Do you guys cold approach, and if so where and what's your approach?
I don't want to talk to women at my job and I don't really have a 3rd place to meet women.
You have to read situations and people very quickly to do that. Look at what people are wearing, their body language, their eyes, the context. Approaching someone at a bar is not the same as someone walking down the street, running late for work. sometimes all you can do is give someone that desire look, and hope you can catch them again.
The prevalence of air pods and those crazy headphones every girl has makes it harder. if you ask someone to take their headphones off, you better have something good lol -and also
your looks. If she keeps your eye contact or looks you up and down, maybe try the hail mary, and just interrupt them, introduce yourself
but you have to have SOMETHING after that. Something to get their attention. Some bad girl in her ALO gear with a podcast on is going to look at you crazy if you interrupt her to say some dumb shyt. You can compliment but it has to go somewhere quickly. And most women are going to be on guard if you want a number or just say "lets go out"to a total stranger.
for me, I just try to be always honest and genuine. no game. work on "medium connections" first. People at the coffee shop, people in the neighborhood. Few eye contacts. Wave once or twice. There was a super bad hairstylist I always see in my area, like a few times a week. and we would just look and kinda nod. but the way she smiled every time, I can tell. Eventually, we were close enough same side of the street, that I just stopped and said "hey my name is _______ I always see you"
and we spent like 15 minutes talking. Was ready to leave before she was. I read that every one has a certain style of flirting and I am the type who is really genuine and looks to find real connections. Where they are from. What they like. What they wear. What they eat. other people are more the banter/game.