ao_ground_zero Go East, Young Men (Respect, too)

Date: 2025-06-27
AO: ao_ground_zero
Q: Mr Roboto
PAX: Stock boy, Panhandle, Crack, T-bone, Dr. Phil, Hancock, Noodles, Cottontail, Katniss, Ankles, Pool Boy FNGs: None
COUNT: 12
WOR:
Good Mornings x15, OYO
Tappy Taps x15
Abe Vigodas x10
Stretch, OYO

The Thang:
7 ran, 5 rucked east

Moleskine:
Been reading Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism. It’s not interested in feeding that intrigue with cults so much as examining how language is used to create community, sometimes a cult.

What stood out to me early on was a Harvard Divinity School study that “named SoulCycle and CrosFit among the groups giving America’s youth a modern religious identity.” One person said “We need to feel connected to something, like we’re out on earth for a reason other than just dying. At SoulCycle, for forty-five minutes, I feel that.”

We all crave purpose and an identity. What is filling those needs for you?

COT:
Panhandle pastor, Pool Boy daughter, Mr Roboto health and home repair issue

Tags: ao_ground_zero, Stock boy, Panhandle, Crack, T-bone, Dr. Phil, Hancock, Noodles, Cottontail, Katniss, Ankles, Pool Boy