Online dating is good for more introverted people who don't like to go out or who don't have large social circles. Almost all the girls I met through online dating were introverted and just didn't have many viable options in their daily lives.
Different strokes for different folks. It's a mistake to think that what works for you will work for everyone. shookwun is a pretty extroverted guy, he's said so many times before, so of course, he'll enjoy going to clubs and aggressively approaching women in real life.
I've done that when I was "coked up" with SSRI antidepressants and yes, it worked pretty well, I wouldn't even feel negative emotions when I was rejected: no fear and no shame. I'd never do it now though, I'm way too introverted and neurotic to go through those inevitable punches.
@shookwun , don't you take a SSRI at the moment?
https://www.elementsbehavioralhealt...h/certain-antidepressants-change-personality/ That sh*t is powerful, no wonder it can help people with social anxiety. But it's also dangerous, once I had gone of it, I realized how much I made a fool of myself while on it. Everything that goes up has to go down.
If I had limited myself to "real life", I'd have much less experience with women. I could have waited until the end of time to have an opportunity, I look around me at work and all the girls are already in a relationship. Same with all the women in my social circles. Being in my late 20's, single women (and men) are becoming quite rare.
I certainly wouldn't like to be on the dating scene at the moment, especially with all that #metoo nonsense going quite mainstream.