not to mention Ivy League schools are giving out scholarships for tens of thousands of dollars, vs the price of a Burning Man ticket.
I don't really associate Burning Man w/rich people per se. But its rep seems to have gone the same way as Bay Area culture in general -- used to be good and free and hippies and drugs, now it's tech and bros and too expensive, etc etc. This is perception, mind you, I'm sure it would be possible to have fun there, just like it's possible to afford living in the Bay these days.
― Dominique, Tuesday, 30 August 2016 18:43 (seven years ago) link
ok fine
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 30 August 2016 18:46 (seven years ago) link
i would go or would have gone to burning man at some point if it weren't in the fucking desert. I'm not going into the desert for any reason unless there's AC and a pool
― akm, Tuesday, 30 August 2016 19:05 (seven years ago) link
also most of the people I know who still go there are not wealthy by any means.
― akm, Tuesday, 30 August 2016 19:06 (seven years ago) link
sounds like it's gone from a DIY/direct peer patronage even to an event-based patronage/sponsorship thing
ppl hate when that happens, both seem fine to me
― mh 😏, Tuesday, 30 August 2016 19:14 (seven years ago) link
There seems to be an assumption somewhere in this thread that middle class and wealthy are the same thing? Which is bizarre.
― sacral intercourse conducive to vegetal luxuriance (askance johnson), Tuesday, 30 August 2016 19:14 (seven years ago) link
"wealthy" means anyone with more money than you iirc
― mh 😏, Tuesday, 30 August 2016 19:16 (seven years ago) link
burning man started like 30 years ago
― brimstead, Tuesday, 30 August 2016 19:16 (seven years ago) link
reaction gifs
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Tuesday, 30 August 2016 20:45 (seven years ago) link
reaction videos
― it's sort of a layered stunt (sheesh), Tuesday, 30 August 2016 20:47 (seven years ago) link
we totally forgot about flash mobs.
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Y_YcDmv5gIY/maxresdefault.jpg
― scott seward, Tuesday, 30 August 2016 20:49 (seven years ago) link
Property shows
― poor fiddy-less albion (darraghmac), Tuesday, 30 August 2016 20:50 (seven years ago) link
amen. making celebrities out of realtors one of the most ominous of fads...
― scott seward, Tuesday, 30 August 2016 20:54 (seven years ago) link
Flash mobs are the worst 21st century fad, yes. Do they still happen? I've never seen one in person.
― jmm, Tuesday, 30 August 2016 21:02 (seven years ago) link
burners suck
― kurt schwitterz, Tuesday, 30 August 2016 21:02 (seven years ago) link
buying a house
― nashwan, Tuesday, 30 August 2016 21:04 (seven years ago) link
https://derpicdn.net/img/2013/2/5/234294/large.jpeg
― scott seward, Tuesday, 30 August 2016 21:10 (seven years ago) link
real name no gimmicks
― nashwan, Tuesday, 30 August 2016 21:11 (seven years ago) link
so that's what eric wareheim's been up to lately
― larry appleton, Tuesday, 30 August 2016 21:13 (seven years ago) link
mh - upthread I was just otm' chaki's "burning man is also something you need to be wealthy to do" claim. That didn't used to be true, pre-2000 or so. I think it is def true now. that is all.
I'm on a plane right now and an hour ago I was sitting next to a super posh older british woman who mentioned she spent half the year in santa barbara and half the year in london
she was going to burning man
― iatee, Tuesday, 30 August 2016 21:18 (seven years ago) link
Datum older women
― poor fiddy-less albion (darraghmac), Tuesday, 30 August 2016 21:20 (seven years ago) link
was she wearing goggles
― mh 😏, Tuesday, 30 August 2016 21:24 (seven years ago) link
utilikilt or it didn't happen
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 30 August 2016 21:26 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/WFnqCqD.png
Oh for fuck's sake Cuyahoga Scenic RR at least do a 1930s and 40s themed event if you're going to pull these gimps around behind a USRA Heavy Mikado. More than anything else, think about how it's going to feel.
― Never changed username before (cardamon), Wednesday, 31 August 2016 01:07 (seven years ago) link
How an ordinary New Zealand town became steampunk capital of the world
― soref, Wednesday, 31 August 2016 01:15 (seven years ago) link
Two Steampunk proposals caught on camera at vibrant Lincoln festival
― soref, Wednesday, 31 August 2016 01:18 (seven years ago) link
I don't think I realised that this stuff was so popular?
Jon decided to propose during “chap-hop” rapper Professor Elementary’s performance at The Engine Shed, Friday night and luckily a fellow steampunk was armed with a camera to film the moment.
best of luck to these ppl and everything, but steampunk + ostentatiously public proposals + whatever the fuck “chap-hop” is - surely a combination of three of the most awful things in the world
― soref, Wednesday, 31 August 2016 01:21 (seven years ago) link
https://www.facebook.com/BlackRockHelicopters/
― Sentient animated cat gif (kingfish), Wednesday, 31 August 2016 01:22 (seven years ago) link
xp (just guessing wrt chap-hop which I've never heard of before, but it can't be good, right?)
