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Gen Z is “Rawdogging Boredom” on The Viral List

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Young women ditching slickbacks for a month, Gen Z romanticizing doing nothing, and U-Haul jumping on a breakup audio are all going viral… 

TL;DR

  • Gen Z is trying to fix their fried attention spans by sitting in total silence (and filming it)
  • Young women are ditching gel and slickback buns for a month-long “hairline detox”
  • U-Haul went viral on TikTok for using a breakup call audio, earning praise from Gen Z in the comments
Young people are recording themselves…doing nothing?   In an attempt to fix their broken attention spans and addiction to algorithmic content scrolling, Gen Z is “rawdogging boredom,” a.k.a. setting timers to do absolutely nothing for a few minutes. Is this just a rebrand of “mindfulness” or really, meditation? Of course! (And yes, they’re filming it for content,...

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