Young adults flock to London for 'offline' nights

The Manila Times

Young adults flock to London for 'offline' nights  People take part in a two-hour 'digital detox' night organized by the 'Offline Club' in London, with over 150 young adults aged mostly between 20 and 35 eager to spend an evening off their screens. According to the UK's telecoms regulator Ofcom, young Brits spend an average of four hours and three minutes a day glued to their smartphones.  AFP VIDEO  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe   Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net   Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion   Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital   Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein  #TheManilaTimes #worldnews  #digitaldetox

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00:00Are you willing to do a drone over? Good, that's what I like to hear.

00:07I always forget about my headphones.

00:11Thank you. Any questions?

00:16Any of our events before? First time?

00:30People are forced to be without their phones. They hand their phones in at the start, so there's literally no way they can be distracted.

00:42If you're at home, you might have that feeling of you put your phone in a different room, but you can still go and grab it.

00:48Here, there's the intentional putting your phone away.

00:53We seem to find that every hangout that we're putting on at the moment sells out.

00:57I think that's just testament to the fact that people really do want to get away from their phones.

01:02I can spend anywhere between six and eight hours on my phone a day, especially on the weekend if I'm not working.

01:27It's compulsive and almost addictive in a way.

01:41You don't realise the extent of the addiction. You're not conscious that you are in fact addicted.

01:48But then when you are released from the phone, you realise, oh actually, I'm feeling the urge to look at my phone somehow and scroll and look at random content for no reason at all.

02:04It's quite freeing actually, to be in a moment without it.

02:17You can't, you won't look a day over 21.

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