Modern dating is a brutal left-swiping madhouse, and the big question is, has the humble pick-up line gone extinct in 2025? It used to be normal to approach someone you didn’t know in a bar and roll out a pick-up line, but then dating apps launched in 2012, and we’ve all forgotten how to speak to each other in person. Pick-up lines that Boomers and Gen X popularized are in grave danger of going extinct.