VOTE Like There Will Never Be Another Burning Man -- Because There Won't!

[ancianita]

[msongs]

1. no burning man no big loss IMO nt

[Bobstandard]

3. Congratulations on your lack of empathy...

Congratulations for your lack of empathy for those who value Burning Man.

[ancianita]

5. You show that you know nothing about the huge impact Burning Man has or the projects that

continue all over the country after Burning Man.

They are in the hundreds and engage youth by the hundreds of thousands.

[idahoblue]

7. Another opinion

Another Burning Man opinion by someone who has never participated.
I don’t know it you ever attended but you definitely never participated in the community.

[amcgrath]

2. Heading for 200k dead

And this soulless Mecca for attention hungry twats is something we should mourn?

[ancianita]

12. And you know it's soulless because...?

[Hekate]

15. From what I've read, it is far from soulless: very artistic & creative, definitely sexual...

...fair amount of drugs. The amount of creativity alone tells me there’s soul at work.

I will never be there in person, for many reasons. Just one: thanks to my Irish heritage I fry in the desert sun like a slice of bacon. Also, I’m too old.

But from what I’ve read of it, it is quite the event.

By the way, “twat” just isn’t an acceptable word at DU last time I checked. Please do not bother to tell me how the Brits love to sling the word around and that it doesn’t mean what we think it means yadda yadda. We aren’t in the UK. Thank you.

[Bobstandard]

4. Going to Burning Man is like going to Canada

Now you can’t.

[ancianita]

6. Not if youth vote for the continued existence of Burning Man. Don't be so defeatist. This is

about things youth CAN do something about, not about a microbe they can't do anything about.

The two are just not equivalent.

[A.M. Kittenplan]

8. According to my Lonely Planet guidebook,

Admission is $380 (according to 2014 edition), at a venue with no permanent stage, and it’s bring your own water and tent. I think I’ll pass.

[ancianita]

10. The average age of Burning Man participants is 35. Average population is 70,000.

The size of medium sized towns.










Black Rock City Made Burning Man Their Way of Life
2019 Increase in Black Rock City Year-Round Participation* Almost Triple Previous Year’s Increase




For more about the history and meaning of Burning Man:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_Man

[LisaM]

9. Isn't the whole point that it was spontaneous and ephemeral?

If that's the case I don't see how it can really cease to be, but I was under the impression it had been more or less.hijacked by influencers.

[ancianita]

11. Yes, and participants range from bougie tourists to the old timers. The spirit of BM remains.

It's withstood the test of time.

[SergeStorms]

13. Are they still having a lottery for tickets?

It got so popular even long-timers couldn't come back. If I were younger I'd love to experience Burning Man, but my creature comforts are something I can't leave behind now. The artistic talent on display is amazing. Don't let the naysayers get to you. It's not for everyone, but I don't see how anyone can condemn it if they haven't experienced it.

[ancianita]

16. I think they do. My son is an "essential worker" and can get in, but I've lost the lottery twice in

recent years, and kinda gave up. I went once many years ago. I got it.

[spike jones]

14. I always wanted to go to Burning Man , but

I could never face the high temperature. I am a big heat wimp.

[ancianita]

17. Me, too. If I were twenty years younger I'd go, but now I'm too old to take the heat.