Dec. 30, 2025
“No Single Entry”: Manchester Bar Bans Solo Drinkers
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RSS Feed As many of us gear up for a fun night with a few drinks on New Year’s Eve, you better show up with a date if you want to go to a particular pub in the UK. You are not allowed into the pub after 9pm if you are solo. When the pub owner showed the sign he placed on the front door explaining the policy, it sparked debate around the world. Is it discrimination against singles, or is it protection of patrons?
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00:00:02
Speaker 1: Hey, folks, it is Tuesday, December thirtieth, and the waitress is practicing politics as the businessman slowly gets stoned. They're sharing a drink they called loneliness. But it's better than drinking alone. But you can't drink alone and at least one particular bar in the UK, and it's pissing people off right now. And with that, welcome to this episode of Amy and TJ look Robes. Drinking alone is something generally speaking, we shy away from. We don't everone to admit. Nobody wants todmit they drink alone. But it's kind of old pastime going to a bar and having a drink byy.
00:00:39
Speaker 2: So being a barfly, you actually do this and have done this. I'm not a fan of it, but to each their own. If you like to drink on your own, it doesn't mean you have a drinking problem or that you're friendless. Some people actually prefer it, they enjoy it, and I think you're among them.
00:00:56
Speaker 1: Yeah, drinking at home alone stumps off a little differently been drinking at a bar alone. But this is something. Look, it's a favorite pastime. It's how people meet other people. You go, you sit down after work, You have a drink, you have a pint, you could say in the UK, but ropes this really got people's attention, started making headlines. There's a bar in the UK Manchester. Do I have it write in particular? This has a rule no solo drinkers after a certain time.
00:01:22
Speaker 2: Yes. So the funny thing is this has been the rule at this bar. It's called it's a pub, it's called the Alibi since it opened in twenty twenty two, and it wasn't a big deal until the owner I believe, posted something about an unruly patron and had the sign and was reminding folks, hey, here is the sign on the bar. It reads no single entry after nine pm. Alibi does not permit single entry. And that is when the world chimed in. It became an international debate should a bar be allowed to discriminate against single patrons?
00:02:01
Speaker 1: See before we get into his reasons and the logic, tell me, what was your reaction, just on the surface, a bar that says we don't want solo drinkers in our establishment after nine pm?
00:02:14
Speaker 2: Just that my reaction would be that seems strange. I don't understand that. I probably wouldn't go in. I would just move on to the next pub. So that's just and I do think that as a business owner, my first reaction is you get to do what you want to do to an extent. You're not singling out a race of people, a religion of people.
00:02:36
Speaker 3: You're just saying, we've seen this.
00:02:39
Speaker 2: Be a problem in our bar, and so for the safety of our patrons, this is our rule.
00:02:45
Speaker 3: And I feel like that's kind of his right to do that.
00:02:48
Speaker 1: Okay, one more thing before we let you move on. Another question here? Would this turn you off to the bar as a drinker, not a solo drinker, You're not a solo drinker at all, but hearing the idea that this place doesn't want solo drinkers, does it not sound more appealing or is it turn you off because you might think, Wow, I don't have to worry about maybe some guys in there being unruly or hitting on all the women in the place. Kind of a thing.
00:03:14
Speaker 2: I guess what you would do is maybe I would think it would keep I hate to say this because you might think of this as a woman, like a creepy guy alone at the bar ogling women. But I would argue that men in groups can behave just as badly or men who are alone, Yes, perhaps even worse, because they go to each other on I get some liquid courage.
00:03:33
Speaker 3: And they like, yeah, go for it.
00:03:35
Speaker 2: So yes, I don't feel any more safe in this situation where single drinkers aren't allowed.
00:03:42
Speaker 3: But that is part of the argument that's being made.
00:03:44
Speaker 2: So yes, he says that this is literally a matter of one thing.
00:03:49
Speaker 3: It's about liability. That's what he said.
00:03:52
Speaker 2: He said if a lone customer, this is what he claimed, if a lone customer. So someone who's alone has say a medical emergency such as a fall or a seizure, staff may not notice it quickly in a packed environment. He also does point the fact that solo patrons, he says this is his term, sometimes mither or bother groups because they have no one else to talk to. So those are his two reasons.
