The last section is a bit pretentious ('darkened dorm room', 'do not lament your condition'). I do sympathize with the difficulty of learning how to love in mod

The last section is a bit pretentious ('darkened dorm room', 'do not lament your condition'). I do sympathize with the difficulty of learning how to love in modern times, etc. And I did enjoy parts of the retelling of The Red and the Black. However, there is a more sustainable alternative to PUA, which is also not naive (like blind Romanticism). And that is, consciously, be awesome and find awesome common ground.