[Izakaya Debate] I Pick Up Middle-Aged Men

Previously, I wrote '[Izakaya Debate] Building Connections in Hell Valley'.

I was actually quite serious about that.
Because those kinds of places are powerful for talking to people you don't know.

What I've been thinking lately is,
that it's actually quite easy to strike up a conversation with middle-aged men at a snack bar.
(By the way, I am a man.)

It's far easier than trying to pick up girls waiting to be picked up at the beach.
The success rate is probably higher than a handsome guy in his 20s trying to pick up girls.

Many of the middle-aged men at snack bars or karaoke bars want to talk.
Or rather, they are waiting for an opening.

They come alone,
drink alcohol,
and listen to someone else sing.

And they have a bit of time on their hands.

If you say, 'That's a great song, isn't it?' to them, a conversation will almost always start.

Maybe their father liked it,
maybe they used to listen to it a lot back in the day,
or maybe they listened to it with an ex-girlfriend.

There are endless ways to get in.

To be honest, it's not that I'm brave.
I'm just choosing the path with a higher success rate.

In the first place, most people
don't dislike talking about money,
don't dislike talking about women,
and don't dislike talking about having fun.

I'm the same way.

If you start with that premise,
it's rare for a conversation to completely fail to click.

I've only failed once.

I tried to join a table where a group had come together and were already fully engrossed in their own world.
I thought I could do it.
But I was completely on the outside.

I realized immediately, 'Ah, I was wrong.'

Since then, I've started looking at the situation more than relying on courage.
Building connections is a matter of probability.

That is why I pick up middle-aged men.