― soref, Wednesday, 31 August 2016 01:23 (seven years ago) link
Americans rapping in the voice they perceive British people speak in
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 31 August 2016 01:28 (seven years ago) link
Communal seating is still the worst.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 31 August 2016 01:29 (seven years ago) link
not a fan of NYC Chinese restaurants?
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 31 August 2016 01:30 (seven years ago) link
luckily a fellow steampunk was armed with a camera
do you actually call someone involved in this stuff "a steampunk", or is this just the Lincolnite being out of touch? do ppl actually say "I am a steampunk" rather than just "I'm into steampunk" or whatever?
― soref, Wednesday, 31 August 2016 01:33 (seven years ago) link
steampi
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 31 August 2016 01:35 (seven years ago) link
good god, every paragraph of this wikipedia article is somehow worse than the last
Chap hop is music originating from England that mixes the hip hop genre with elements from the Chappist or steampunk subcultures and stereotypical English obsessions such as cricket, tea and the weather.[1]Two leading exponents of the genre are Professor Elemental and Mr. B The Gentleman Rhymer, other names include Poplock Holmes & DJ WattsOn.[2][3]In 2011, Sir Reginald Pikedevant, Esquire, inspired by Regretsy's "Not Remotely Steampunk" section,[4] posted "Just Glue Some Gears On It (and call it Steampunk)" on YouTube, which quickly went viral and has generated over 800,000 views to date. It was named one of the top ten steampunk songs [5] and was acclaimed by steampunk notables.[4]In March 2013, UK Education Secretary Michael Gove said he was "strangely addicted to 'chap hop' rappers."[6] Mr. B noted the irony of this, since his music often pokes at members the establishment, commenting, "As a non-Etonian and thus an outcast within the cabinet, this is perhaps a little snook cocked at his colleagues."[7]
Two leading exponents of the genre are Professor Elemental and Mr. B The Gentleman Rhymer, other names include Poplock Holmes & DJ WattsOn.[2][3]
In 2011, Sir Reginald Pikedevant, Esquire, inspired by Regretsy's "Not Remotely Steampunk" section,[4] posted "Just Glue Some Gears On It (and call it Steampunk)" on YouTube, which quickly went viral and has generated over 800,000 views to date. It was named one of the top ten steampunk songs [5] and was acclaimed by steampunk notables.[4]
In March 2013, UK Education Secretary Michael Gove said he was "strangely addicted to 'chap hop' rappers."[6] Mr. B noted the irony of this, since his music often pokes at members the establishment, commenting, "As a non-Etonian and thus an outcast within the cabinet, this is perhaps a little snook cocked at his colleagues."[7]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chap_hop
Chap hop is worst fad of the 21st century so far, lock thread
― soref, Wednesday, 31 August 2016 01:48 (seven years ago) link
I am a post-punk.
― jmm, Wednesday, 31 August 2016 01:52 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iRTB-FTMdk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiRPBCiJg2c
― scott seward, Wednesday, 31 August 2016 01:57 (seven years ago) link
but it seems to be just those two guys though...
― scott seward, Wednesday, 31 August 2016 02:01 (seven years ago) link
having done some research I think the most upsetting thing is the number of articles about Chap hop that invoke Vivian Stanshall
― soref, Wednesday, 31 August 2016 02:13 (seven years ago) link
I refuse to believe chap-hop has more than a dozen fans and is not a fad
― mh 😏, Wednesday, 31 August 2016 02:55 (seven years ago) link
oh man... Electronic swing... The horror. thanks Emil.y
― brimstead, Wednesday, 31 August 2016 03:00 (seven years ago) link
"I refuse to believe chap-hop has more than a dozen fans and is not a fad"
2,772,857 views for that fighting trousers video.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 31 August 2016 04:05 (seven years ago) link
brb crying
― mh 😏, Wednesday, 31 August 2016 04:52 (seven years ago) link
nerdcore also deserves a mention (as well as that Epic Rap Battles shit)
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 31 August 2016 05:21 (seven years ago) link
has anyone been to an escape room game? i just heard about them. seems pretty harmless..http://www.newsweek.com/2015/05/01/art-escape-room-323150.html
― slam dunk, Wednesday, 31 August 2016 05:22 (seven years ago) link
lol they're huge around here, as I live near tourist central of Orlando. my brother used to work in one as one of his 3,000 jobs.
haven't been in one, have been told they "get old fast"
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 31 August 2016 05:23 (seven years ago) link
the escape room thing seems like a twist on the old dinner and a murder mystery thing that was a thing once upon a time. and which still exist as far as i know.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 31 August 2016 05:38 (seven years ago) link
and now that i google there are apparently still a million of them...
https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/01/76/db/ab/but-beware-in-this-show.jpg
― scott seward, Wednesday, 31 August 2016 05:40 (seven years ago) link
those are also popular here - Sleuth's is the big one, but there's also Capone's
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 31 August 2016 05:41 (seven years ago) link
I noted someone on a FB comment thread (friend of a friend) state that he went to one of those with his then long term gf.
They broke up 2 days later.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Wednesday, 31 August 2016 05:52 (seven years ago) link