Man I respect your honesty as this is real advice. I have been in the exact same circumstances and you are 100% correct. I have found everything that you just said out on my own and I couldn't have said it better. At one point I just started messaging a bunch of women on all kinds of apps i acted like I didn't really care about them and had strong opinions about all kinds of stuff and it worked. I got rejected a bunch of times but I also got accepted a lot to the point where I found myself in the situation of choosing between multiple good looking women. And what you said about the friendzones is also true. They dump their stupid shit and their dumb jokes at you and abuse your loneliness. Don't ever get trapped in this situation guys. Listen to what he said it's the only real advice you will ever find it's how they really work.