According to the popular concept, all a guy needs to do to get a girlfriend is to become the best version of himself, get a degree, social status, some money and hit the gym. Yet all of these men today are single. For a decade now all these guys who hopped on self improvement and bettered themselves are starting to wonder where the girls at. They did everything by the book and now Valentine's day is approaching and they're still alone.

Meanwhile you get to see losers every single day with girlfriends. In my friend group, all the drug addicts have a girlfriend. All the NEETs who still live with parents have a girlfriend. Some of them have girlfriends working two jobs to provide for their lazy asses. Some of them even rotate multiple girls while their interests are to only get smashed on alcohol daily and smoke weed.

How is this explained?