That is the truth. However, those that speak of it, especially those without proper knowledge, experience, or lack of bias, should be aware of those of us who have "been there done that".
The Hebrew translation in the Torah is indeterminate as to which particular fruit it was. Many agree it was the citron, which is still used every year during Sukkot.
From my experience on this site, they are famous for being the rudest and most inhospitable people on the planet. I talk to women all over the world, but not Irish women! I don't know why, just what.
Marriage isn't dead, nor will it ever be. There are a lot of people, especially men, that would like it to be, so that they can get out of being responsible. So they pretend marriage doesn't exist. But that is their own narrow-mindedness.
Unfortunately, some women fall prey to this and find themselves in an awful predicament. We make our choices, then we pay the price.
RE: Love / pick-up lines
Don't use water to drown them, use beer! Then they just "get happy" and fly away. ;)