I remember seeing PUAhate in like 2013 or something and thinking they were doomers who never tried approaching. Many probably were, to be fair. I thought I was just enough approaches away, enough skill-building away, from having it all.
I have done much more than a fair shot before saying dating is bullshit. I used to do multiple approaches a fucking day. At the mall, on the bus, on the street, I've done it. I had a dude once ask me how I was able to do that, I looked so cool approaching this girl on the bus, chatting her up, and getting her number. But nothing came of it.
What I really miss is the hope. Maybe the skills I developed are real and I just need to geomax for them to bear fruit. Drilling at high difficulty definitely did something good for me, it's just that the game is rigged, so I can't get any results here.