure what happened there… too expensive to rent a hall and hire music? And parties? Not sure about that either.
You forgot the part about that's where the potential to get laid was, for dudes and chicks.
You learned from trial and error, until you got it right, instead of whining on social media about it.
Too busy playing WoW. Ain't nobody got time for that...
Fires up PornHub.
"Those bitches aint' gettin' my money!"
Maybe because they are getting advice from other men how to trick a girl into giving them sex, this why alot look to pickup artist, it involves manipulation and tricks. They got so used to it, they don't even ask people
For the same reason we don't have productive political debates anymore, people don't have productive interpersonal relations anymore. Everyone withdrawing to their internet safe spaces has made a whole generation of men and women who instead of talking to each other, read horrible stories from other men and women and retreat further and further from actually talking to each other.
Now when you put a young man and woman in the same room together, they're both on edge because both their minds are consumed with anxiety about what the other is "planning."
So... Over the phone doesn't count? Texting doesn't count? Email? Those don't count? I would think that in this day and age texting would be the normal way to ask a girl out for a first date.
You know it's REALLY hard for someone not super social to ask a girl out in person. I'm 50 and i think I've never asked a girl out for a first date in person.... But then again, I am an introverted nerd so that's probably to be expected. Hell, I asked the girl I ended up marrying out over email....
Do people ask each other out or do they just hang out?
before the advent of dating apps, 2/3 of all relationships were formed through existing social circles and friend groups. People don't connect easily with strangers, but having a social group means that people feel safer reaching out or making the first move, they feel comfortable sharing more of themselves and being compromising so they don't create negative ripples in their shared groups.
People who are scared to socialize now tout dating apps as the way most relationships are formed, which is true, but dating and relationships have fallen to an all-time low so that even though dating apps "work" that's just because the other avenues are dead or dying, and people still absolutely haaaaate the dating scene, apps and all. It's not better, it's not enjoyable, it's just that most young people think it's the only option.
You want better results? Return to tradition, make friends, be a social person, force it until it becomes real and natural. Have interests that take you outside of the house and find even a tiny spark of passion for life, and you will have friends and relationships no matter how "anti social" you think you are.
For what reason would men randomly approach women? Women online have made it clear that doing so results in being made fun of, that women hate the features of testosterone-having men, and they've made it clear there is a long list of "icks" that you can't have.
The only dating i do is within the circles of friends.
Currently working on an absolute package, btw. Funny, fun, beautiful, sheeeeeesh.
The heart flutters at the thought.
I sense there is a generation shift because literally everyone I see that's under 25 has airpods in or is looking at their phone while in public. You can't even interact irl anymore.
I remember a picture of a train from "the good old days" where everyone was with their face in a newspaper and not interacting with anyone.
I remember reading about complaints against younger generations spending too much time reading novellas rather than living in the real world and interacting with people (was around the time the industrial printing press was invented).
women online have made it clear
Have you ever asked a woman in real life?
Hard to believe, i know, but i have actually dated women IRL. lol
Well, we need referrals from friends to know men are safe. Even then i take it with a grain of salt