Burning Man

[Peloso]

That's not Linus. It's Rerun.

 

[NotHardUp1]

That's not Linus. It's Rerun. He's Linus & Lucy's young brother.

No wonder they call him re-run. He has his brother's face all over again.

 

[metta]

The best and worst Burning Man 2023 photos​

https://www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/article/burning-man-2023-photos-18351363.php

 

[metta]

Climate activists protested at Burning Man. Then the climate itself crashed the party​

https://www.npr.org/2023/09/07/1198054587/burning-man-climate-change-activists

 

[metta]

How much it costs to attend the Burning Man festival​

Burning Man: The cost to attend

Going to Burning Man in the Nevada desert can cost big money. Veterans and first-timers reveal their economics of life on the playa – and why it's worth it.

www.bbc.com

Burning Man attendees are mostly rich, white, male Democrat​

Burning Man, which sold tickets from $575 to $2,750 for this year’s event, is a weeklong, large-scale campout held in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert near Reno, with a goal to create “a temporary metropolis dedicated to community, art, self-expression and self-reliance.”
https://nypost.com/2023/09/07/burning-man-census-reveals-the-truth-about-attendees/

Burning Man costs most people a minimum of $800 for just a ticket and a parking spot. All the other expenses can easily push the total cost into the thousands.​

Burning Man costs most people a minimum of $800 for just a ticket and a parking spot. All the other expenses can easily push the total cost into the thousands.

Burning Man may be "decommodified," but it's still pretty expensive to attend, especially once you factor in transportation, gas, food, and supplies.

www.businessinsider.in

 

[rareboy]

If I went, I would have no problem with a ticket of several thousand dollars...because of the singular nature of it...but the whole event is just anathema.

So I just give that amount to a conservation organization.

 

[Maklaar13]

My friends got back home, now they have Covid. I knew it was going to happen.

 

[Latimer]

Not the slightest interest in going and only a slight interest in it as a cultural-sociological-political phenomenon. I can't imagine enjoying spending any time either at or outside of the event with the likes of the people who attend.

Recently my partner and I spent ten minutes driving through a former mining town--Julien--in Arizona. My reaction was, "Interesting, but it brings me no pleasure." Ten minutes of Burning Man would probably elicit, "Interesting, but not worth the pain of being there."

 

[rareboy]

Pretty much this.

I have never felt the impulse of Burning Man.

It seems like so much effort for nothing in return.

 

[fredroy]

I'd rather go to Big Bend.

 

[rareboy]

Honestly. I would rather stay home. And live vicariously.

And put my $$ towards something that really matters culturally or environmentally now.

Burning Man seems so ...over and irrelevant now.

 

[Kahaih]

The thread has been entertaining and informative, to me, as I've never known anything about the ordeal. Never been quite interested enough to look it up on my own, I guess.

Now that I have seen the pictures and read a bit about it, to me, it's just a large version of 'Priscilla Queen of the Desert' brings a dish to pass.

What a bunch of boring dingbats.

 

[gsdx]

I'd rather go to England for Guy Fawkes Day. At least there's real history behind it (although the fireworks greatly upsets pets).

 

[pigface]

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I'd rather go to England for Guy Fawkes Day. At least there's real history behind it.

Maybe 6th of January will one day in the future become a celebrated holiday in the USA!

 

[rareboy]

The thread has been entertaining and informative, to me, as I've never known anything about the ordeal. Never been quite interested enough to look it up on my own, I guess.

Now that I have seen the pictures and read a bit about it, to me, it's just a large version of 'Priscilla Queen of the Desert' brings a dish to pass.

What a bunch of boring dingbats.

It seems like all the 'artwork' is just recycled ideas and passe.

But I guess it is this generations equivalent of the Macy's or rose bowl parade and other similar spectacles.

 

[NotHardUp1]

It seems like all the 'artwork' is just recycled ideas and passe.

But I guess it is this generations equivalent of the Macy's or rose bowl parade and other similar spectacles.

No, it is not seen as a generation-wide spectacle like a commercial parade. It's really just a very Bohemian subset of partiers and self-identified rogues. Boring.

 

[NotHardUp1]

Maybe 6th of January will one day in the future become a celebrated holiday in the USA!

It already is. The Trumptards think it as taking a stand, and the sane see it for what it really is, the indelible stain on partisan politics that was inevitable once the GOP caved to the extremists and Trump's incivility.

The GOP as it is will either go on to full-blown fascism, or it will be broken by its dalliance with the reactionaries among us.

Either way, we're in for a win. We'll either have a regime in power that will trigger a revolution and a reformation, or we'll see the abandonment of this pandering.

Those of us at center are hoping for the latter. If the former, we're at war in just another 14 months. The country will not sit by and see Trump enter office to mete out retribution to his enemies. I predict assassination attempts on him from his own party if he wins the primary. I wouldn't even put it past some of his rivals. That would be a debate stage for the ages.

 

[NotHardUp1]

Burning Man seems so ...over and irrelevant now.

Woodstock wannabes. Juggalos' Boot Camp.

 

[rareboy]

The muck looked good on them.

 

[Sausy]

Wild horses couldn't drag me there. If you offered 5 mil(and the techies and celebrities who dominate the proceedings sure can) I'd hate myself afterwards but I'd take it. Otherwise, wake me up when Burning Man ends, to paraphrase Green Day.