Those are called tradcons
I'm unsure who would be the worst grifter of both: Breadtubers who like to LARP as Communist guerilla or Online Tradcons who like to LARP as a 20th century conservative because both appeal to outdated worldviews that have minimal practicality for today's standards.
My dad keeps giving him all these literal boomer takes on how to meet women and it's all horribly outdated and ineffective advice.
Older generations have no grasp on current dating dynamics. Most either haven't felt a damn thing for their fiancées in years and their marriage just lingers on or they're divorced and usually date divorced people with a failed marriage under their belt which inevitably won't be much younger or older than them.
Quite a different context than a young man looking for his first (potential) girlfriend.
im not just walking up to a woman in Supermarket with a smile
This only works on gay-ass romantic comedy movies. The ideal situation to meet a woman has always been through a group of friends in which the girl is coincidentally single and looking for a partner (supply and demand situation) or through some activity in common (trade school, martial arts, whatever).
Bars or clubs aren't quite the ideal places to meet a potential partner. Too many damaged people. Some random-ass place like a convenience store or bus stop is very fucking unlikely. Dating apps are still a trend but your psyche is going to shit before you even land your first match. Not to mention it's a fucking pain in the ass, be it swiping right 'till match and you hopefully don't get ghosted or trying to be more picky and you hopefully don't get ghosted.
Anyone who tells you otherwise is bullshitting you.
I don't know how Tinder and other dating apps are seen in America/The West nowadays but where I'm from they're still a thing even when you have
dudes falling for ambushes through fake accounts never to be heard from again.
I'm assuming you're in the USA, and if so, the dating apps' people pool must be a lot worse than it is here in my Latin American shithole.
I don't know which country you're from but LatAm isn't that great either. An average dude won't attract much attention unless he's willing to put up an image that isn't that obvious to see through. Latinos are keen on saving face because it's part of the culture but it gets to a point where people bullshit each other a lot. It's almost like life is a telenovela to them.
Not to mention what I mentioned above about ambushes and fake accounts.
Me personally I ain't willing to get down with that.
I'm something of a romantic at heart but me and everyone else my age has too much baggage at this point.
The hardest thing is finding someone who isn't some cynical fuck. Not because of life experiences but because they're pricks. Too many douchebags and bitches hide behind life experiences to act insincere and entitled towards people.
To these kind of people I wish them a lonely death because they're the ones who most warrant it. Even when I know there's always someone who'll tag along with them for fear of being alone thus never letting nature take its course keeping them from their well-deserved fate.
I used to be naive hanging out with people like this but now I have zero patience. I hope life keeps fucking with them.
Start being social and things will fall into place. Don't be a NEET. Talk to everyone.
Easier said than done, pal. He doesn't need to talk to people. He needs to form connections.
Everybody talks to people everyday.
Getting people to like you is another matter and that usually gets harder as we age.
You know, I never really understood the hobbies angle.
Because not everyone feels like putting up a facade to meet people by going to clubs or whatever. People who don't mind treating others like emotional crutches or sex objects have no problem with that because they like to live life as a sitcom.