00:04:15
Speaker 1: Okay, what the safety one? I thought it was a safety thing. What was the first one? They might have a medical You can't be here because you might have a medical emergency and you don't have a family member with you.
00:04:22
Speaker 3: That's a little it seems like a stretch.
00:04:24
Speaker 1: That one's alright, alright, I was okay, And what was the second one again, but the other.
00:04:29
Speaker 2: One is that solo patrons sometimes mither or bother groups because they have no one to talk to. He said situations occur once or twice a month, and often around midnight, So he doesn't understand why his policy is controversial at all.
00:04:45
Speaker 1: Now I want to leave space for if this is his experience in his bar, it might be he might have had a lot of problems with solo drinkers, maybe had some frequent some regulars in there that were solo drinkers, and he's keeping out fine. It brought up an interesting debate versus I'm not mad at this guy for his policy, but it brought up an interesting debate. Why would you want to keep these people out? And isn't it a problem? By singling out, you're almost not discriminating, but you're you're some kind of way putting down or making it taboo, this idea of being alone, of being by yourself, or something's wrong with you, or you're a potential threat to the rest of the patrons.
00:05:24
Speaker 3: And you just nailed it. People got offended.
00:05:26
Speaker 2: People took it personally, and especially people who do like to go out for a drink on their own and some people work later ships. Some people don't get off work until seven or eight, and by the time they go are you going to get kicked out of the bar if you go in at seven to have a drink and then at nine, are they going to say you have to leave? So it's funny, but people took this very personally, and you just nailed it because it felt like somehow it was pointing the finger at people who drink alone, that somehow you're a problem, or you have an issue, or you're not wanted here.
00:05:56
Speaker 1: Exactly what he's saying. That's exactly what he's saying. I never and I don't do obviously, I don't do this in New York because we're together, we got people all around us all the time. But on business trips when I traveled along, even when I traveled with groups of people, I wouldn't hang out with him afterwards. I'd go down to the bar, sit by myself. I have a drink, watch a game, eat a stake. So I can't imagine but to think that anyone else in an establishment might look at me and think because I am sitting alone, then there's a conclusion you jumped to because of that, and your idea about the other people in groups. I mean, good God gropes. I mean he's making an argument that the groups are safer, But also doesn't he make it an argument that the groups police themselves and they don't act up as much correct? How do you buy that?
00:06:48
Speaker 2: No? I mean there's a whole I mean I remember taking psychology classes in college and learning about groupthink, where actually it can lead to very bad behavior. So when you're around people, you tend to go with the crowd, even and if maybe you know better. So I don't think that's a logical argument to make that people behave better when they're in groups versus when they're on their own.
00:07:08
Speaker 1: Is that it's been a part of this conversation all the idea you just spoke up across so many things in society now, group think like mob mentality, to where we're isolating other folks, you're different, you're outside of us. It seems to perpetuate that a bar of all places is communal, is it right?
00:07:25
Speaker 3: I know it, and you just nailed it.
00:07:27
Speaker 2: That is because I was so fascinated, not even necessarily by the sign or the rule, but by the reaction to it, And you just nailed it. You just hit that's the chord that it hit. Like for so many folks, it was like a rush to judgment. Or you're saying something about people who prefer sometimes to be on their own or to enjoy a drink on their own, and to say that somehow you're not appropriate, or you're not safe, or you're not wanted. That feels like an attack, a person attack, right. I think that's why it hits such a chord. That's so interesting. I actually have some of the comments. There were a lot of comments for this business owner saying, as a mom of two young adult daughters, I welcome your policy safety in numbers. So there's a woman who believes that it's better for her daughters to be in a bar. Yeah, this is what she said, as a mom of two young adult daughters. I welcome your policy safety in numbers. Yeah, that's what she said. And then someone else said, it's your venue. You make the decisions that if people don't like it, then tough onwards. Probably get that. Other people wrote I would never come into your bar, you're pathetic and narrow minded. Then people going out and like again they take it personally. Someone going out of saying I've never once mithered anyone, and I'm happy in my own company and I often go to Yes, I go to drink alone after a late finish at work all the time, like I will never come to your establishment, and I'm I'm sure the business owners like cool because you weren't welcome anyway after nine pm period. But he did make a point, Hey, throughout the day, it's no problem if you come in it's just after nine pm. But that also means I don't trust you to police yourself as an adult as to know when to stop drinking and how to behave in public.
