maybe the portapotty servicing has improved since the 90s but ... my memory of it was literally the most disgusting shit
― sarahell, Monday, 4 September 2023 16:15 (eight months ago) link
portos that are even a little bit too full not close to overflowing are so nasty a mountain island of shit and toilet paper starts to form
― lag∞n, Monday, 4 September 2023 16:19 (eight months ago) link
lol what seriously cmon
sorry i just found out there are cops at burning man who will arrest you on drug charges and now if i’m being honest i no longer understand the point of burning man at all— sorrel (@sorrelquest) September 4, 2023
― lag∞n, Monday, 4 September 2023 16:20 (eight months ago) link
a little robot should carry our shamepiles away and bury them at an optimum spot based on content readings
― cracked fixed view mire (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 4 September 2023 16:26 (eight months ago) link
Mr Veg saw one of the early ones on Baker Beach SF in the late 80’s - he and his friends had gone to the beach to drop acid & there was a bunch of art weirdos burning a huge effigy on the beach so they hung out and watched
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, September 4, 2023 11:21 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
lol perfect
― lag∞n, Monday, 4 September 2023 16:27 (eight months ago) link
oh it was beyond "shamepiles" like some of it was fecal Jackson Pollock
― sarahell, Monday, 4 September 2023 16:29 (eight months ago) link
events i regret not going to this weekend, ranked
(1) pirate fetish convention(2) trans dance party(3) one of the many fine local farmer's markets(4) burning man, which i am assured is totally fine and will continue to be totally fine as long as the drugs don't run out.
"totally fine as long as the drugs don't run out" is how i describe myself on grindr but frankly i've never seen estrogen as much of a party drug
― Kate (rushomancy), Monday, 4 September 2023 16:37 (eight months ago) link
The one person I know at burning man has checked in on FB and she's alive. Definitely posting with #burnerstrong energy, I don't assume any lessons are being learned.
― omar little, Monday, 4 September 2023 16:55 (eight months ago) link
learned lessons are but clay pigeons launched before the disruption gun
― cracked fixed view mire (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 4 September 2023 17:02 (eight months ago) link
it doesnt seem that bad honestly tho if it continued to ran it could be
― lag∞n, Monday, 4 September 2023 17:02 (eight months ago) link
lol at the heroic adventures walking out of there, assume they got someone to take care of their stuff for them
― lag∞n, Monday, 4 September 2023 17:03 (eight months ago) link
Or they just leave it and try to collect what money they can from REI when home
― cracked fixed view mire (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 4 September 2023 17:06 (eight months ago) link
faced with the post-holiday deadlines of a monster whose identity cannot withstand missing a single meeting, the gortex moans
― cracked fixed view mire (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 4 September 2023 17:12 (eight months ago) link
sorta wish biden would show up and throws some jumpers of tp and papertowels like trump after maria.
― you need magical thinking ay my name is david blaine (Hunt3r), Monday, 4 September 2023 19:41 (eight months ago) link
fecal Jackson Pollock
ok, sarahell. thank you. that's enough.
― pplains, Monday, 4 September 2023 21:24 (eight months ago) link
when i see this i get stuck at who’s culpable: art hippies, or edward abbey? then i just “why not both? i still hope u safe. mostly.”
― you need magical thinking ay my name is david blaine (Hunt3r), Monday, 4 September 2023 21:50 (eight months ago) link
Other than a few people with seriously compromised health who may need to be evacuated by helicopter, these dolts should be left to commune with their own excrement.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Monday, 4 September 2023 22:34 (eight months ago) link
Lol According to Diplo Chris Rock was freaking out that people were going to turn to cannibalism
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Tuesday, 5 September 2023 00:48 (eight months ago) link
I mean have you ever tasted tech bro execs?
