Gen Z Chains Phones to Wall, Discovers Life Exists Outside Screen
Tiffany Ng, a 24-year-old New York tech writer, literally locked her iPhone to a wall with a chain link belt for a week to detox from âendless scrollingâ and dated Alix Earle's pics under duress. Maddie DeVico, a 31-year-old Denver software saleswoman, clay-crafted a phone dock to revive âhanging upâ like the 1980s called; her screen time plunged by 3 hours daily and her friends barely got texts anymore. UCLAâs Yalda Uhls said real magic happens when phones live in another room, not cozy pockets. Millennials and Gen Zers mourn the lost romance of landlines while crushing iPhones at anti-tech rallies in NYC. Somewhere, a carrier pigeon is still confused.
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Chaining your phone to the wall is the hottest new mental health hack, because nothing screams detox like 21st-century iron maiden meets â90s landline nostalgia.
Phones on leashes: because nothing says âI fight digital addictionâ like BDSM for your electronics.
Texting stopped so Grandma's rotary phone could get its Bluetooth upgrade and live againâbecause âauthentic nostalgiaâ now requires soldering skills.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 10/13/2025 | Author: Kelsey Vlamis
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