You couldn’t pay me enough to go to Burning Man, but it sure looks like Mad Max out there
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You couldn’t pay me enough to go to Burning Man (I’m a fan of daily showers), but it sure looks like Mad Max out there (though this article seems exaggerated!)
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Christopher Neugebauerreplied to Adrianna Tan last edited by
@skinnylatte a) that doesn't look like outback australia at all
b) do recommend Petaluma during Burning Man week. Everyone is elsewhere!
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Adrianna Tanreplied to Christopher Neugebauer last edited by
@chrisjrn I like Petaluma and come up sometimes on the bike + ferry + train. Will dm next time!
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@skinnylatte Last year a rainstorm left everyone stuck there for days. All roads away from the playa were impassable due to mud, the area has no natural drainage.
If, every year, a different weather catastrophe dissuades more people from going to Burning Man, I'd count that as a win.
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@liferstate also read about burners dumping trash and sewage all over I love Reno and it sucks to hear
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@skinnylatte Been going off-and-on since '98. Have rarely seen any articles that adequately portrays it.
I adore it because it's always different, growing, changing. Parts are joyful, parts ugly, parts weird, frustrating, engaging, stupid, exhilarating, silly, indefensible, fun, exhausting, thought-provoking, inspiring, infuriating. It isn't like last year and never will be.
It's just art.
I feel the best treatment is by Mark Day in '24 hours at Burning Man' series on Youtube. -
@ericg @skinnylatte hard agree. The article describes a pretty normal exodus, at least the ones I was in before they started the Burner Express bus (which is definitely the best method in and out). Also agree about Mark Day’s YouTube videos giving a good sense of what the event is truly like.
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@vonslatt @ericg thanks. I’m aware it’s exaggerated and also that the vibes have changed. I might have loved it 20 years ago. Unfortunately as a woman in tech who is not into certain scenes, when I last looked the event just felt so irreversibly changed unless you already had a community. It’s not the most accessible or welcoming at the moment, but I’m also understanding of why people have always loved it.