It always makes me laugh to see new “trends” really just repackage ancient traditions. The term may not be familiar, but “rawdogging” on flights is gaining traction (tuning out all distractions, including in-flight-entertainment and even food and drink onboard). In other words, the sort of meditation or mindfulness monks have been doing for hundreds of years to stay focused…still works.
“Rawdogging” On Flights Is Catching On
“Rawdogging” or “‘barebacking” is not a copulative position, at least in this context, but a new trend on flights that may include “fasting” from:
- food
- drinks
- IFE screens
- talking
- moving
Essentially, you board the flight, sit down, and deeply focus…turning on the in-flight map is okay, but no movies or music!
It’s the new trend on TikTok, our source for all inspiration…#sarcasm
But in all seriousness, there’s nothing new or modern about this practice. It’s what monks and nuns do. It’s what people of Eastern and Western faiths have done for thousands of years to clear their minds. And it still works. Rid yourself of distraction (a friend of mine calls it “radically eliminating hurry from your life”) and you can think about the things that matter most and contemplate your position in this world, which is always a helpful endeavor.
I’m not a mystic and certainly not one of those guys who “rawdogs” through a flight in an attempt to reach zen status, but my wife and I do make it a point to leave our phones outside of our bedroom at night so that they are not the last thing we look at before falling asleep and the first thing we look at when we wake up.
Turning off the screen and simply thinking about yourself, your life, and your priorities is also a wise course of action. So often screens nicely distract us, but do not help us.
There’s nothing new about “rawdogging” on a flight (and thankfully it has nothing to do with dogs…), but I’d love to see it gain traction.
Do you rawdog on a flight?
Until the credit card pitch begins….
I want to go barebacking with you Matt, so bad.
that escalated quickly
Chi Hsuan has it bad for Matt in the comments under every article
I saw someone do this on my flight yesterday to AMS. They ended up going on their phones right after they were done filming their segments but I guess phones don’t count.
It’s nice to be unplugged no doubt. But personally, I don’t fast and I do move a bit in my seat as I’m getting older now and need to be as hydrated and fresh as possible due to having meetings right after a transcontinental flight.
@Malik … People who fast , are in the downward drop of a roller coaster . People who slow , are in the upward climb.
Sometimes do that on domestic flights as it gives me some time to reflect and clear my mind. It’s not bad but as you mention, people have been doing this for a long time so it’s not anything special. TikTok does have good things where they show interesting things or teach something new, but a lot of it is kinda garbage.
@Joseph … “reflecting” is not “clearing the mind” . “Clearing the mind” is Brandon’s permanent state of empty clear mind .
Given the way you 2 post on here, I’d have thought you and Brandon were of the same mind.
I think he means Biden…
Not very respectful of the president, but all civility is gone in the era of Trump.
Oh, I knew what he meant. Just think it’s funny that they don’t have the stones to just say Biden.
@Matthew … The Donald is innocently meek . During the debate , he ought to innocently ask Brandon if there there is a friend named Parkinson ?
@Aaron … in your post above , you also referred to Brandon .
To the Brandon who posts on here, duh.
Looking forward to when your boy trump gets really rawdogged in a federal prison. That will clear what’s left of his little orange mind.
Who is Brandon?
A special Brandon method of tuning out on AF One is called “parkinson zone-out” .
They need a children’s park slide , rather than a staircase .
My father fought Parkinson’s for 17 years. And died from it. For you to belittle it with the intention of making a false point is about as low as you can go. Go F yourself, Alert.
Schadenfreude will be to one day know that you have it and suffer the actual pain. And no, Biden does not, I know the signs well. He is old, for sure. But thank you Doctor Trump for your media diagnosis of a horrid disease that will touch you or someone you love one day. And when it does, remember my words, and know that I am not going to mock and use it for political gain.
May you forever be offended. Wishing ill on others is a really classy move too, so maybe just chill out.
Spoken like a true trump worshipping REPTILIANPUBLICAN
Im so sorry abt your dad. I had a cousin w it & a couple of my patients had it. Its not something to joke abt (esp from someone who should lead by example). Truely need a cure.
Calm down snowflake nobody was making fun of your dad. Too many Branden voters on here to take this post seriously. It’s referencing a sexual act without any protection is pure idiotic. And people who starve themselves of food water and entertainment on a flight sounds like they have mental issues. DJT 24
If only these people could practice mindfulness when driving instead of throwing the vehicle to the side without turning their necks.
Personally, I prefer the old school rawdogging. AKA, the Mile High Club.
How zen is it to be bragging about how zen you are on an airplane?
Idk if this counts but if I have a window seat I try to match the landscape below to the landscape on the moving map. It’s not so fun when flying over water though
My pitbull can rawdog your dog all night long.
Didn’t Elaine break up with Putty for rawdogging?
