A strange new travel trend has arrived It emerged in the form of an exhausting way to pass the time on flights.
The practice known as “rawdogging,” or sometimes “barebacking,” means not consuming music, movies or any other form of entertainment except basic flight maps or seatback flight data screens.
Taking it to the extreme, some will also claim that they give up eating and drinking during the trip.
Dozens of clips have surfaced on TikTok showing passengers following the trend.
Many videos show travelers with blank expressions as they stare into space.
The practice known as ‘rawdogging’ or sometimes ‘rawdogging’, means not consuming music, movies or any other form of entertainment.
Meanwhile, the superimposed subtitles boast about completing the challenge.
Creator @westwashere He has uploaded several TikToks showing himself ‘bareback’.
In one clip, he challenges his followers to do the same.
He wrote in the overlay caption: ‘Is anyone going to match my monster? (Do the entire 10-hour flight, without leaving my chair, just looking at the maps and the air speed.’
In other TikToks, he reveals how he ‘survived’ long-haul flights just by looking at the map and the wind speed.
Creator @cookestraveltok He revealed in one of his TikToks that his mother was a fan of rawdogging.
She explains in an overlay caption accompanying a clip of her mother on a flight: “My mom’s beige flag is that she is a bitch on every flight, no matter how long it is.”
‘This is her on a nine-hour flight. No iPad. No headphones. Any book. At least she’s comfortable! Come on girl.’
The clip has since garnered more than eight million views from bewildered TikTok viewers.
In another TikTok, creator @cookestraveltok reveals that her mother is a fan of rawdogging
Dalton Roe said he took the trend a step further by removing food from the equation.
Meanwhile, another creator, @oiwudini, set a new personal best on a flight by rawdogging for seven hours “no headphones, no movies, no water, nothing.”
Some commenters said they followed a similar routine on flights, with one writing: ‘This is me LMFAOO. I can’t concentrate on anything like a book or a movie, so I just sit there and stare.’
Others said they admired the mother’s mental strength, while some expressed horror at the prospect of doing nothing for a long period of time.
One concerned commenter mused in response to the clip: ‘How? I play Candy Crush while listening to an audiobook and watching a movie (subtitles on).’
An equally astonished viewer said: ‘HOW? I need my iPad filled with an entire series and at least three different movies in case I change my mind.’
And echoing similar sentiments, one horrified commenter wrote: ‘This is literally one of my biggest fears: getting on a plane for a long flight without headphones?’ I can’t even go to the store without them. THAT?’
Dalton Roe She said she took the trend a step further by removing food from the equation.
He explained in his TikTok caption: ‘I just got on a flight from Orlando to Los Angeles. No water, no snacks, no music or entertainment. Seat completely upright. The power of the mind has no limits. Stay tough.’
One of Dalton’s fans simply responded “respect.”
Meanwhile, another creator @oiwudini said he set a new personal best on a flight by rawdogging for seven hours without “headphones, no movies, no water, nothing.”
And he concluded: ‘Incredible. The power of my mind knows no limits.’