Gen Z 'rawdogs' boredom to fix attention span

This is putting a lot of effort into being lazy.

Generation Zers have devised a new way to mentally detox from omnipresent digital distractions — by undertaking challenges where they do nothing all day, as seen in TikTok clips with thousands of views.

Dubbed rawdogging, the practice involves staring into space sans entertainment, sleep or other distractions to give themselves a respite in an age where everyone is glued to their screen.

The craze initially took off t his past summer aboard flights — with Gen Z ascetics filming themselves undertaking sky-high psychological fasts — but has since fanned out to other areas. 3

In a recent series of videos, a self-proclaimed “productivity” influencer named Rowan conducted an experiment where he rawdogged for an hour each day to fix h