Gen Z influencers who promote loneliness as a lifestyle choice are mistaking it for ’me-time’’, says Charlotte Cripps – which is demeaning to those of us who really are all alone G eneration Z prides itself on being the “lonely generation” . And don’t they want us all to know it? Talking about loneliness is now becoming a lifestyle grift. A new breed of loneliness influencers – it’s only a matter of time before they start referring to themselves as ‘lonefluencers’… – have taken to promoting it