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Tuesday, 5 September 2023 00:49 (eight months ago) link
― butt dumb tight my boners got boners (the table is the table), Tuesday, 5 September 2023 00:59 (eight months ago) link
I went to a desert raver in Mojave during the crazy rainstorms of February 2016. Car got stuck in the mud on the way in and out. Was still fun and I'm sure most people out there are adapting and having a great time. Was nearly snowed on in Death Valley while up in the Racetrack Playa. Went to Burning Man in 2015 when it was probably the 2nd or 1st most dustiest year in its history.
People panicking or making a stink about this are either projecting their distaste for BM or "hippies" or "tech people" or haven't ever actually camped in a desert proper. The lede that's buried here is much of this crazy weather causing this scene is yet another obvious sign of climate change.
― octobeard, Tuesday, 5 September 2023 01:19 (eight months ago) link
heh heh, nah. i know the space. hippies or abbey. but our own septic juices the bechamel, u got that right.
― you need magical thinking ay my name is david blaine (Hunt3r), Tuesday, 5 September 2023 01:25 (eight months ago) link
1) yes2) yes3) yes4) yes and why should that stop me?5) no duh
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 5 September 2023 01:58 (eight months ago) link
The desert is by definition a place prone to extremes and should be treated with great respect. According to Wikipedia, in 2019, 78,850 people participated in the event. There's a lot of hubris on display in the very concept of Burning Man, no matter how many port-a-potties and medical tents they set up.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Tuesday, 5 September 2023 03:29 (eight months ago) link
Desert Blast, "the largest outlaw fireworks show in the West," was always the one I wanted to get to but never did.https://www.wired.com/1994/12/desert-blast/
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 5 September 2023 03:44 (eight months ago) link
Climate change activists tried to block the entrance to Burning Man and attendees mocked them as they drove through and the organizers called the cops
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 5 September 2023 12:26 (eight months ago) link
projecting my distaste for BM or "hippies" or "tech people" while reading this
Burning Man yesterday after rain….double rainbow.The Playa was dry and walkable tonight.All the artwork,the Man and the Temple were on displayA memorable year. More rain. Less dust.Discussions of whether eating vegans counted as keeping vegetarian were strictly hypothetical pic.twitter.com/aSAr732ny9— Grover Norquist (@GroverNorquist) September 3, 2023
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 5 September 2023 23:33 (eight months ago) link
Just want to make Grover small enough that he can be drowned in a mud puddle
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Tuesday, 5 September 2023 23:50 (eight months ago) link
Norquist and his wife attended the annual Burning Man festival in Black Rock, Nevada in August 2014. Norquist explained that he wished to attend because, "There's no government that organizes this. That's what happens when nobody tells you what to do. You just figure it out. So Burning Man is a refutation of the argument that the state has a place in nature."
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 6 September 2023 00:21 (eight months ago) link
is he a full-on libertarian or something? fuck that dude
― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 6 September 2023 00:34 (eight months ago) link
Burning Man is a refutation of the argument that the state has a place in nature.
Deep thoughts from someone who can't see past the end of his nose.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Wednesday, 6 September 2023 01:04 (eight months ago) link
That's what happens when nobody tells you what to do. You just figure it out.
Never been to BM, but it looks like there's a whole bunch of someone telling you what to do, and what not to do
― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 6 September 2023 01:19 (eight months ago) link
"Nobody tells me what to do! I just figure it out!"- Ayn Rand enthusiast parked in Q4 A12 R33 #12
https://i.imgur.com/XQp3Ks0.png
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 6 September 2023 02:21 (eight months ago) link
Where Burning Man's money went (as of pre-Covid 2020)https://www.rgj.com/story/life/arts/burning-man/2020/01/09/burning-man-money-t-tax-documents-black-rock-city-budget/2827709001/
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 6 September 2023 04:00 (eight months ago) link
IT Director Heather Gallagher: $183,000, increase of $46,000Managing Director Heather White: $176,000, increase of $15,000
https://i.imgur.com/ze9TRgp.png
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 6 September 2023 04:04 (eight months ago) link
classic boston accent name
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 6 September 2023 04:05 (eight months ago) link
i went to school with a girl named heathah mcgwiah
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 6 September 2023 04:11 (eight months ago) link
heather ledger itt
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Wednesday, 6 September 2023 08:49 (eight months ago) link
what are the rival "purplish blooms" namewise?
