Talking stage is for high-schoolers; ask that person out on a proper date

Talking stage is the most low-value behaviour we have made totally acceptable in this digital age. It is an invention made by men so they can put as little effort as possible into dating and that must be why most women today say they have never been on a proper date or received flowers all their lives.

When I was a teenager in high school talking stages made sense. I had an SMS subscription and I would spend all my holidays chatting with boys I had met in different school functions. Now I am a grown woman, and I have the freedom of movement I never had when I couldn't leave my parents' house without a proper explanation, so forgive me because I truly do not understand why anyone would be in a talking stage for more than a month with a person who hasn't initiated a physical meetup or accepted one at all.