You are talking to us here, now. I know you do rock climbing and weight lifting. If you have friends, you talk to them too. It’s not different from that. You are doing it already. There’s not a formula.

I did not randomly send you a DM. We were both on the same thread (so a conversation subject was already decided), and the very structure of Lemmy makes it acceptable to reply to random people in various threads, with the added benefit of it being in written form. Real life is very different; I can't just listen to conversations people I don't know are having, and randomly interject when I feel I have something relevant to say.

What friends can do is tell their friends you are a great guy and introduce you to other people. That’s what networking is, the same way you network computers, you network human relationships, by connecting them.

I understand what that is, but it cannot work. I know one tried at least twice to hook me up with someone. They do not have the power to fix me. No one does.

If you are feeling good about your looks now,

I'm not. It took me almost 4 years to have a normal BMI, yet I'm still super skinny, my face is still horrible, and I'm not even that good at weight lifting (bench-pressing 60kg is terrible).

You have to talk to actual people.

Who? And say what?

This "advice" is always repeated by people like you, yet they can't answer the most basic question about it.

you can also tell any friends you have that you are looking to start dating, network.

They know, but what can they do about it?

dating apps

I used several apps for 2 years and got nothing. Maybe a match every six months. Those apps are scams anyway; I know for a fact Tinder shadowbans accounts of people they deem too ugly. I did an experiment with a friend once; we both set our search perimeter to less than a kilometer. I could see her account, but she couldn't see mine.

you still have to reach out to people

Again: who? Say what? I asked that question to several people over the years, both IRL and on Reddit/Lemmy, and NEVER got an answer.

Only Safari.

Because rockets and missiles are not the same thing. Missiles have internal guidance systems and can alter their course.

Missiles are not usually remote controlled, and are far more destructive than a drone.

The 2017 reboot is excellent (arguably better than the 80s series), and adapts stories by Carl Barks as well as Don Rosa.

You're telling me to be annoying or a creep. Talking to someone unsolicited isn't generally accepted (this is something I learned from some female friends who say they don't want anyone talking to them at the gym, and from myself because the only people that talk to me in random situations are crazy or asking for money).

1. Be attractive
2. Don't be unattractive

OK, I've been weightlifting and bouldering for three years now.

Now what? Neurotypicals like you never explain the next step.

You forgot the two most important steps:

1. Be attractive
2. Don't be unattractive

Otherwise it will not work.

Ask someone out for coffee

Who?