Trying to get laid in this day and age for an average or below man is just way too much effort. On the other hand for the top 20% of men it's gotten easier and they basically have their pick of women on online dating and hookup apps. It's funny that there's groups that shame men for fapping or using porn (NoFap).

I can understand the stance against porn because it can waste time and overuse probably has a negative effect on your dopamine receptors (although I don't think this has been 100% proven either way).

But hell, no one on NoFap brings up the negative side of trying to LTR or hookups, such as wasting months or even years of your time trying to get mediocre (or worse) pussy, wasting thousands of dollars chasing pussy (or worse, child support, alimony, losing shit you worked for your whole life, ending up homeless, etc.), being emotionally drained, controlled, falsely accused of some bullshit, etc. Honestly the "negative" effects of porn sound a lot better than dealing with that shit. I've never felt stressed out after using porn.

This whole war against fapping thing is unbelievable, though. There's idiots who go months without fapping at all and then might fap once every after 120 days and then say "oh man, I relapsed, I'm a failure!" Have you ever gone a week without release and how crazy it makes you feel? Unless you have a low libido or test problems, I would say that going months without ejaculating is self abuse.

Anyway, the point is that honestly getting real pussy is too much of a hassle in this day and age for the average or below average man. There was a point where it wasn't this difficult, but in this day and age it's definitely not worth it. Just fap or do whatever you want. It's a stress reliever, zero effort and you get your release without any strings attached. Just know that the price of real pussy IMO is not worth it. If you're not a top-tier man then you will go crazy trying to get validation from women who have phones filled with hundreds of Chads and beta orbiters at any given time and your bank account will be drained.