00:09:19
Speaker 1: Cannot base it on his experiences, But it's tough to think that he's judging everyone that walks in based on having a companion or not. That's again, it's based on his experience. But that's what we do in so much of our lives, whether it's skin color, height, You look at someone and you come to a conclusion about weight, hair or whatever. You just look at them and you make a judgment to think that you're not with somebody. Therefore, that is a It's tough, it's I mean, it sucks. I'm not personally offended by it, but that's it's a sucks. It sucks that as a society we're going about anything that weight that we're not giving anybody, even somebody wants a damn beer benefit of the doubt.
00:10:02
Speaker 2: That that is absolutely a very fair statement and speaks directly to the outrage that is there. And this has made international headlines, international headlines. He's gone back on social media and just said this has bananas. But he's got more attention for his pub than he ever could have otherwise, and this is interesting. When we come back, we're going to talk about the UK newspaper The Independent, who gave another reason why they are against this solo drinking ban, the loneliness epidemic, and.
00:10:41
Speaker 3: Welcome back everybody.
00:10:42
Speaker 2: We are talking about this controversial drinking alone ban. In one UK pub in the Manchester area. This guy opened up his pub in twenty twenty two and from the get go he has had a sign on the front of his door that reads no single entry nine PM. Alibi does not permit single entry and in town, I guess it was just known and didn't seem to be a big deal, but then when he posted something online, people saw that sign and outrage ensued around the world, and so everyone was weighing in on what they called this man's discrimination.
00:11:19
Speaker 1: Look, also, can we stop letting outrage be our default reaction to everything? Like, even if you see that, I know, it's just what we are now, it's what we do. You see something in outround, ask a question first, he did it? Let me let me figure out why didn't ask another follow up and try to have some understanding instead of just we immediately right attack of guys for simple policy. Again, even if I don't agree with it, we can calm down a little.
00:11:43
Speaker 2: Yes, all the solo drinkers out there got really deeply personally offended. Yes, and I say solo drinkers, but people like you said you go to a bar to not drink alone. In a way, even if you might not have a companion with you, you're a part of something. You're being communal, you have people around, and people go to coffee bars and drink alone. That's a huge place. I mostly see people alone in coffee bars. But you can't do it when it's alcohol. Apparently that's so weird to discourage this. I mean people meet people all the time at bars, sitting every bar. You ever go dumb theyn't even talk about the airports. But people are at bars everywhere you go to sitting by themselves, an individual, and they're striking a conversation with someone else. That's the thing that discourages me from going to a bar alone, because I don't want anybody to part of the conversation with far farthest corner from any other person you can possibly find. So The Independent wrote a actually really interesting article in response to all of the response to this bar owner, and they were saying, They wrote that barring or banning solo drinkers adds to the loneliness crisis. And they cited the twenty twenty four Center for Social Justice poll that finds a third of eighteen to twenty four year olds report feeling lonely often or most of the time. And so when you start singling people out for being single or for being alone, it only adds to that epidemic. And so this is what the article went on to say, which is very similar to what you were just saying. Whatever happened to this spontaneous solo adventure, the thrill of being able to walk into an unknown watering hole, your heart in your mouth, with the vain hope that maybe the beautiful strangers inside might truly be the friends you haven't met yet. Making friends as hard enough as it is, those who are brave enough to face the night without a socializing safety net should be applauded, not shamed.
00:13:35
Speaker 1: Well, wow, that is interesting to see they have they feel what was a presentage again? Twenty how many reports?
