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skinnercitycyclist's avatar

"Celebrities such as Paris Hilton, who’s 42, and Rock, 58, seem like unlikely Burning Man attendees. This isn’t Vegas."

Huh. Those are exactly the sort of people I would expect at Burning Man these days. Once the hipoisie learn about something cool and under the radar, it's dead, Jim.

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Emil Muz's avatar

FYRE FESTIVAL LIBELZ!

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DDB9000's avatar

“Burning Man is an all-weather state of mind,” Star Heartsong, 43, a tech entrepreneur who came from Austin, Texas, had said earlier. He added that “when it’s time to leave, we’ll leave.”

Revenge of the hippie parents!

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pat blake's avatar

I used to want to say I had gone to Woodstock, but deep down I didn't really want to go. That many people all together freaks me out. And I'd rather not screw up the environment any more than I already have.

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Politiquacks's avatar

Why ya gotta yuck other peoples' yum?

So little joy to be found out there these days. But here you are shitting on people for no reason. Throw this one in the miss column.

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DDB9000's avatar

How is pat blake shitting on other people? I wanted to go but was thirtieen and my parents would not let me go. Mind you I had already seen Jim iHendrix twice by then.

But onec I saw the mess and the immense number of people I was glad I didn;t go.

Cause I would've gone for the MUSIC and no other reason.

Some of us do not like the idea of being stuckl out in the rain with thousands upon thousands of people and not be able to see or hear the bands.

That is NOT my idea of joy.

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skinnercitycyclist's avatar

Not to mention the brown acid.

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zb23's avatar

"There is an estimated 2-3 hour wait to leave Black Rock City."

that seems quick? i haven't gone in a long while but last time we got in the traffic line at a quarter to 5a and didn't hit the pavement until a bit after 10a. so 5.5 hours just to get out of the city.

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ShrillKitty's avatar

"a hallucinogenic state fair.”

^^ The entire purpose of Oregon Country Fair

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skinnercitycyclist's avatar

As a long-time Eugenean, I admit I dislike the Fair. Whenever I have gone, it has been too hot, too crowded, and too much of a closed society. The Fair is for the people who put it on, the rest of us are just tourists.

I could care less about the casual nudists strolling along the Long Tom, I guess I am mainly not a crowd person!

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GrannysKnitting's avatar

the 'eating a vegan counts as vegetarian' line made me laff

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DDB9000's avatar

Buy there wouldn't be much nutrition from eating someone like that...

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skinnercitycyclist's avatar

I will point out that cows are pretty vegan. Which I know sounds like a Sex Pistols song.

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Gingerwentworth's Theory's avatar

Is that the "Bad Day at Black Rock" place? Hm. Why would somebody like Neal Katyal go there? I revere him! I don't know-- I realize I'm much older than he is, but till now I've felt he was much older than me. Maybe he's just a teeny bopper deep down. When he should be in an armchair debating with himself or with either of my fiancees-- Nick A. and Chuck R. on the telephone-- whether the Supreme Court could possibly vote wrong on that part 3 thing.

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Stephen St John's avatar

"...as young and hip as Grover Norquist." SER, you crack me up sometimes!

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insert_something_creative's avatar

I am very surprised Grover Fucking Norquist is a burner and very little surprises me these days. Burning Man has long since been taken over by tech douchebags and other assorted millionaires, but I can't believe that even includes Grover Fucking Norquist. How the mighty have fallen.

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Mike's avatar

Hmmm, last time I got stuck in the desert during a storm I was riding in an armored personnel carrier.

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Stephen St John's avatar

Bet the music was even worse there.

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Gingerwentworth's Theory's avatar

Glad you're back from that particular glamping.

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Gary Seven in Space's avatar

I prefer the Rainbow Gathering for my Apocalypse Glamps....

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kelley's avatar

Seems more ecologically sustainable. Societally I'm not sure

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zb23's avatar

the Rainbow Gathering doesn't give two shits about ecology or the environment or even just basic courtesy. they are well-known for just squatting on public land then *completely* trashing it. they are Bizarro-Burners that instead of "Leave No Trace" are "Leave as Big and as Gross a Trace as Possible".

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Richard Von Busack's avatar

I love Burning Man. Scolding Man not so much

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kelley's avatar

70,000 ppl in the desert, even for a week, isn't a great look

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Richard Von Busack's avatar

Alas, we weren’t there to court your idea of a good look

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Fiddlesticks's avatar

It sounds more and more like capitalism has ruined burning man.

Grover norquist?! Shit.

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Revenant's avatar

if you EVER find yourself at the same event as Old Drown-the-government-in-the-bathtub Grover, it is time you made an agonizing reappraisal of your life choices. Doubly so when the event involves slopping around in overflowed toilet water. "Look over there, babe, that's the biggest turd I've ever seen!""Shhh, he'll hear you!"

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James Prescott's avatar

The only people stranded were the ones that had to leave. The party went on. There was a lot of people stuck here in Reno that couldn't get in. Now we have a lot of grey Playa mud (now dust) in our streets. Guess where all those vehicles end up.

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Lefty Wright's avatar

Did they have regular public service announcements like "Don't take the brown acid". Basically it seems almost like Woodstock without the music but with more planned events and a crowd about 15 years older. Including the mud at both events. Woodstock was more spur of the moment so they were ill equipped to even camp while Burning Man had some people spending months on seeing how outrageous they could be. But by the last day the sites both looked about the same.

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