i think crocus, catmint and purpletop vervain, i'm calling christian slater's agent right now
― mark s, Wednesday, 6 September 2023 09:03 (eight months ago) link
There's a lot of hubris on display in the very concept of Burning Man, no matter how many port-a-potties and medical tents they set up.
There's a lot of hubris in the very existence of the cities of Phoenix, Las Vegas, New Orleans, Mexico City, and Venice; not to mention a good dozen metropolises in India and China. Civilization is Hubris. If anything BM is at least a creative expression of a city that ends up appearing and disappearing over the course of a few months and has inspired a lot more positive things than negative, unlike a ton of other festivals and events that free passes for infinitely worse shit.
What happens to some of those aforementioned urban centers over the next 25-50 years is far more concerning than any environmental or even moral issues Black Rock City would offer up.
― octobeard, Wednesday, 6 September 2023 11:09 (eight months ago) link
that get free passes
― octobeard, Wednesday, 6 September 2023 11:10 (eight months ago) link
_There's a lot of hubris on display in the very concept of Burning Man, no matter how many port-a-potties and medical tents they set up._There's a lot of hubris in the very existence of the cities of Phoenix, Las Vegas, New Orleans, Mexico City, and Venice; not to mention a good dozen metropolises in India and China. Civilization is Hubris. If anything BM is at least a creative expression of a city that ends up appearing and disappearing over the course of a few months and has inspired a lot more positive things than negative, unlike a ton of other festivals and events that free passes for infinitely worse shit.What happens to some of those aforementioned urban centers over the next 25-50 years is far more concerning than any environmental or even moral issues Black Rock City would offer up.
― butt dumb tight my boners got boners (the table is the table), Wednesday, 6 September 2023 11:21 (eight months ago) link
the art is bad too, not even really art
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 6 September 2023 18:02 (eight months ago) link
engage in disgusting hedonism
okay, what's wrong with this exactly?
― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 6 September 2023 18:30 (eight months ago) link
"I don’t care how exotic the drugs or how interesting the art is: once people such as Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk show up to your party, there is no longer anything countercultural about it. You are not rebelling against the man. You are the man."
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/commentisfree/2023/sep/05/why-all-the-burning-man-schadenfreude-where-do-i-start-
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Wednesday, 6 September 2023 20:00 (eight months ago) link
burning man is so lame that's the funniest part, just the dumbest, lamest 90s cyber cafe white dread bullshit
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 6 September 2023 20:12 (eight months ago) link
I mean let's just tell off Glastonbury, Sonar (which shows off very similar art) and everything else then. And I guess sex, drugs and having fun is no longer okay! Just because some huge assholes go to the same thing. Like all events and concerts too. Jeez I guess I'll never leave the house and just hate the world, okay? This outrage at BM is completely ridiculous. Should we make fun of all the regional burns too?
Wrt to my city comparisons, the very fact Venice is still around is hubris. Building any give urban center at any point in human history has profound impacts on the surrounding environs and even the weather. My point stands.
― octobeard, Wednesday, 6 September 2023 20:12 (eight months ago) link
I'm grateful to burning man for luring the most annoying people away from the bay area for a week every year.
― Chyiv Kyiv (Fetchboy), Wednesday, 6 September 2023 20:18 (eight months ago) link
It'd be nice if they actually did try to establish a real city out there so we'd have more than a week's reprieve.
― Chyiv Kyiv (Fetchboy), Wednesday, 6 September 2023 20:20 (eight months ago) link
Also somebody has to burn that guy
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Wednesday, 6 September 2023 20:22 (eight months ago) link