00:13:45
Speaker 2: They said a third of eighteen to twenty four year olds report feeling lonely, often er most of the time. I actually went into that study and it is it's alarming and scary, and I think, look, I have girls that same age, and I can say that I've seen signs of just being as connected as we all are. It disconnects us so many ways, and people don't feel like they have the maybe even the social connections we did.
00:14:07
Speaker 1: Man. That is so I know we've used this quote before. It's one of my favorites. That cell phone can bring you closer to somebody three thousand miles away, but take you so far away from the person sitting right next to you, and we do. We have seen this plenty and our experiences in some recent sitting next right next to someone, there is a table full of people and they're sad because of something that takes place on a cell phone.
00:14:31
Speaker 3: We've seen it, feel.
00:14:32
Speaker 1: Connected to that individual somewhere else, like look, put the phone down and look at the person in front of you. And you're right about the loneliness part of what do they call the loneliness epidemic epidemic the number of kids these days that go into the room with a cell phone and we don't see them for ours.
00:14:49
Speaker 3: That's not good.
00:14:49
Speaker 1: Yeah, and we think they have a community in there. No, that's loneliness. You could argue, get out, go have a beer. So far by yourself.
00:14:57
Speaker 2: I know.
00:14:58
Speaker 3: We're doing stories.
00:14:59
Speaker 2: In fact, we up on doing some stories lately about people talking to chatbots and then having the chatbot reinforce their depression and can lead to really dangerous tragic events. So yeah, we need to do something, and having someone go out and be a part of something is a good thing.
00:15:16
Speaker 3: I will say this.
00:15:16
Speaker 2: In a lot of the articles, they pointed out that other neighboring pubs in response to this guy are now saying all singles are welcome at our pub. So yes, they're making a point to say, well, you might not be able to go in there, but you can sure, come in here. And it is like taking advantage of the fact that people now know there's this bar that won't let singles enter after nine pm, so they're opening their doors wide open, saying come all, come many, come one, come in groups however you'd like.
00:15:44
Speaker 1: The next day, I would have had a sign up in my bar singles night, of course.
00:15:50
Speaker 3: That sounds about right, and again good business.
00:15:53
Speaker 2: Yes, and with that everyone, we appreciate you listening to us, whether you're drinking alone or with a friend, and we certainly hope you have a wonderful New Year's because that is approaching so there will be drinks on a lot of folks minds. But certainly thank you for listening to us. I made me Roeboch alongside DJ Holmes. We'll talk to you soon.
Speaker 1: Hey, folks, it is Tuesday, December thirtieth, and the waitress is practicing politics as the businessman slowly gets stoned. They're sharing a drink they called loneliness. But it's better than drinking alone. But you can't drink alone and at least one particular bar in the UK, and it's pissing people off right now. And with that, welcome to this episode of Amy and TJ look Robes. Drinking alone is something generally speaking, we shy away from. We don't everone to admit. Nobody wants todmit they drink alone. But it's kind of old pastime going to a bar and having a drink byy.
00:00:39
Speaker 2: So being a barfly, you actually do this and have done this. I'm not a fan of it, but to each their own. If you like to drink on your own, it doesn't mean you have a drinking problem or that you're friendless. Some people actually prefer it, they enjoy it, and I think you're among them.
00:00:56
Speaker 1: Yeah, drinking at home alone stumps off a little differently been drinking at a bar alone. But this is something. Look, it's a favorite pastime. It's how people meet other people. You go, you sit down after work, You have a drink, you have a pint, you could say in the UK, but ropes this really got people's attention, started making headlines. There's a bar in the UK Manchester. Do I have it write in particular? This has a rule no solo drinkers after a certain time.
00:01:22
Speaker 2: Yes. So the funny thing is this has been the rule at this bar. It's called it's a pub, it's called the Alibi since it opened in twenty twenty two, and it wasn't a big deal until the owner I believe, posted something about an unruly patron and had the sign and was reminding folks, hey, here is the sign on the bar. It reads no single entry after nine pm. Alibi does not permit single entry. And that is when the world chimed in. It became an international debate should a bar be allowed to discriminate against single patrons?
00:02:01
Speaker 1: See before we get into his reasons and the logic, tell me, what was your reaction, just on the surface, a bar that says we don't want solo drinkers in our establishment after nine pm?
