Jokes aside, PUA material has been incredibly helpful in my experience.
Sure, you need to sift about all the canned jokes which work 1%, a few criminals and a bunch of fraudsters - but the community helped me out to find out good resources to become a better salesman (basically a bunch of studying psychology) and improve every aspect of your life (from gym routines, to earning more money, to fashion, etc) ultimately ended up becoming a "sure, you had your fun , now use your PUA skills to conquer the one you love".
15 years later I'm still in touch with some of those people and, while someone is still lost in the number game trying to hit some ridiculous pokemon-like numbers (the pure selfish hedonists who believe the world will end soon and we shouldn't burden the world with more children), most actually moved on and are preaching about having a loving monogamous relationship and kids.
A lot of us think chasing women for status was a waste of energy (even if it was a chance to get better psychological knowledge and self improve) and we would have been better off as virgin until marriage.
