Zoomer reinvents meditation as 'rawdogging' to fix attention span: 'Reject tradition, embrace tradition with better marketing'

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Ally Perry • Writer and Editor
Sep 20, 2025 9:00 PM EDT

It is easy to characterize the younger generations as brainrot-addled screen addicts forever looking for their next dopamine fix, but that isn't always true. They may be in the minority, but there are some people in the Gen Z cohort who at least want to look like they are committed to something more than that precious lying in bed with phone time. 

The area of self-improvement has long been an attractive topic on social media, somewhat ironically, seeing as most people come across this kind of content while mindlessly scrolling and not doing all that much to better themselves or their lives. Still, millions seem to agree that it makes for compelling viewing and, on occasion, is something that is worthy of discussion. If we are being honest with ourselves, most of us could do with adding some good habits into our day-to-day life that encourage our shrivelled attention spans to increase.

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  • This is exactly what one man claimed he was doing as he practiced one hour a day of “rawdogging”, i.e., sitting quietly with his eyes closed and not allowing himself to be distracted by anything. Other people were tickled at this slick rebranding of meditation and mindfulness, especially as it came from a younger person looking to inspire his peers. Every so often, good things come in unexpected packages.

  • Michael systematize... ❤ @Plus3Happiness the kids are reinventing meditative practices from first principles
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  • Rawdogging for 1 hour to fix my attention span (day 3) 10 9 68 .8 1270 765 3- 50 3K 399 359 Y 18,9K
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  • Tadas @Maurukas91 Replying to @Plus3Happiness They will soon realize that hippies were right all along
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  • Ben @cybourgeoisie Replying to @Plus3Happiness Significantly funnier if you assume they mean rawdogging in the original context.
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  • Matt Buffa @themattbuffa Replying to @Plus3Happiness gen z reinventing boredom was not on my bingo list, but whatever it takes at this point
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  • MM Sovereign Matt @Sovereign_Matt Replying to @Plus3Happiness The Zoomers will be the generation that will make writing holy scripture in deep dark caves through divine inspiration cool again like the ancient Chri i monks.
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  • Benedikt Markus t... @Philip2Phl99 Replying to @Plus3Happiness body like a mountain, mind like the sky
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  • Maxime Chevalier @Love2Code Replying to @Plus3Happiness Except now instead of "mindfulness meditation" the kids call it "rawdogging".
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  • Monasex (evm/acc) @monasex_1 Replying to @Plus3Happiness Need this badly, my attention span is worse that a goldfish
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  • Xife @xifelevrg Replying to @Plus3Happiness A lot of people that teach this forget that if they speak to a group of people in an unrelatable way they will just brush be brushed off. Got to meet them where they are at.
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  • victoriouswords → @VictorySlinger Replying to @Plus3Happiness 'rawdogging' does NOT make me think, "a person meditating"....
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  • microplastics granulator @DiabolicalSpuds Gautauma Buddha was actually trying to fix his attention span by rawdogging reality under the Bodhi tree
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  • Derek Park @ParkDerekS Meditation relabeled as "rawdogging" is the most compelling reason yet to escape Samsāra.
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  • Ashy Stizzdale @tummyxanny Saw this, he's not. It literally is meditation, he's just phrasing it different so it reaches. Gen Z. Also he made an app for it.
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  • Tobin South @TobinSouth I'm glad the kids have rebranded meditation (old), and mindfulness (lame), to rawdogging (compelling, provocative, makes me wanna do it)
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  • Shinkyū @durdfarm They might be using questionable metaphors, but at least the kids are sitting zazen
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  • Aakash @a_void_sky gen z's whole vibe: reject tradition, embrace tradition, but with better marketing
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  • michael@sirtorchington We're so far in the red that I truly believe parts of gen alpha/younger gen z are gonna be so spiritually healthy because due to everything around them being at a 10 the only natural way to go is to balance it out with ancient monk-like meditative practices
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  • @karlbooklover Karl Saw a guy make a video about how doing nothing for an hour a day solved his mental struggles. They used to call that meditation
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  • Henry Shevlin @dioscuri Intuitively, I'd imagine "rawdogging" trains a very narrow skill: tolerating boredom and low-stimulus environments. That's not the same as the harder attentional skill of sustaining focus on demanding work.
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