00:02:14
Speaker 2: Just that my reaction would be that seems strange. I don't understand that. I probably wouldn't go in. I would just move on to the next pub. So that's just and I do think that as a business owner, my first reaction is you get to do what you want to do to an extent. You're not singling out a race of people, a religion of people.
00:02:36
Speaker 3: You're just saying, we've seen this.
00:02:39
Speaker 2: Be a problem in our bar, and so for the safety of our patrons, this is our rule.
00:02:45
Speaker 3: And I feel like that's kind of his right to do that.
00:02:48
Speaker 1: Okay, one more thing before we let you move on. Another question here? Would this turn you off to the bar as a drinker, not a solo drinker, You're not a solo drinker at all, but hearing the idea that this place doesn't want solo drinkers, does it not sound more appealing or is it turn you off because you might think, Wow, I don't have to worry about maybe some guys in there being unruly or hitting on all the women in the place. Kind of a thing.
00:03:14
Speaker 2: I guess what you would do is maybe I would think it would keep I hate to say this because you might think of this as a woman, like a creepy guy alone at the bar ogling women. But I would argue that men in groups can behave just as badly or men who are alone, Yes, perhaps even worse, because they go to each other on I get some liquid courage.
00:03:33
Speaker 3: And they like, yeah, go for it.
00:03:35
Speaker 2: So yes, I don't feel any more safe in this situation where single drinkers aren't allowed.
00:03:42
Speaker 3: But that is part of the argument that's being made.
00:03:44
Speaker 2: So yes, he says that this is literally a matter of one thing.
00:03:49
Speaker 3: It's about liability. That's what he said.
00:03:52
Speaker 2: He said if a lone customer, this is what he claimed, if a lone customer. So someone who's alone has say a medical emergency such as a fall or a seizure, staff may not notice it quickly in a packed environment. He also does point the fact that solo patrons, he says this is his term, sometimes mither or bother groups because they have no one else to talk to. So those are his two reasons.
00:04:15
Speaker 1: Okay, what the safety one? I thought it was a safety thing. What was the first one? They might have a medical You can't be here because you might have a medical emergency and you don't have a family member with you.
00:04:22
Speaker 3: That's a little it seems like a stretch.
00:04:24
Speaker 1: That one's alright, alright, I was okay, And what was the second one again, but the other.
00:04:29
Speaker 2: One is that solo patrons sometimes mither or bother groups because they have no one to talk to. He said situations occur once or twice a month, and often around midnight, So he doesn't understand why his policy is controversial at all.
00:04:45
Speaker 1: Now I want to leave space for if this is his experience in his bar, it might be he might have had a lot of problems with solo drinkers, maybe had some frequent some regulars in there that were solo drinkers, and he's keeping out fine. It brought up an interesting debate versus I'm not mad at this guy for his policy, but it brought up an interesting debate. Why would you want to keep these people out? And isn't it a problem? By singling out, you're almost not discriminating, but you're you're some kind of way putting down or making it taboo, this idea of being alone, of being by yourself, or something's wrong with you, or you're a potential threat to the rest of the patrons.
00:05:24
Speaker 3: And you just nailed it. People got offended.
00:05:26
Speaker 2: People took it personally, and especially people who do like to go out for a drink on their own and some people work later ships. Some people don't get off work until seven or eight, and by the time they go are you going to get kicked out of the bar if you go in at seven to have a drink and then at nine, are they going to say you have to leave? So it's funny, but people took this very personally, and you just nailed it because it felt like somehow it was pointing the finger at people who drink alone, that somehow you're a problem, or you have an issue, or you're not wanted here.
00:05:56
Speaker 1: Exactly what he's saying. That's exactly what he's saying. I never and I don't do obviously, I don't do this in New York because we're together, we got people all around us all the time. But on business trips when I traveled along, even when I traveled with groups of people, I wouldn't hang out with him afterwards. I'd go down to the bar, sit by myself. I have a drink, watch a game, eat a stake. So I can't imagine but to think that anyone else in an establishment might look at me and think because I am sitting alone, then there's a conclusion you jumped to because of that, and your idea about the other people in groups. I mean, good God gropes. I mean he's making an argument that the groups are safer, But also doesn't he make it an argument that the groups police themselves and they don't act up as much correct? How do you buy that?
