"It won't hurt or help, they'll just be annoying."

Volk crosses his arms. This part is all lie.

"Chicks ... do? They do. I get a lot of uncomfortable DMs. Look, relationships are hard."

He's been to conventions. He's had teenagers wait in hours-long lines to propose marriage to him, while dressed as one of his characters. It means something is working, at least. That thing, however, is not Volk himself, because people don't usually stick around after being irradiated by his actual personality.