solacean

It's interesting to me that you didn't like that movie because you didn't want to end up being that guy, while I actually liked that movie quite a bit when I am already that guy, more or less (with another half dozen years into the bargain). While there are many unrealistic elements in that movie, of course, there were also a surprising number of aspects where I felt they really got it right. But mostly I was just happy that the whole movie wasn't one big, continuous "look at how stupid and useless the virgin is" riff.

My suspicion is that older shy people are less likely to be posting about their shyness on the Internet. For myself, I think my shyness has intensified with age (I'm in my mid 40's now). In fact, when I was around 20 years old I did try on a number of occasions to interact with women in ways that I'd never be able to do now. In fact when I think back on it, I can hardly believe it was me doing those things, even though all my attempts at interaction back then failed utterly.