VEGETABLE LASAGNA
Lol people make a clip for a few seconds about how they were “raw dogging” for hours and folks believe them. The true raw doggers don’t post about it not do they want people’s praise
Not just that, but the pure act of filming oneself doing it (“rawdogging”) negates the claim that they’re asserting.
Rawdogging sounds like a carpaccio/sashimi/tartare dish served in C on Air Koryo.
thx I threw up in my mouth a little
Wonderful! Now there’ll be more champagne for me and I won’t get stuck with some God-awful meal because the other decent option is gone.
Feels like this should be a Fight Club thing…rule number #1, you don’t talk about RawDogging when you RawDog
There was a meme back in 2019 about a passenger observing someone boarding a TATL flight without a bag, or food, or pillows, or a book, or headphones, or anything. They said he was rawdogging the flight. We all got a laugh and moved on with our lives.
The people doing this aren’t actually rawdogging the flight, they’re just recycling a joke someone else made five years ago.
Somebody watches/listens to Brett Cooper (it’s okay, I do too)
As a gay man. Those terms are very much not what social media portrays. I hope kids don’t google those terms. The results will be very much X rated.
Clearly this is used by influencers to grease the click numbers to make more money….
That’s what I thought too……. *Blush*
LOL. Grease.
Puddy on Seinfeld did just that, staring at back of the seat in front of him. Drove Ellen berserk
As a 29 year flight attendant I’m 200% in favor of this. I encourage all passengers to begin raw dogging on all flights immediately.
Of course, that way you don’t have to put seatbelt barriers around the galley. And no one will notice your ugly clogs. You can actually do what you do best….nothing.
dam, Stuart!!!
David Puddy has been raw dogging for 30 years. There’s nothing new here
What an embarrassing money grab of an article…
Evidently they never flew in the 90s, taken an LCC, or flown domestically in countries that operate without IFE. If this is not called “raw-dogging”, I’ve been inadvertently doing that on my international flights since 2010.
I bet no one doing this has picked up a book since they were in school…
Isn’t this just every American Airlines flight when you forgot to charge your phone?
Oh
my
God
Matt, you do realize you are going to skyrocket in gay men finding your blog now, right. I never. EVER. thought I’d see the term ‘barebacking’ used on a travel site.
NOT ONCE.
A FA dream passenger!
No
I don’t pass up food or bathroom but I recently flew LAx to LHR no entertainment just the map. That’s 10.5 hours. Mostly tried to sleep. I sat in front of a famous politician who travels the world regularly. He was flying from DC to Munich and onward to Albania. He told me as soon as you can go to sleep. Hydrate restroom no alcohol eye mask. I was going onward to India so I had 20+ hours of travel ahead of me so I had to wind down. But earlier this month I really tried to sleep and get acclimated to London so closed my eyes at 6:30 pst.
Dumbest thing ever. Who gives a sh*t what you do on a flight as long as you’re respectful of your fellow passengers. We live in a vanity filled world…
My Partner, who is 66 years old, was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease last year. We noticed that he was experiencing hallucinations, slow movement, disturbed sleep, and twitchy hands and legs when at rest. He had to stop taking pramipexole (Sifrol), carbidopa/levodopa, and 2 mg of biperiden because of side effects. Our family doctor recommended a PD-5 treatment from natural herbs centre , which my husband has been undergoing for several months now. Exercise has been very beneficial. He has shown great improvement with the treatment thus far. He is more active now, does more, and feels less apathetic. He has more energy and can do more activities in a day than he did before. As far as tremors I observe a progress, he improved drastically. I thought I would share my husband’s story in case it could be helpful, but ultimately you have to figure out what works best for you. Salutations and well wishes
No unless I just want to sleep, but I love having the chance to read either a book series or a big book with no interruption. I highly recommend it instead of this. Btw I’m a school librarian.
100% with you on shaking my head at “new” trends which are just tips from the past. The breathless coverage that was given to couples booking window/aisle and trying to keep the middle empty drove me crazy. It’s not scandalous or selfish. It’s just repackaged from a tip to a “hack” and given a name.
Makes me feel like I should be writing my own blog and pitching media outlets!
Rawdogging and barebacking totally used in the wrong context….. That’s all I have to say
I’m aware that this is all some sort of joke in terminology, and yet it is a real (and different) thing than the original meaning.. like so many words.
No raw digging for me! The fun of flying is the IFE, drinks and snacks.
As a former flight attendant I can say that this stuff can potentially be harmful for some people. Being in an airplane is different than being on the ground. Dehydration or the occurrence of blood clots is definitely a possibility. One should at least drink water and walk a few steps once every couple of hours
This article is scraping the bottom of the travel barrel. An article about doing nothing on a flight?? It’s a sad day.
Hilarious, so you record a video for tik tok, call it rawdogging “trend” and the audacity to create an entire news post saying you abstained from all entertainment is pure BS! Well you still are using your phone or whatever to record this! I when did the society turn this stupid
More people should do this. Would make air travel a lot more pleasant.