00:06:48
Speaker 2: No? I mean there's a whole I mean I remember taking psychology classes in college and learning about groupthink, where actually it can lead to very bad behavior. So when you're around people, you tend to go with the crowd, even and if maybe you know better. So I don't think that's a logical argument to make that people behave better when they're in groups versus when they're on their own.
00:07:08
Speaker 1: Is that it's been a part of this conversation all the idea you just spoke up across so many things in society now, group think like mob mentality, to where we're isolating other folks, you're different, you're outside of us. It seems to perpetuate that a bar of all places is communal, is it right?
00:07:25
Speaker 3: I know it, and you just nailed it.
00:07:27
Speaker 2: That is because I was so fascinated, not even necessarily by the sign or the rule, but by the reaction to it, And you just nailed it. You just hit that's the chord that it hit. Like for so many folks, it was like a rush to judgment. Or you're saying something about people who prefer sometimes to be on their own or to enjoy a drink on their own, and to say that somehow you're not appropriate, or you're not safe, or you're not wanted. That feels like an attack, a person attack, right. I think that's why it hits such a chord. That's so interesting. I actually have some of the comments. There were a lot of comments for this business owner saying, as a mom of two young adult daughters, I welcome your policy safety in numbers. So there's a woman who believes that it's better for her daughters to be in a bar. Yeah, this is what she said, as a mom of two young adult daughters. I welcome your policy safety in numbers. Yeah, that's what she said. And then someone else said, it's your venue. You make the decisions that if people don't like it, then tough onwards. Probably get that. Other people wrote I would never come into your bar, you're pathetic and narrow minded. Then people going out and like again they take it personally. Someone going out of saying I've never once mithered anyone, and I'm happy in my own company and I often go to Yes, I go to drink alone after a late finish at work all the time, like I will never come to your establishment, and I'm I'm sure the business owners like cool because you weren't welcome anyway after nine pm period. But he did make a point, Hey, throughout the day, it's no problem if you come in it's just after nine pm. But that also means I don't trust you to police yourself as an adult as to know when to stop drinking and how to behave in public.
00:09:19
Speaker 1: Cannot base it on his experiences, But it's tough to think that he's judging everyone that walks in based on having a companion or not. That's again, it's based on his experience. But that's what we do in so much of our lives, whether it's skin color, height, You look at someone and you come to a conclusion about weight, hair or whatever. You just look at them and you make a judgment to think that you're not with somebody. Therefore, that is a It's tough, it's I mean, it sucks. I'm not personally offended by it, but that's it's a sucks. It sucks that as a society we're going about anything that weight that we're not giving anybody, even somebody wants a damn beer benefit of the doubt.
00:10:02
Speaker 2: That that is absolutely a very fair statement and speaks directly to the outrage that is there. And this has made international headlines, international headlines. He's gone back on social media and just said this has bananas. But he's got more attention for his pub than he ever could have otherwise, and this is interesting. When we come back, we're going to talk about the UK newspaper The Independent, who gave another reason why they are against this solo drinking ban, the loneliness epidemic, and.
00:10:41
Speaker 3: Welcome back everybody.
00:10:42
Speaker 2: We are talking about this controversial drinking alone ban. In one UK pub in the Manchester area. This guy opened up his pub in twenty twenty two and from the get go he has had a sign on the front of his door that reads no single entry nine PM. Alibi does not permit single entry and in town, I guess it was just known and didn't seem to be a big deal, but then when he posted something online, people saw that sign and outrage ensued around the world, and so everyone was weighing in on what they called this man's discrimination.
00:11:19
Speaker 1: Look, also, can we stop letting outrage be our default reaction to everything? Like, even if you see that, I know, it's just what we are now, it's what we do. You see something in outround, ask a question first, he did it? Let me let me figure out why didn't ask another follow up and try to have some understanding instead of just we immediately right attack of guys for simple policy. Again, even if I don't agree with it, we can calm down a little.
