Young men are "raw dogging" on long flights
Michael Ceely once spent a four-hour flight just zoning out – no magazines, no movies, no podcasts, just looking out the window and watching the flight map.
Ceely, a therapist in California who specializes in working with men, believed it was a form of digital detox and meditation. But a growing contingent of young men on the internet are doing the same practice but branding it in a very different way: it’s called “raw dogging.”
“I was tired of the usual routine of watching a movie or reading a book (onboard) so I said, ‘I’m just going to kind of stare off into space, and use it is a Zen meditation.’” Ceely says of his experience chilling out on a plane.
He says that it can be difficult to get some men to embrace meditation, mindfulness, or anything else that could be considered “spiritual.” While he tells CNN he’s not familiar with the term “raw dogging” being used in this particular way, he can see why the eyebrow-raising moniker appeals to a certain kind of traveler.
“Men do like challenges,” he says. “It’s definitely more socially acceptable for men to brag about something like this. Also I think it might be more of a male psyche kind of thing: I like a challenge, let me see if I can get through this. It’s an acetic practice, but branding it with bro-speak.”
Some men have taken the challenge beyond just eschewing in-flight entertainment, skipping on-board food and drink or even getting up to go to the bathroom.
The trend has been popular on social media, with TikTok users one-upping each other for who has gone the longest stretch with the fewest amenities. A British DJ with the handle oiwudini got 1.3 million likes on a video where he bragged about traveling on a seven-hour flight without headphones, sleep or other creature comforts. One commenter called the experience “an incredible dopamine detox.”
| by Anonymous | reply 29 | June 29, 2024 9:24 PM
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I do the raw dog once. Is very special memorie of weekend in Belgrade.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | June 28, 2024 5:17 PM
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I only ever do raw dogging.
Never condoms.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | June 28, 2024 5:20 PM
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‘I’m just going to kind of stare off into space."
I perfected that shit 30 years ago and all I got was ragged on by my girlfriend.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | June 28, 2024 5:21 PM
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Die in click-bait hell, OP.
Follow me, I'm off to Pornhub fellas.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | June 28, 2024 5:37 PM
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Ching ching chong chong?
Translated as:
What is "law dogging," prease?
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | June 28, 2024 5:50 PM
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I can stare off into space for very long periods of time and just think my thoughts.
It is embarrassing when I'm staring in no particular direction, then realize that someone is actually directly in my line of sight and he thinks I'm staring at him.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | June 28, 2024 5:50 PM
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I’m an older man and I sit by the window still thrilled to see the world pass by below. I use the flight tracker, almost never use any of the other media and usually read a book- I read a lot. I do not use my laptop or any device. I doze off while reading on long flights, wake, read, doze off. I’m amused by people pulling down window shades all over as if any distraction from a device screen is life threatening. I guess I’m just old. I’m 70 and have been flying regularly all over the US and world my entire life!
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | June 28, 2024 5:54 PM
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I've been doing this for 30+ years. Back in the '90s when I was a road warrior, I took coast-to-coast flights as an opportunity to completely unplug, do not work nor think about anything work-related, and just relax. I frequently just stare out the window on shorter flights, enjoying the views and being left to my thoughts. But raw dogging? I call it veging out. This seems like one of those efforts to redefine words needlessly.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | June 28, 2024 6:02 PM
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I love raw dogging with young men on long flights!
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | June 28, 2024 6:26 PM
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Raw dogging at 40,000 feet.
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | June 28, 2024 6:33 PM
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Raw dogging already had a meaning, and this was DEFINITELY not it.
Who was the idiot (that must have arrived on the planet yesterday) who decided to grab this already-taken phrase and attach it to this activity? Yeah, "vegging out" is more appropriate for this.
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | June 28, 2024 6:46 PM
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Whoever is trying to make this phrase happen obviously hasn't really raw dogged.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | June 28, 2024 6:50 PM
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I'm disappointed there isn't a comment section (that I'm seeing) on this article. I bet some of those comments would be priceless.
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | June 28, 2024 7:05 PM
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Everything needs a stupid name these days.
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | June 29, 2024 1:28 AM
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Isn't raw dogging what the pilot does before suddenly exclaiming, "Oh SHIT!"
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | June 29, 2024 2:08 AM
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I tried it but saw a gremlin on the wing and it ruined the mood.
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | June 29, 2024 3:19 AM
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I know, Shatner / r17. What a buzzkill.
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | June 29, 2024 3:22 AM
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Does it count if you’re listening to music? I decided several years ago I can’t concentrate on any Tv shows or movies or books on a flight so I watch the plane tracker and listen to a playlist, just to drown out the people around me. And I always fully ignore the stewardesses trying to throw nuts and soda at me.
| by Anonymous | reply 19 | June 29, 2024 4:14 AM
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I’m glad newer planes aren’t bothering to install seatback monitors.
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | June 29, 2024 4:24 AM
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You can't do anything, R19.
It's like a game to see how long you can suffer on a flight, without any conveniences.
Like, how long can you hold your breath under water.
No food. No water. No movies. No electronics.
Nothing.
That's RAW DOGGING.
| by Anonymous | reply 21 | June 29, 2024 4:25 AM
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r21 you mean how we actually went on flights pre mid-90s., 2000s
NO COMMUNICATION WITH ANYONE.
You had food and water, DUH.
| by Anonymous | reply 22 | June 29, 2024 4:31 AM
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[quote] I sit by the window still thrilled to see the world pass by below
Exactly. The countryside and communities during the daylight and the patterns of light at night
| by Anonymous | reply 23 | June 29, 2024 4:32 AM
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Young men go on social media to discuss NOT being on social media for a plane ride? Phone addiction is just as bad as meth.
| by Anonymous | reply 24 | June 29, 2024 6:20 AM
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Maybe close your eyes instead of stare at a screen?
| by Anonymous | reply 25 | June 29, 2024 6:47 AM
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I went on a work trip / flight with coworkers, earlier this year. I was the only one who brought a book (an actual book). I was the only one without an Apple watch. I have to eat on the plane, though. I was the only one who brought snacks from home.
I'll admit that I didn't finish my book and, after the trip, I didn't try to finish reading it. I've lost my attention span for reading. I'll continue reading that book on my next trip.
| by Anonymous | reply 26 | June 29, 2024 7:08 AM
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Raw dogging and barebacking
| by Anonymous | reply 27 | June 29, 2024 7:15 AM
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I've been raw dogging long before it was cool.
| by Anonymous | reply 28 | June 29, 2024 7:26 AM
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I did all my own raw dogging in my newest film. It's freaking AMAZING, man!
| by Anonymous | reply 29 | June 29, 2024 9:24 PM
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