‘Rawdogging’ has a few meanings, some of which are best left un-Googled. But in recent internet parlance, it’s come to represent one of the strangest trends to hit the skies. Simply put, to rawdog a long-haul flight is to sit without distractions for the entire journey – that’s no phone, no music and even no water. All you’re allowed to watch is the flight map on the screen in front. It sounds like a particularly brutal form of aviation meditation, and it’s all over TikTok.
And now, since nobody was asking for it, the idea has been turned into a video game too. And having tried playing it for just ten minutes, I never, ever want to play it again – let alone complete a 14 hour flight on it. (Hey, it might pass the time while waiting for the Nintendo Switch 2, though.)
