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Orianna Rosa Royle

Gen Z are ‘raw dogging’ flights for TikTok—but experts say it can cause thrombosis

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Most people kill time on a plane by reading a book, watching a film or even taking a nap. But now, TikTok’s latest travel trend is encouraging plane passengers to sit silently and stare ahead for hours on end instead—or, as Gen Zers call it, “raw dogging”.

“Just rawdogged a 7 hour flight,” one male traveler, @oiwudini, posted his personal best on TikTok. “No headphones, no movie, no water… The power of my mind knows no bounds.”

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