It goes down in the DMs
Instagram, facebook, tinder, etc.
The statistics say 60% of new couples meet online, but that's a slight equivocation, to put it mildly.
Even couples that supposedly met through friends, church, family, groups, work etc. they start chatting on the DMs of social media.
The normie sees a cute foid from work, what does he do? Find her insta and DM her. From there she can gauge his lifestyle and chose to ignore him, report him to HR or continue the conversation.
Trying to play Johnny Bravo and walk up to a foid saying "whats up, babe?!" is social suicide nowadays.
Over 90% of first conversations are in the DMs, and the remainder 10% is Chads picking up sluts in clubs etc.