00:11:43
Speaker 2: Yes, all the solo drinkers out there got really deeply personally offended. Yes, and I say solo drinkers, but people like you said you go to a bar to not drink alone. In a way, even if you might not have a companion with you, you're a part of something. You're being communal, you have people around, and people go to coffee bars and drink alone. That's a huge place. I mostly see people alone in coffee bars. But you can't do it when it's alcohol. Apparently that's so weird to discourage this. I mean people meet people all the time at bars, sitting every bar. You ever go dumb theyn't even talk about the airports. But people are at bars everywhere you go to sitting by themselves, an individual, and they're striking a conversation with someone else. That's the thing that discourages me from going to a bar alone, because I don't want anybody to part of the conversation with far farthest corner from any other person you can possibly find. So The Independent wrote a actually really interesting article in response to all of the response to this bar owner, and they were saying, They wrote that barring or banning solo drinkers adds to the loneliness crisis. And they cited the twenty twenty four Center for Social Justice poll that finds a third of eighteen to twenty four year olds report feeling lonely often or most of the time. And so when you start singling people out for being single or for being alone, it only adds to that epidemic. And so this is what the article went on to say, which is very similar to what you were just saying. Whatever happened to this spontaneous solo adventure, the thrill of being able to walk into an unknown watering hole, your heart in your mouth, with the vain hope that maybe the beautiful strangers inside might truly be the friends you haven't met yet. Making friends as hard enough as it is, those who are brave enough to face the night without a socializing safety net should be applauded, not shamed.
00:13:35
Speaker 1: Well, wow, that is interesting to see they have they feel what was a presentage again? Twenty how many reports?
00:13:45
Speaker 2: They said a third of eighteen to twenty four year olds report feeling lonely, often er most of the time. I actually went into that study and it is it's alarming and scary, and I think, look, I have girls that same age, and I can say that I've seen signs of just being as connected as we all are. It disconnects us so many ways, and people don't feel like they have the maybe even the social connections we did.
00:14:07
Speaker 1: Man. That is so I know we've used this quote before. It's one of my favorites. That cell phone can bring you closer to somebody three thousand miles away, but take you so far away from the person sitting right next to you, and we do. We have seen this plenty and our experiences in some recent sitting next right next to someone, there is a table full of people and they're sad because of something that takes place on a cell phone.
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Speaker 3: We've seen it, feel.
00:14:32
Speaker 1: Connected to that individual somewhere else, like look, put the phone down and look at the person in front of you. And you're right about the loneliness part of what do they call the loneliness epidemic epidemic the number of kids these days that go into the room with a cell phone and we don't see them for ours.
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Speaker 3: That's not good.
00:14:49
Speaker 1: Yeah, and we think they have a community in there. No, that's loneliness. You could argue, get out, go have a beer. So far by yourself.
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Speaker 2: I know.
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Speaker 3: We're doing stories.
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Speaker 2: In fact, we up on doing some stories lately about people talking to chatbots and then having the chatbot reinforce their depression and can lead to really dangerous tragic events. So yeah, we need to do something, and having someone go out and be a part of something is a good thing.
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Speaker 3: I will say this.
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Speaker 2: In a lot of the articles, they pointed out that other neighboring pubs in response to this guy are now saying all singles are welcome at our pub. So yes, they're making a point to say, well, you might not be able to go in there, but you can sure, come in here. And it is like taking advantage of the fact that people now know there's this bar that won't let singles enter after nine pm, so they're opening their doors wide open, saying come all, come many, come one, come in groups however you'd like.
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Speaker 1: The next day, I would have had a sign up in my bar singles night, of course.
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Speaker 3: That sounds about right, and again good business.
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Speaker 2: Yes, and with that everyone, we appreciate you listening to us, whether you're drinking alone or with a friend, and we certainly hope you have a wonderful New Year's because that is approaching so there will be drinks on a lot of folks minds. But certainly thank you for listening to us. I made me Roeboch alongside DJ Holmes. We'll talk to you soon.